Best Vegetable Garden Soil You Can Buy at Walmart + What to Look For

John from www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you all the bagged soil products he purchased at Walmart for $3 (or less) per bag. John will open and show you each soil product and share with you his thoughts and review each one.
In this episode, John will teach you some of the things you will want to be aware of when shopping for any bagged soil products at Walmart or any big box store or even local nursery.
You will discover all the incredible bagged soil deals John scored at Walmart, and you will learn how you can determine if Walmart near you has soil products on sale without leaving your home.
You will learn how to discern a good bagged soil vs a bad one. You will discover why soil labeled "organic" may not be organic as you would like.
You will discover how to tell if a soil has too much-uncomposted wood material in it, and the consequences that it can have in your garden.
You will learn how you can test the soil you purchase to determine if it is a soil you should purchase in larger quantities or not.
You will discover how much large unscreened material is contained in each bagged soil product tested.
Jump to the following parts of this episode:
0:04:26 Deals I found at Walmart
0:07:05 Bagged Soil Products Comparison Starts
0:08:00 EcoScraps Compost Review
0:08:05 The Scam of Organic on Bagged Soil Products
0:16:19 Earthgro Potting Soil Review
0:21:00 Why your vegetable may turn yellow when planted in bagged soil
0:21:39 Magic Dirt Premium Potting Soil
0:29:18 Miracle-Gro Nature's Care Organic Potting Mix
0:31:50 How Heavy Should your bagged soil product be?
0:38:50 Just Natural Organic Container Potting Mix
0:46:21 OMNI Seed Cover and Planting Compost
0:49:41 Greensmix Sphagnum Peat Moss
0:54:13 Summary and My Favorite Bagged Soil Products
0:57:22 My suggestions to Bagged Soil Producers
1:00:49 How to find clearance deals on soil products at Walmart from home
After watching this episode, you will learn the best-bagged soil product at Walmart that I found. You will also learn how to determine if a bagged soil product is good or not.
Related and Referenced Episodes:
Filling Your Raised Bed with Soil from Lowes
• Filling Your Square Fo...
Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this:
kzbin.info_c...
Follow John on Instagram at:
/ growingyourgreens
Watch all 1300+ Episodes from GrowingYourGreens at
/ growingyourgreens

[@growingyourgreens]

Jump to the following parts of this episode: 0:04:26 Deals I found at Walmart 0:07:05 Bagged Soil Products Comparison Starts 0:08:00 EcoScraps Compost Review 0:08:05 The Scam of Organic on Bagged Soil Products 0:16:19 Earthgro Potting Soil Review 0:21:00 Why your vegetable may turn yellow when planted in bagged soil 0:21:39 Magic Dirt Premium Potting Soil 0:29:18 Miracle-Gro Nature's Care Organic Potting Mix 0:31:50 How Heavy Should your bagged soil product be? 0:38:50 Just Natural Organic Container Potting Mix 0:46:21 OMNI Seed Cover and Planting Compost 0:49:41 Greensmix Sphagnum Peat Moss 0:54:13 Summary and My Favorite Bagged Soil Products 0:57:22 My suggestions to Bagged Soil Producers 1:00:49 How to find clearance deals on soil products at Walmart from home

[@FairyFrequency]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens ...love the timestamps super helpful info... Big like from the Fairy Frequency channel! 🦋 wishing you a beautiful evening x)

[@livefromplanetearth]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens +1

[@FjreHazard]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens I recently tried the Nature's Care, and I definitely wasn't impressed. However, the batch that I had gotten had plenty of Perlite. Either way, that soil holds moisture for so long (Florida) that algae grows on the surface. And after watering for the first time, the surface looks like all shredded wood. (Edit1) To be fair to that product, I wasn't aware of the difference between "potting mix" and "garden soil". (Edit2) I gave EcoScraps a try this go around, before finding the bad reviews. It had food labels, drinking straws, and some other misc. trash in it. It makes sense, being that the stuff is reclaimed from landfills. However, I can't see how they get away with being Certified Organic. Also, the material didn't seem to be fully composted, looked more brown when dried. It had a bit of an off odor, though were old bags on clearance outside.

[@annmartin3577]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens n

[@bettytaylor735]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens

[@covid1-184]

He made a 1 hour long video and did not put in one ad. 🤯 impressive

[@ar-sithf.austin3744]

Pay the $10 for KZbin Red. Is the 300 minutes of life you lose a month watching KZbin and not watching ads not worth the $10?? If not, you're living like a hobo. My time is valuable! I just wasted $25 talking to you..

[@JenMarco]

Jump to 2020, it’s $16 a month for KZbin premium. Expensive but worth it to never have to watch a commercial.

[@GD-kx7dh]

@@JenMarco $16 a month or a lifetime free "AdBlock for youtube" extension lol.

[@wilkes1ar]

I'm today years old. Using KZbin since early 2000 and just realized it was the creators putting in the adds 😆

[@jksatte]

Do they get something if we go with the subscription??

[@kennethlang7787]

John, you have gone to a lot of effort to educate us. Thank you for your service. I learn from each of your vids. Thanks

[@robbrigham3145]

Ditto! Thanks John!

[@Virtuosont]

Kudos for the Video clip! Forgive me for butting in, I am interested in your opinion. Have you tried - Parlandealey Impetigo Goodbye Process (do a google search)? It is an awesome one off product for finding some amazing landscaping designs for your home minus the headache. Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my BF after many years got amazing success with it.

[@cherylanon5791]

Apologies for multiple comments, I do save all my plastic soil/manure bags and use them to kill certain weed patches, or fill with perennial weeds to throw in trash, or for dog poo. Just thought you might encourage others to re-use those large plastic bags!

[@werdana112]

Plastic releases lots of chemicals in the air when exposed to heat. If you want an easier option there is carpenters paper. Plus if you know John he would never use plastic in his garden.

[@bobbiwest6625]

I added the cactus mix 1 cubic foot bag to my other organic mixes bags yrs ago. I had a meter, for testing soil, it said perfect soil. I was real proud. My peppers grew like crazy in that.take care.

[@asiaroper8332]

When looking for a organic soil: 1. Dont instantly think organic means good/healthy 2. Look for something like *OMRI listed for organic use* on the bag. This means its an organic certified material for use to produce organic food ONLY then can you really call ur food organic. 3. The OMRI listed - Organic Material Review Institute - has products that are allowed and not allowed by the NOP which is the national organic program. Things like sewage sludge or biosolids are not allowed by under OMRI or the organic program 4. If ur bag just says organic it can contain it may contain sewage sludge and biosolids. 5. In the ingredients it could have compost listed, this could be good or bad. Compost could mean composted sewage sludge or anything like it. If they dont specify what the compost is made of, that could be a bad sign. A good example of a specification of compost is yard trimmings and food scrapes. 6. Have a screen to break down big chunks of soil and to catch debre like plastic, glass or wood. 7. Smell the soil.It should just smell like dirt. 8. Do a pot test. 9. Recommeded-make a soil mixture Soil would buy again: EcoScrapes, Magic dirt. Would mix 1 bag of the EcoScrapes and 1 bag of the Magic Dirt. Or the Pea moss and Virmiculite.

[@petepower4217]

Being a lover of the full explanation, John, and this video, gets an A+. Thanks for taking the time, sir!

[@RobertO-jp6ei]

ty John, I am 69 and starting a raised bed garden,,, u helped me out tremendously

[@lucybyrd1810]

John, it doesn't matter how long the videos are. We need the information. I just learned how to purchase good soil. Thank you

[@speerbob]

Thank you so much for doing all this for all of us.

[@roseannamarotta5864]

Thank you for all the info you give on your video's... You make buying garden stuff much easier...

[@MsUnik44]

Hi John, thanks, this is great information. I especially, appreciate the find clearance sale tutorial...simply great!

[@ortizle1]

I’m so grateful you made this video. I buy a lot of my soil from Walmart since they are the closest to my home. I do like to buy the better products for my plants. You did my homework. Thank you for sharing the brick seed site. I love it.

[@lrobinson1792]

Thanks for all you do. You demonstrate care for the environment within reason and you care that your fellow humans are able to enhance their gardens with honest data. We love you☺

[@trishdavi7049]

& on a budget & unbiased without trying to sell us anything...much respect

[@iChaz]

Yes John, this video was long but a necessary one. Thank you for taking the time to make this one. ChazinNJ

[@junebug6649]

Your instructional videos are wonderful; I learn so much!

[@jennat5330]

I almost didn't watch initially but once the bags started to open I was hooked. Very informative and helpful. Long but chock full of useful important info. Thanx much!

[@goognamgoognw6637]

scary how price have more than doubled in 2022 even for soil. This is probably the best video on soil i have seen. I wasted a good 15 min following John's explanation about Walmart then found out their website is now making it impossible to do any of that inventory checking and price per store. Most likely intentionally they want to dispower the consumer. Usa corporate oligarchy.

[@rigrentals5297]

As a new cannabis grower, i found this video to be very informative. i love all the chemistry and science behind your videos.

[@christinaoliveryoung6019]

I want to learn how to grow cannabis plants!!!

[@tomaitoe]

Thank you for all of the time, effort and energy you put into your videos!

[@marymaloney-henderson8378]

Thank you, you talked about all the issues I needed to know as I begin my raised veggie beds

[@allnaturalhomesteaders]

John. I watch you ever day, that and the guy who does back to Eden garden, the guy with the wood chips, I can't remember his name, but you two are the only ones I watch, and you have educated me soooo much. Last summer I harvested 4 tomatoes from my garden, everything else died, this year I got all kinds of yummy stuff, because I'm educated now, thanks to you!! So thank you for taking the time to make these videos, I appreciate you and your time! Thank you very much!

[@magelin]

Hello How is it going? What soil did you get for your tomatoes? Because mines are dying and so my rosemary plant too 😢Can you please share the other KZbinr name?

[@coffee4050]

John, Thank you for all your videos, you're providing us all with great info and saving us all the hard work. We appreciate it 👍.

[@believeingodalways]

You’re a guy i trust when comes to Blenders/juicing machines and now I recently started gardening and i am soo happy to find your channel on gardening I am trying to keep my garden as organic as possible And super confused when comes to soil mixes and compost 😅 Again thanks a lot for your time and help

[@magelin]

How is it going? What soil brand did you get? I’m currently growing tomatoes l, peppers, cooking herbs and rosemary (my rosemary is dying) and I’m so confused about the soils to get for potting

[@spyce1102]

Oh MAN! I had bought some miracle grow soil and all my healthy plants died. Maybe Mansanto’s doesn’t want our plants to grow so that we can depend on their poisonous crops. P.S. this whole hour of a video is so worth it for new bees like me. Thank you!

[@kathleenclary8932]

John I have a garden soil crush on you! So thorough!!

[@replicant70]

Great video John, really interesting. Thanks for putting it together for us!

[@richardheffernan5839]

Once again you hit it out of the park with a sterling bit of content that satisfies my love of gardening knowledge. I profoundly thank you!

[@TheGardenOfFeodora]

Thank you. We getting ready to start our container garden this season. So I'm looking for the best soil. Thanks again.

[@tyronefinks5878]

I did what you did for my winter garden. I buy a lot of soil from Wal-Mart .

[@farrah305]

I admire the passion for gardening. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with the world. Great video!

[@ryanm1586]

Really enjoyed this video being a new gardener I found this super helpful. You should do a video with good potting mixes and show the real difference between good and bad organic mixes. Thanks for the reviews.

[@mkkhunnaphan5037]

Thank you John,that safe me a lot of times on the selection,good information.

[@Deepoutdoors]

John, Very informative video. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. You did the work so we didn't have to. Thank you again

[@kaycee3788]

Thank you so much....This video is so helpful to me as a beginner who don't have any idea yet what soil are exactly to be use to start my gardening

[@louisth]

Thanks John,I am new to your blogs/videos and I have appreciated your discussions as I been going on. Thanks for your detailed info.

[@carlic7923]

John, I love your amazing channel!!! The world is going crazy with this virus right now and who knows what's going to happen??? I'm going to be growing my own organic food and not relying on the grocery store. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of growing organic. Stay safe everyone. Psalm 91 ~ Blessings ~

[@daniellemarie1299]

excellent video! very thorough. i know i've bought bags of dirt, and when i got them home and opened them up they looked very woody and dry.

[@dgeorge4761]

I think ur very pretty 😍

[@b.e.adventures2329]

Thanks so much for a great video. I love the tip at the end and that you listed where to find the topics in the video. It was a very long video and I was able to jump to the parts I was most interested in. Now I'm ready to go shopping.

[@DryMrs]

Amazing and informative as always! Thank you!

[@bradjulio1421]

Love your videos John. I get a lot if useful info from you. Thank you for taking time out to do all you do.

[@kimkat63]

Love the info I never gave bagged soil that much thought . The info about how to find deals on internet will come in handy thanks for all your videos

[@misbehavens]

Great video. I learned a lot more than I expected to. Very thorough.

[@richardromano8128]

Thank you John very interesting I will be more choosy when I buy compost or soil

[@annettedigiamberardino4502]

This was so informative and helpful... thank you for doing this!

[@MrEnergyCzar]

Great advice. Always good to stock-up during the off-season...

[@Eternitynoteskevinwwalton]

Very informative video. Thank you very much for the informative review and ideas. Great video. Very inspiring.

[@grannysweet]

This is so well done. Thank you.

[@masds123]

Deals, deals, deals! Thanks for the vid John.

[@debralunnen3378]

WOW WOW WOW !!! This was Perfect ! I’ve learned so much !!! Thank YOU !!! I love to learn ! Thank You ! Debra in California!

[@missanthropy5808]

I use most of those. Usually mix my own. Organic soil, peat and worm casings with my own homemade compost. My tomatoes are loving it. For berries,do half and half soil with peat.👍

[@shingj4007]

It's 2am and I watched every minute of this amazing video, good info, I need this. Thank you.

[@lifeinourrv]

Very interesting. Thank you for making such a thoroughly informative video!

[@mcobian89]

Very good information, thanks for sharing!

[@weedclectic5870]

Dude you like your sativas! Love your earthly shows man! Love it!

[@albrown1388]

I have noticed myself that some Walmarts carry something and other stores don't(WM) I found 5 pound bags of worm castings at the Crockett Tex. store for $4.97 a bag. Bought one and this is the real thing. Smell, texture, color and using a real strong lens there were egg casings throughout. Web prices plus shipping is 4 or 5 times that. Can't beat that John!

[@jam1trucking19]

New here, love your work man, keep it coming, great stuff...

[@shonitagarcia3222]

Thank you for sharing this. I also noticed these same soil ingredients where they just use wood mulch to sell you a cheap product. This was very informative, thank you again.

[@fred1382]

Thank you John for your review.

[@moringausa]

Thank you John. Happy New Year

[@GregVasquez777]

Awesome. Thanks dude! That's a great way to do it. Definitely going to save some money and have more gardening toys!!!!

[@zlatamontgomery1593]

Very helpful video. Good soil. It’s so important

[@anniegaddis5240]

Some great Information here. Thanks John!

[@scdorsey1]

Thanks John! What a great video!

[@cacamal13]

Another killer video!! Thank you

[@lesliealexander4925]

Really great information!!!! Thanks so much!!! 👍👍👍

[@GM_____]

This was very informative and useful; thank you very much for posting this video.

[@lynnmchale2346]

Excellent & well explained very very helpful for a beginner . Thanks

[@hopeking3588]

Ha! I love Walmart Christmas stuff! We can't plant outside in dec in mich so the Walmart Christmas stuff cheers me up a bit!

[@paulamyers103]

I love your content. Super helpful info for my garden. Thanks for sharing.

[@surfcitybusybee]

Another awesome video! So much great info that will definitely help improve my gardening results! Thanks so much!

[@kristenhealey460]

Such an awesome educational video!! Amazing!! Thank You!!

[@sn232]

Than you John! Excellent video!!!

[@robertadawngallardo5055]

What a great topic. Thank you for taking the time to put this video together. Good to know your perspective on how to read bags and your thoughts about the quality of the ingredients!

[@jantaylor4282]

I just started watching your videos. I really have learned so much new information. I have been growing vegetables on and off my whole life (and flowers). I am impressed about all the new info. I also find your presentations anything but boring!! I happily subscribed. Excellent detailed information.

[@huesoo9827]

Thanks for taking the time to do this. Excellent information on what to look for. Bought a bunch of Kellogg Organic Potting soil on clearance but now not sure it was such a deal.

[@lilcricket4379]

That brand had handfuls of glass chips and cigarette wrapper cellophane 😣

[@theIAMofME]

Great Tip there, John. You ARE Mr. Frugal. I had no idea about that website!

[@iradorsey4771]

Green Thumb John! Great instructor

[@regrob16]

Thanks for the info. I have a couple of beds that need to be topped off so thank you for this perfectly timed video... Cheers

[@littledonut1604]

Very informative for beginner growers like me. Thank you!

[@lizlove1989]

Thanks this video was very helpful.

[@lorilange8654]

Love your videos and knowledge 🌱🌿🌵☘️

[@VTBC]

Loved this video

[@celiaschirado9384]

Thank you so much. I just started gardening organic everything. I’m pretty new at this and I found your video very helpful. I wish I saw it before I started planting my seeds. LOL I still don’t know the difference between potting soil and potting mix?

[@ruthticona5838]

thank you so much for teach us, this is the best video I ever see

[@GloriaSivels53]

The reason why I like your chanel you sound so energetic always excided to tell us what you know and why you think its important for us to know so we can have a good nutrition garden thanks again for enjoying your garden so that you want to share with the world

[@michelleblackburn255]

John, Although I don't give My money to Walmart, I do however value the information I have learned from You today and very much appreciate it! I could easily apply this knowledge to the choices I make when shopping at GreenThumb Nursery and Garden Supply or any local garden store. I have learned so much on Your channel and thank You so much!

[@ragheadand420roll]

Michelle Blackburn ill never shop at walmart again

[@daveyboy8907]

Have not spent a $1 there in over 8 years...

[@lisaawild]

I don't support Walmart ever. But I too appreciate the lessons from John.

[@carpentryfirst3048]

Walmart is a mom and pop shop.. isn't it

[@carpentryfirst3048]

Technically speaking.

[@ricktruman1416]

I always love this channel

[@tweety1430657]

Ughhhh !!! If only i would have seen this before Christmas 😩 i need these deals. Great info

[@davidstar2362]

thank you for all the information

[@CaptainCocktale]

John, as an FYI I bought several bags of the Just Natural organoc potting mix with worm castings to start a bunch of seeds in and it did a bang up job. My only issue was that I found small rocks in every bag which is a cheap trick to boost the weight the bags. In addition, i found a large metal nail in one bag. Not exactly what i was hoping to find. That being said. The plants i started in this soil are doing amazing and big props to the company because when i contacted them about my issue they actually responded and took the compaint to the plant manager and discussed it in a staff meeting. They really do care and eant to make a quality poduct.

[@charles8060]

Nails are a sign that they use old pallets.

[@nancyspruiell347]

​@@charles8060I never thought about that, but it makes sense. Thanks for that info.

[@jeremyallen8912]

Bro you are awessome. I watch you so much i feel like i know you.. Thanks for taking the time to spread your knowledge. Much appreciated...

[@loycemarch8409]

I got 5 of the 2.5 l of Dr.Earth. great Dr. End of pallet. 6 each $6. This week they are $6.75. Normal over $17.

[@user-sg9bu6re6n]

Wow great video, thanks for reminding us. I hope it is not too late

[@tyronefinks5878]

I love this video ! I like eco scraps too as a mix.

[@lynnmchale2346]

Excellent video well explained and very helpful for a beginner. Thank you.

[@habibahgooden]

Thank you for sharing!

[@bonnieb8099]

Thanks a lot! This helps us so much

[@billygarfield5520]

Very extensive and good. Thanks!!

[@corradopalmerini4076]

Just like to say awesome job. A++! That's Plus plus.