Miracle-Gro 8qt Perlite

I purchased a bag of perlite today, very excited to get my growing medium together for my plants. When I opened the bag I noticed a few pieces of something brown. I poured the contents of the bag into a container, and it was filled with fuzzy brown things. I couldn't tell if it was dried bugs, moss or fine mulch. Either way, the perlite was unusable and I threw the whole bag away.

I have bought Miracle-Gro perlite several times over the years. The last two 8 quart bags (UPC CODE 32247 42784) were 50% dust. You have to run the perlite through a sieve before using it, or it will ruin your potting soil,and potentially compact your soil, leading to root rot. As the owner of fifty house plants, I definitely WOULD NOT recommend this product !!!

We bought two bags of perlite at Walmart here in central MS two days ago, and it was mostly crushed and it was not snow white, but very dirty/brownish. Looks similar to how the other recent review described but we see no pieces of anything brown, it's just very dirty looking perlite. Returning it immediately.

This is the only perlite I use! I mix this in my raised beds, my indoor potted plants and my outdoor potted plants. It does an amazing job to help with drainage. The perlite is all different sizes to it really helps to breat up each and every section of the roots and dirt. It works amazing to propagation too!

This products helps plants grow stronger roots in pots.