Potting Soil and Fertilizer Finder

Learn how to choose the right soil and fertilizer for whatever you want to grow.

Potting Soil and Fertilizer

Our exclusive, garden-tested soils and fertilizers are carefully formulated to provide optimum growing conditions for your plants, from seedstarting and transplanting to beautiful flowers and an abundant harvest.

Looking to fill a raised bed? Use our Soil Calculator

Seedstarting

1. Choose a Soil

  • Organic Seed Starting Mix
    Start your garden off right with this 100 percent organic germinating mix with added compost, protein meal and trace minerals.
  • Eco-co® Coir Seedstarting Mix
    Go peat-free with our garden-tested coir made from coconut husks. It's pH-balanced and finely ground for optimal root growth. Makes 10 qts.
  • Transplant Mix
    When transplanting seedlings into larger containers, use this slightly coarser mix to ensure excellent drainage.

2. Choose a Fertilizer

Plant Health Care for Seedlings

Self-Watering Containers

1. Choose a Soil

  • Self-Watering Container Mix We formulated this mix with a coarse, airy texture that allows it to act like a wick, carrying water from the planter's reservoir to the root system.

2. Choose a Fertilizer

  • For Vegetables or Flowers: All-Purpose Fertilizer
    Our slow release, 5-5-5 granular fertilizer provides balanced nutrients all season long.
  • For Tomatoes: Organic Tomato Fertilizer
    Our slow-release, granular fertilizer (5-6-5) is formulated to give your tomatoes all the nutrients they need.
Organic Tomato Fertilizer

Elevated Beds and Other Pots

1. Choose a Soil

  • Container Mix
    This fluffy blend is a good, all-round mix for hanging baskets, windowboxes, and large and small containers.
  • Organic Container Mix
    Fortified with nutrient-rich compost, this 100 percent organic mix provides an ideal balance of aeration and water-holding capacity.
  • Eco-co® Coir Bricks
    Compressed coir bricks are compact, economical and a convenient way to fill large planters and raised beds. We recommend mixing 50:50 with our Container Mix. Pack of 10 bricks; each brick expands into 10 quarts for a total of 3.3 cubic feet of coconut fiber.

2. Choose a Fertilizer

  • For Vegetables or Flowers: All-Purpose Fertilizer
    Our slow release, 100 percent organic, 5-5-5 granular fertilizer provides balanced nutrients all season long.
  • For Tomatoes: Organic Tomato Fertilizer
    Our slow-release, granular fertilizer (5-6-5) is formulated to give your tomatoes all the nutrients they need.

What does 5-5-5 mean?Learn about these numbers on fertilizers and more in Fertilizer Basics.

Last updated: 07/17/2023