My husband went to Agri-Tech to purchase potting mix for 3 large planters and told the person what we were planting (flowers). He was recommended to buy a certain soil which looked like bark mulch and not soil at all. We used it, and I planted flowers seed June 6, 2025 and although they sprouted, they did not grow at all. Three weeks later I planted leftovers of the same seeds in a galvanized wash tub using bagged organic potting soil I purchased at Cascade in Coos Bay.
They are growing fast and surpassed the bad soil plantings from 3 weeks earlier.
My husband went back and complained, and the owner, Rex, "apologized" and said that he would bring out a load of the correct soil and that he would personally dig out the bad soil and dispose of it for us as my husband has an injured arm and cannot do it. When he arrived, my husband asked him to wait before dumping the soil as he wanted to put down a tarp first for easier clean up but while he was getting the tarp the owner dumped the soil right on our driveway in front of the planters. Rex did NOT remove the bad soil like he promised. He said he was too busy and just drove away leaving us to hire someone to finish the job he promised.
So, we did not get a refund, and our $30 worth of soil ended up costing us over $100 to pay a young man to dig the old soil out and refill with new soil for us and also counting the $30 in wasted flower seeds that are now thrown out because they are ruined.
I read the good reviews and wonder what has happened to Rex. If he is such a "good Christian" then why did he treat us so badly and leave us in such a difficult position? He treated us like our situation didn't matter to him at all even though he had told my husband that he would take care of all of this for us today and knowing that my husband could not do it with an injured arm. BTW, we are in our 70's.
Bad business. We will never do business with Rex again. read more