Organic Starter Mix - Plant Food for Starts, Transplants, New Gardens, Containers 3-3-3, 1 lb

I'm a nursery manager by trade but also grow things as a hobby. I've used this brand in many different varieties of product in many different applications. The starter mix is a gentle way to fertilize indoor vegetables or container plants. I use it whenever I'm potting up vegetable starts or at the bottom of my plug trays when starting vegetable seeds. I even use it in my tropical house plants. The ingredients break down over time offering a long-lasting balanced and gentle fertilizer amendment in any soil mix. I keep it in a jar next to my potting bench and use it as needed.

Great product and company all around!

Every year my small non-profit organization grows a variety of tomato, flower, herb and vegetable starts from seed for our all-important spring fundraising plant sale. Despite using heat mats, adequate lighting and proper hardening-off timetables, our plants were just "okay". When some local professional plant growers suggested we try Down To Earth Fertilizer Mix 3-3-3 for better performance and healthier plants, we bought it and were thrilled at the difference we saw. More seeds sprouted and plants grew like mad. We use the mix twice: at seed-starting time, and at transplant time. It's gentle enough that once after we discovered a volunteer accidentally using too much during potting-up, our alarm turned to relief when the tomato starts in question turned out just fine.

This is quality fertilizer, anything down to earth is excellent stuff...

This should be labeled as outdoor only!! Came home to the worst smell I have ever smelled in my house. So all the seedlings are in the trash now and I get to start over. Not sure if it’s good or not because I can’t take the smell.

I mixed the box in with 1 bag potting soil and 2 bags seed starting mix and 1 bag of perlite. My seed starts are super healthy and growing strong. I love that I don't have to worry about fertilizing them again until I plant them outdoors as this feeds for 3 months.

That said, I was surprised by the 1 pound box (most DTE mixes I order come in 6 lb. or up) and the price is similar to their other products at that 6 lb. weight. If not for the size/price, it would get 5 stars for sure... Keep in mind: You won't need near as much product for seed starter / cloning soil, so this box goes further than one might think.

Really like the biodegradable package. I have compared the use of this product versus just using seeding soil. The roots are more developed on the seedlings that I added this to versus just using a seeding soil. Very happy. Will be using more Down to Earth products in the future. In the future I will buy the 5lb box instead for the better value.