Hoffman 30103 Seed Starter Soil, 10 Quarts

A terrific way to sprout seedlings for your gardening needs.

My vegetables all spouted and are growing great using this!

Great quality...heathy growth of seedlings...

Very good seed starter just make sure your seeds are good. I grew all of this from seeds. I recommend Hoffman seat starterThe price was a little on the expensive site, all I wish was that the price was a little bit cheaperOnly then will I rate it a five star overall a good seed starter

I’m an experienced gardener who starts thousands of seedlings every year indoors. Over the years I’ve tried many different brands and Hoffman’s is my favorite. It has a fine consistency (every soil will have a few small twigs or bits of bark that need to be removed, but Hoffman’s has a minimum compared to others) and absorbs and holds water well. Some of the reviews here just show the inexperience of the gardeners: for example, seed starting soils should not contain significant fertilizer; if they did, it would rot the seeds. Once the seedlings have their first true leaves you can start using a gentle fertilizer designed for seedlings. Mix the soil with water in a separate bowl or bucket before filling your containers; don’t put dry soil into the seed cells and then try to add water. If your seeds don’t germinate or your seedlings die after germination, that’s a problem with your seeds or the environment you’re providing, not a problem with the soil.Overall Hoffman’s earns two thumbs up from this experienced gardener.

The best soil starter mix I've used. 👌 A little pricey but worth it.

In 2018 when I first started growing my own seeds, I used Hoffman and was totally blown away by the results. Not only all my seeds germinated (coleus, impatiens, petunias and geranium), they also grew indoors to be healthy sizable plants and the impatiens and petunias started blooming after roughly 2 months when they were still in the 1.5'' little seed tray cells.I decided to experiment and switched to a different brand seed starter mix in 2019, but did not have as good of a germination result. This year, I switched back to Hoffman. Almost all my seeds germinated again, but this time all my seedling growth stalled after the 2nd pair of true leaves emerged. The 1st set of true leaves also started turning yellow after a while. I did not realize what was happening until 2 months later after I decided to transplant the seeds to normal potting soil I bought from local nursery. Some seedling has finally started growing again after transplant. However, I've already wasted 2 months of my time waiting for these seedling to grow, and I don't know if all of them are going to come back. I finally saw the instruction on the bag which does say start feeding the seedlings after the 2nd set of true leaves appear, but I didn't read these at all because the great experience I had in 2018. I'm not sure if Hoffman has changed the ingredients of these soil mix since then.Now when I'm preparing my seed packets I just fill them with the normal potting soil I purchased from local nursery which contain fertilizers, and just spread a layer of Hoffman seed starter on top to help the seeds germinate. In the future, I might just start experimenting using wet paper towel to germinate my seeds, and directly transplant into potting soil to save money on seed starter soil.

This is my first year using this brand. I'm a big seeder and I've tried several brand names over the years. My seed trays are still heating on the mats but I felt I had to comment before germination. The quality of this soil is off the charts. I went through 6 bags and I will say out of all them I maybe pulled out 10 or 12 small (less than an inch) twigs from the soil. Its very light and has a very fine texture. There's no chunks of bark or vermiculite in the mix - it smells loamy - I'm so pleased with the quality. I highly recommend this to any serious seeder.

This seed starting soil was ok. I found it really smelled of mould and I did have mould issues with it. However, most seedlings sprouted a grew with it.