Anyone use MG Nursery Select?

16 years ago

I stopped by my usual garden place to pick up some bags of MG potting mix for a program I'm doing Thursday night. *After* I paid and drove down to the pick-up point, the man told me they didn't have any MG (argghh!) and only had this new MG Nursery Select. I stood in the 14-degree weather reading the bag, but could not see where it was much different than "regular" MG. It said it helped with moisture, but was *not* the moisture-control type. It also referred to having coir in it. The bags are out in my trunk now and I refuse to go read them more closely since it is now down to about 8 degrees, lol.

I must say it was tempting - it was a brand-new, full pallet, and at least half the bags were ripped open - I'm talking about the bags being half gone and the soil only being there because it was frozen in the shape of the bag, lol. The man told me they have a new guy and he did a bit of damage with the pallet loader, lol. If I didn't have hockey equipment bags in my trunk, I probably could have gotten a pretty darn good deal!

They had no seeds either (not a good day for me, lol!) so I may have to go back tomorrow (seeds came in today, but not on display yet). If I do go back, I will definitely go with an empty trunk (and some garbage bags)! I usually use ProMix myself, but at 50% off, I may just use MG this year!

Just wondering if anyone has used this new MG. I'm sure it will be fine, and I'm not overly concerned. It's just that I'm teaching this class on WSing and now this is somewhat of an unknown factor.

:)

Dee

Here is a link that might be useful: scroll down to see Nursery Select

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Comments (3)

gardenweed_z6a
16 years ago
Hi Dee! Good luck with the class you're teaching. I didn't see any of that MG mix at HD this afternoon when I went there to check out the seed racks. Maybe they're marketing it in selected locations?
They did have seeds, all of which were uninspiring.
diggerdee zone 6 CT
Original Author
16 years ago
Gardenweed, the guy at the garden center did mention that the home improvement centers (HD, Lowes, etc.) would not be carrying this. I don't know how he knew or if he was right, or why they wouldn't be (perhaps it is an upscale potting mix, lol?) but that's what he said.

Thanks for the good wishes on the class. I'm really looking forward to it. I've done a few in the past - this one just kind of snuck up on me! Silly me - why didn't I realize that January 7th would not be long after New Year's lol? I hope I have time to find some seeds tomorrow! If worse comes to worst, I'll go to my greens-growing friend, the woman who sells greens at the market. She should have some lettuce seeds lying around she can give me, and then I'll just replace them for her. I always do lettuce seeds at the classes - guaranteed success!

:)
Dee
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aliska12000
16 years ago
Dee, enjoyed your stories. Enjoy isn't the right word, but they were entertaining. Can relate but not in that exact way. It sounds like good stuff. Somebody better put me in a straight jacket if I buy one pack of seeds off a rack!