Thriving Purple Oxalis
Hi, I want to tell you I think your BLACK GOLD potting soil is the best! I would routinely purchase a national branded potting mix, thinking it lived up to its advertising… but it doesn’t. One of my favorite houseplants, Purple Oxalis, has struggled for years and years. It would produce a few scrawny leaves and they’d be brown and crispy at the edges. I bought some BLACK GOLD soil and transplanted the Oxalis and watered it only with... Read More
Heavy Pumpkin in Utah
Check out the pumpkin I grew this year in a 400 square foot patch! It was the 4th heaviest in Utah this year at 855 pounds. This is my 5th year of growing and my previous best was 404 pounds in 2007. One of the only things I did differently than previous years is add 160 quarts (10 bags) of Black Gold Earthworm Castings into the top 6 inches of soil. Please don’t tell anybody! Thank you! Sincerely, Russ, Utah Read More
Very Excellent Soil
Black Gold® All Purpose Soil is a “very excellent” soil. In the past I used another soil & it killed my pansies so I tried the Black Gold® All Purpose & within 2 weeks they were bigger than the ones in the other soil that had been in it for over 2 months. Thank you and don’t ever change the formula because it works great!” -Allan, Portland, OR Read More
Black Gold® Soil Conditioner Reviewed in Gresham
I worked at a garden center in Gresham, Oregon and that is where I tried the Black Gold Soil Conditioner. I live in an area near Mt Hood that has a lot of sand and fir needles in my soil, so I thought I would try this product since I sold the product at the garden center, and I felt I needed to know how it worked. I started using it in my flower pots. I planted my flowers in some pots, and tomatoes in other pots using soil conditioner. It... Read More
Recommendation from Nat Lichten
I’ve attached the first few photos we’ve gotten of Home Gardens Program participants’ container gardens. All these beautiful veggies are being grown in Black Gold potting soil! I’ll pass on more photos as the season continues. Thank you and everyone else at Sun Gro so much for all your support in helping low-income Portlanders grow their own food! Best, Nat Lichten Home Garden Coordinator NWSA AmeriCorps Read More
3-2-1 GERMINATION!!!
Bill Bird, who writes the Sacramento Vegetable Gardening blog, raved recently about Black Gold seed starting mix. His tomato seeds sprouted in six days! Read More
Thanks to Black Gold®
Jeanne writes, I wanted to let you know that received the Black Gold gardening apron and the Black Gold potting mix and transplant fertilizer. Thank you so much! I added those items to other gardening products in a basket to be auctioned off for charity this Saturday. I’m intending to bid on the basket, but in any case the basket will go to a gardening enthusiast and the money will go to a good cause. Black Gold gardening products... Read More
Black Gold® Recommended by Fine Gardening Magazine
Black Gold® Recommended by Fine Gardening Magazine In the January/ February 2009 edition of Fine Gardening Magazine, Black Gold® was recommended by the article’s author as “great container soil”. Black Gold® was his choice because we offer a “high-quality organic alternative to larger, mass-produced products”. We appreciate those kind words, and we hope that all of our customers feel the same. Read More
Black Gold® Receives Recognition from Home Gardeners
Black Gold® Receives Recognition from Home Gardeners Black Gold® All Purpose w/Multicote, Black Gold® Natural & Organic and Black Gold® Waterhold Cocoblend have just received the National Home Garden Club Seal of approval. Last summer and fall several hundred members of the National Home Garden club in the western United States tested the three potting soils. The producttesters were asked to use the sample in their home garden and determine... Read More
