In a thread on the Enclosures section there has been discussion of the organic Miracle-Gro products, so I decided to contact the company and get answers "straight from the horse's mouth," so to speak. I emailed them first and heard back promptly by email the next morning. I also called them on the phone.
First the email, from Ms. Karen Rausch, Consumer Response Representative. She sent me 2 attachment describing their products.
1) MIRACLE-GRO ORGANIC POTTING SOIL: It contains (by weight) 40-70% composted bark, 30-60% sphagnum peat moss, 3-7% Pasteurized Poultry Litter. The poultry litter is "from an organic certified source." The potting soil also contains OMRI Certified Yucca Plant Extract (an organic wetting agent).
2) MIRACLE-GRO ORGANIC TOPSOIL AND GARDEN SOIL: "contain actual soil from the earth in addition to compost." 10-30% forest product/compost, 15-40% Pasteurized poultry litter "from an organic certified source," 5-10% sphagnum peat moss, and 5-15% bovine manure.
Additional information on those attachments said: "Not considered hazardous by OSHA," "inherently biodegradable" and "practically non-toxic." It did say inhalation may aggravate asthma and to keep it out of your eyes (duh).
I also spoke with a very nice man at Scotts/Miracle-Gro named Tom (888) 270-3714. I explained our issues and questions. He said that Miracle-Gro is a company NAME. Just because something says Miracle-Gro on it, doesn't mean there are synthetic chemicals in it. He says the organic products have NO synthetic chemicals whatsoever, and are considered non-toxic. He also said that they and other companies are responding to consumer pressure to come up with more organic products and fewer toxic synthetics.
So that's what I was able to find out.
First the email, from Ms. Karen Rausch, Consumer Response Representative. She sent me 2 attachment describing their products.
1) MIRACLE-GRO ORGANIC POTTING SOIL: It contains (by weight) 40-70% composted bark, 30-60% sphagnum peat moss, 3-7% Pasteurized Poultry Litter. The poultry litter is "from an organic certified source." The potting soil also contains OMRI Certified Yucca Plant Extract (an organic wetting agent).
2) MIRACLE-GRO ORGANIC TOPSOIL AND GARDEN SOIL: "contain actual soil from the earth in addition to compost." 10-30% forest product/compost, 15-40% Pasteurized poultry litter "from an organic certified source," 5-10% sphagnum peat moss, and 5-15% bovine manure.
Additional information on those attachments said: "Not considered hazardous by OSHA," "inherently biodegradable" and "practically non-toxic." It did say inhalation may aggravate asthma and to keep it out of your eyes (duh).
I also spoke with a very nice man at Scotts/Miracle-Gro named Tom (888) 270-3714. I explained our issues and questions. He said that Miracle-Gro is a company NAME. Just because something says Miracle-Gro on it, doesn't mean there are synthetic chemicals in it. He says the organic products have NO synthetic chemicals whatsoever, and are considered non-toxic. He also said that they and other companies are responding to consumer pressure to come up with more organic products and fewer toxic synthetics.
So that's what I was able to find out.