Coarse Vermiculite, 4 Cubic Foot Bag

I always use additives like Vermiculite and Perlite to help improve soil conditions in raised garden beds. I feel the benefit I get from these products is worth the price. Adding Vermiculite helps keeps the soil from compacting and helps retain moisture. The yield of vegetables has greatly improved since I started using Vermiculite.

I have been growing almost all of our veggies and herbs in my basement under LED lights for over 7 years. Although I use an excellent potting soil that contains perlite, humus, etc., most plants do better in a loamy soil. By definition, loamy soil contains sand. I tried adding sand to a couple of pots, and it very much increased the weight of the pots. In addition, most sand you can find is to fine to be of any help for drainage or aeration. Vermiculite serves the same purpose as sand, but is much lighter in weight.Vermiculite helps to lighten the soil and prevent it from compacting. Although vermiculite does hold some moisture, I also add coco coir to the soil which also lightens the soil, and holds moisture. This combination helps to keep the soil evenly moist, and allows better distribution of water when you water your plants. When your plants get too dry and you water until the water comes out the drainage holes, you assume you have thoroughly watered the plants. In actuality, the water runs through the soil without moistening it. Since vermiculite and coco coir absorb water more readily than soil, this combination helps to hold the moisture so the soil can slowly absorb it.Initially, I was buying 30 quart bags of vermiculite at a cost of $37, but I grow so much it was getting very expensive to use. I found this 103 quart bag of coarse vermiculite for about $20 more, so I decided to try it. This vermiculite comes in a huge bag, and will last me for a while. This vermiculite is very clean and the course has a mix of fine, medium, and course pieces. Since I had bought a 103 quart bag of the medium vermiculite, which has much smaller pieces, I decided to buy this bag mix them. This has been working out very well, and my plants seem to be happier. I like the variation of the piece sizes. In my opinion, the medium vermiculite looked more like fine and too small to do much good. From here on I will be buying only the course vermiculite.I hope this review was helpful for you.

Just as described. Easy to apply and work into the garden bed.

This is probably the best deal on vermiculite on Amazon! This was much more than I expected like another review said it's about the size (not weight) of a 50lbs bag of dog food! I use this for gardening and mushrooms and it works amazing for both its coarse and allows for great moisture retention and a small bit of aeration. Would highly recommend this product if you need alot of coarse verm for a project, it maybe more than you need at the moment but considering the amount you get for the price it's a bargain and will last awhile!

This is the way to go if you make your own potting mixes or soils. I’ve bought the small bags of fine vermiculite and they are expensive and this bag is huge and a much greater value for the money. The size of the particles are larger than the fine but by not much so it really doesn’t bother me.

This is my first purchase of vermiculite but it was very clean and suitable for my use, dahlia tuber overwintering. I’m purchasing another bag. Would be nice if it was less in price but as with everything, costs have made prices go up.

I was worried it would take too long to ship, but the item arrived quicker than expected. I was impressed with the product and will order again.

My local big box stores only had small bags of vermiculite. I was starting several "Square Foot Gardening" garden boxes and needed around 12 cubic feet of vermiculite, so the little bags at the store weren't going to cut it. I found these online and decided to go for it.It's not cheap, but it doesn't break down so I'll be re-using my soil mix (with added compost) for years to come. And buying it in a larger quantity is more cost-effective than the little bags, at least! This product comes in quite large bags, but they're pretty lightweight so I was easily able to maneuver them into the back yard by myself (I'm a fairly short woman and not particularly strong). Not much else to say - if you need lots of vermiculite, it works great and a few months later my garden is doing great!