# Potting Soil

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potting-soil/491332>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 30, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potting-soil/491332 "2009-03-30T17:06:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![valleyofthedolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a4c791/32.png) [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potting-soil/491332/1 "2009-03-30T17:06:51Z")

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Anyone have a particular brand they would like to recommend? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potting-soil/491332/2 "2009-03-30T17:35:32Z")

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We tried the Miracle-Gro stuff with food already added. I heard negative stuff about it, mainly that there’s not enough food and that it doesn’t last as long as it should. However, my plants did just fine on it last year. I bought two or three of the economy Shit-Load size and that was enough for like 30 or so pots of various sizes.