LoveTheGarden Avis 63

Bought several bags of Levingtons Tomorite for my tomatoes, what complete rubbish! Opened 1st bag to fill some tubs & all i came across was loads of hard twigs, shreds of plastic & also bits of shredded plastic cable ties , thought it might just be a bad bag but on opening the others just more of the same wth ! What other rubbish are they putting in there that we are paying for , definitely will not buy again !

I recently purchased a ph soil meter. I tested it on a sealed bag of their miracle gro azalea camellia rhododendron compost which is meant to be an ericaceous compost of around ph 4.5-6. The ph meter was reading 7.8. I tested it in 2 separate bags - one open and one sealed. I thought there was something wrong with the ph meter and got a refund for the ph meter. i purchased a better quality ph meter. Once again I measured the ph with the new ph meter and this suppsoed acidic compost is testing as 7.7 (i have photo proof)! It's alkaline! I wrote to your customer service but they compleetly ignored my enquiry and i had to write back and repeat my enquiry. my next step will be trading standards.

Purchased two bags of miracle gro lawn dressing - absolute rubbish! Contents of bag were just one wet solid lump - had to empty it into a wheel barrow, break it up and let it dry out. It's just a mix of sieved top soil, including bits of pottery and plastic, plus rotted "forest products" including twigs and acorns. Clay content results in hard lumps unless you thoroughly break it up. Am returning the unused bag for a refund.

Absolute waste of money put cucumber in levington compost plant growing poorly different compost same cucumber growing strong will not purchase levington again very poor quality

Bought several bags of this compost, and really regret doing so. Just solid lumps that need to be smashed up with a fork or similar before it could be used, and so far very poor results with anything planted in it. Seems to have no goodness in it, fit only for digging in as soil texture improver. Would never buy again.

Surely they shouldn't be able to sell this garbage and call it compost, plastic, stones and the rest is twigs. £26 of rubbish, I've just dumped 3 entire bags at the tip.

levington compost total rubbish, plastic, metal, large bits of wood, nothing growing well with, not worth buying, even got burnt copper wire with plastic, please dont buy as only encouraging this company to continuing selling rubbish, taking it back to morrison where i brought it

As other reviewers have said the compost is full of straw, twigs and stones but in my case there were also shards of broken glass

Absolute worst compost I've ever used. Full of stones and sticks. Why are they still allowed to sell this rubbish. Do they even bother to read the reviews

Rubbish in a Bag.
Miracle Gro compost was a trusted product. I purchased 6 bags from Wicks and all bags are no better than mulch , it looks like the product failed the composting process and hasn’t broken down. The bags are soaking wet as if they have been submerged or the composting process was waterlogged, the moisture is very black and stains hands. The smell is also off more like Farm Manure, the seeds I planted in this product all failed. In all my years I’ve never seen anything so bad it makes DIY store product look great.

Miracle Grow M P Compost. Although I sieved the compost and watered with dilute liquid seaweed the germination was very poor as was any (if any) further growth. What survived I had to transfer to a different brand.

Bought Lemington essential compost, the most awful compost I ever used. It is rough,there is mold on it, does not hold the water and stinks. Will never buy again, wasted money. This goes into the green bin right away.

This is truly the worst product I’ve bought. My house is covered in gnats. And there was all sorted of insects in the bag too. Terrible product. I’m now trying to treat all my plants to get rid of them. The next thing I’ll have to do is clean out all my pots and again and start all over at this rate

Miracle grow peat free compost full of gnat eggs. Created a horrible situation that cost me 5 times the price to fight and I’m still dealing with them.

absolute crap waited 9 days no goods no replies to emails then was told went to wrong depot then lost when was they going to tell me !!

Good grief; 92% one star reviews; they must be terrible. My beef is the ridiculous claim that their 43x63x8 cm bags hold 40 litres of compost. The maths suggests 21 litres. So are we all being conned? No doubt they will say that the material is compressed… however no matter how loose the compost is made it will never expand to 40 litres… except under some special Levington magic I suppose.

Lovethegarden represents Levington and Tomorite compost brands. Having contacted them about substandard product, they declared that their horticulturalist found nothing wrong.

They must have special powers to do so from a distance.

So: avoid Levington composts. Avoid Tomorite grow bags. They are not fit for purpose. Spread the word.

Whenever so called horticulturalists sell online they use terminology like " Grass greener in 5 days" . Well, that's just pure lies. In 2 months it's stayed the same. Try sending what you have left to them and get a refund. You have no chance in Hell ! When they STEAL money from all of us for the lies they publish online who's to blame ? Us or the authorities ? The horticultural World sell with LIES .

Used Miracle Grow for many years but now it is the worst compost I have ever bought! Utterly horrible soaking wet lumpy muck full of thousands of worms and grubs. Smells disgusting like poo and riddled with pieces of glass,blue plastic bags and thick sticks. Useless for seeds or hanging baskets.
Obviously straight from the council recycling centre just like the cheapest supermarket stuff only 4 times the price. Never ever going to buy Miracle Grow again. Not worth half a star!

I have used Miracle Gro compost for years with no problems & it has produced lovely tomatoes & flowers in tubs & hanging baskets. As usual I bought numerous bags of compost this years to find the texture is different. It has no water holding capacity. Is straw like so that water passes straight through. Therefore I need to water more often than usual. Even worse the water that comes out from pots & baskets is a dark black liquor which stains walls, flags etc. Sorry but I will not be purchasing your compost next year which I regret having used it for so many years.