I took the bags back I did only keep one though because it was already open, the soil he has is the garden soil? My only concern was that it had to be mixed with native soil due to the fact it would be too compacted to use alone and my soil is like clay. We did have orchards here though before we built our house on this lot so idk. And we get some random weeds growing all over the place so it much work for something.if its worth anything I have a neighbor who plants directly into the Miracle grow bags. He has a small spot that gets good sun and he just pokes holes in the bag for drainage. Grew some nice cucumbers, egg plants and a couple of really nice tomato plants.