Both Scotts potting soils listed in the Washington State Department of Agriculture, seem to be high in Cobalt. I have not found what is an acceptable level for the trace metal cobalt, but the State guidelins state that no more than .594ppm may be added to soil on an annual bases. One of the Scotts product is at 24 the other at 33 ppm.
http://agr.wa.gov/PESTFERT/Fertilizers/FertDB/prodinfo.aspx?pname=1590, http://agr.wa.gov/PESTFERT/Fertilizers/FertDB/prodinfo.aspx?pname=1591 Miracle grow potting soil has very high levels of zinc http://agr.wa.gov/pestfert/fertilizers/fertdb/prodinfo.aspx?pname=3057 In my short search did not find any Scot products listed as certified organic. Ray Schutte "Life is a Good Idea" Nikki Giovanni President P-Patch Trust Advocate for Community Gardens in Seattle www.ppatchtrust.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Godsil Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 3:33 PM To: Barbara Cc: [email protected] Subject: [Community_garden] Is Scott "Premium" Potting Soil Worth Giving to Community Gardeners Dear All, The label is long. The number of Scotts Premium Potting Soil is 0.07-1.01-0.03 They say info available at http://www.regulatory-info-sc.com Helpline: 1 866 4Scotts I have been told to go to a place where they are giving away damaged bags of this material. Before I give it to anyone I would like to do "due diligence." I don't have time to do it today because they are only giving it away this afternoon. Hope my trip is worth it! Godsil On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Barbara <[email protected]> wrote: > > Scotts sells an organice potting soil mix under their Miracle-Gro Label. > > Barbara > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Hargesheimer <[email protected]> > To: Khalil Hassan <[email protected]> > Cc: Community Gardens USA <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Apr 10, 2011 5:37 pm > Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Scotts Label Says "Premium" Not Organic > > > Several companies make organic potting soil. > Ken Hargesheimer > ------------- next part -------------- > n HTML attachment was scrubbed... > RL: < > http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygar den.org/attachments/20110410/7ca4f287/attachment.html > > > ______________________________________________ > he American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's > ervices to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find > out > ow to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygar den.org/attachments/20110410/b1199f88/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to > find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communityga rden.org/attachments/20110410/e1422343/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
