In April 2014 I ordered by phone a bag of Green Earth soil from weed-a-way, specifying it is for growing organic vegetables. Although the price on the website was stating $118.95, the lady on the phone was asking me for $135.00 and decided to charge me the price on the website plus tax after mentioning it (total 134.41). The delivery was prompt. However, when I opened the bag the aspect of the soil was interesting, as it had mostly vegetable debris in different stages of decomposition. However, we moved the 1t of soil in the garden. I purchased vigorous vegetable plants from several gardening centres and planted them in two separate patches, the week after Victoria Day. Right after planting them and watering them properly I have noticed they started to become yellow. None of them died but they remained the whole summer and part of the fall at the same size or close, as at the time I purchased them. While most of the plants in the rest of the garden were thriving, the plants growing on the soil purchased from weed-a-way remained yellow or reddish and did not bear fruits. The different types of tomatoes stayed under 30 cm and developed some fruits that birds and squirrels ignored. In August I submitted to weed-a-way pictures taken at different times during the summer and a request for reimbursement and removal of soil. None were answered.
I have to pay a toxic waste disposal company to remove the soil as I believe it had some toxic substances mixed in since most of the plants were getting a yellow or reddish colour while not growing. I wish I have read the reviews on this website before ordering and I hope more people are reading so they don`t poison their gardens like I did.
