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Castine Blend Organic Raised Bed Mix
$11.99 – $18.99Castine Blend Organic Raised Bed Mix
Uses: Raised bed gardens, planter boxes and large container gardens. Grows amazing vegetables!
Coast of Maine Organic Products Castine Blend Organic Raised Bed Mix is a rich and diverse soil for growing big and healthy vegetables, herbs and flowers. It is made with a mixture of manure compost, worm castings, lobster and kelp meals, mycorrhizae, greensand and biochar. It is ready to use straight out of the bag with no need for additional components or tilling.
It is OMRI listed for use in organic gardens. Available in 1cf and 2cf bags.
Target pH 6.5
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Wiscasset Blend Earthworm Castings
$17.99Wiscasset Blend Earthworm Castings
Uses: Soil conditioning, top dress indoor container plants, compost tea – Great for vegetables!
Coast of Maine Organic Wiscasset Blend Earthworm Castings is a finely textured, supercharged vermicompost. It is a rich blend of the digested soil left behind by earthworms. This process makes the nutrients in the soil more available to plants, as well as adding improved water retention. The castings are odorless and finely textured, making it easy to top dress houseplants.
Available in 8 quart bags.
Target pH 6.8
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Sprout Island Organic Seed Starter
$8.99 – $24.99Sprout Island Organic Seed Starter
Uses: Seed germination and starting root cuttings
Coast of Maine Organic Products Sprout Island Organic Seed Starter is a rich mixture of blended sphagnum peat moss, perlite, kelp meal, worm castings and well-aged compost. It contains mycorrhizae and is ready to use in cell packs* or flats and provides natural moisture retention and aeration. It has a mild organic fertilizer charge that creates a biologically diverse environment ideal for germinating seeds and root cuttings.
*We recommend cell packs sized 72 or larger.
It is OMRI listed for use in organic gardens.
Available in 8 Quart, 16 Quart and 2cf bags.
Target pH 6.2
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Fish Bone Meal
$16.99Fish Bone Meal (5-13-0) with 1% Calcium
Uses: A source of phosphorus, calcium, nitrogen and essential minerals for budding and blooming plants.
Coast of Maine Organic Products Fish Bone Meal is suitable for fertilizing bulbs, vegetable gardens, outdoor container gardens and trees and shrubs. It is made by dehydrating and grinding the bones from Pacific Whiting. It is preservative-free and an effective alternative for traditional steamed bone meal.
It is OMRI listed for use in organic gardens.
Available in 3lb bags.
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Stonington Blend Grower’s Mix
$29.99Stonington Blend Grower’s Mix
Uses: Containers and large pots. Grows the most amazing tomatoes & vegetables!
Coast of Maine Organic Products Stonington Blend Grower’s Mix is a complex “super soil” designed for high performance container growing. It works well with tomatoes, and, where growing cannabis and medical marijuana is legal, growers have reported tremendous results. This soil incorporates mycorrhizal fungi, kelp, fish bone and alfalfa meal, as well as worm castings, peat, coir and lobster compost. When growing in 15 gallon containers, there is no need for additional nutrients.
It is OMRI listed for use in organic gardens
Available in 1.5cf bags – enough to fill a 10 gallon pot.
Target pH 6.3
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Liquid Squid Fertilizer for Indoor Plants
$19.99 – $39.99Liquid Squid Fertilizer for Indoor Plants ( 2-3-0 )
Uses: Promotes budding and blooming in indoor plants.
Coast of Maine Organic Products Liquid Squid is a highly concentrated liquid fertilizer used to feed indoor house and tropical plants. It can also be used to supplement greenhouse and hydroponic crops as well as annuals, roses, perennials, vegetables, fruit, shrubs and trees outside. Once diluted, it can be watered-in or applied as a foliar spray. It is made from longfin inshore squid using a unique enzymatic cold digestion process.
Available in quarts, gallons and 2.5 gallons.
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Bar Harbor Blend Organic Potting Soil
$8.99 – $19.99Bar Harbor Blend Organic Potting Soil
Uses: House plants, hanging baskets, window boxes, container gardens – Also terrific for growing vegetables!
Coast of Maine Organic Products Bar Harbor Blend Organic Potting Soil is a lightweight soil mixture made with salmon, blueberry, lobster and other composts, as well as calcium and chitin-rich lobster shells, sphagnum peat, perlite and kelp meal. It is dark brown in color and provides the perfect balance between water retention and drainage needed for healthy plants. It is OMRI listed for use in organic gardens.
Available in 8qt, 16qt, 1cf and 2cf bags.
Target pH 6.2
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Stonington Blend Plant Food
$17.99Stonington Blend Plant Food ( 5-2-4 )
Uses: Fertilizer for containers, vegetable gardens, flower beds
Great for replenishing soil between grows in your raised bed!
Coast of Maine Organic Products Stonington Organic Plant Food is an exceptional granular organic fertilizer that will supercharge the biology of container gardens. It is made with lobster, crab, fish and kelp meal, plus worm castings and other natural ingredients. It is also high in calcium which helps promote plant vigor. It can be mixed into the soil for new beds or used to top dress existing plantings.
It is OMRI listed for use in organic gardens
Available in 4lb bags.
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Learn more about Coast of Maine's newest products!
Coast of Maine's NEW Organic & Natural Planting Soils! - Soils designed specifically for planting Tomatoes & Vegetables, Roses & Flowers, and Acid-Loving plants!
$10.99
Coast of Maine Organic Products was founded in 1996 with the simple idea that a healthy planet needs healthy soil to sustain life. From this idea, a love of gardening and a commitment to sustainable practices, Coast of Maine Organic Products has grown to offer what we believe are the most unique and effective organic gardening products available. Here's what our customers think of our products:
"I have a baby and a 2 1/2 year old. I grow what I can to feed the kids, and I use Coast of Maine every year...I try to grow everything organically. It is important for me because the kids are eating it, and it's nice to know where your food is coming from. "
Mom and Organic Gardener
Organic Gardener
"Coast of Maine is the one soil that I have to have every year...It's really the only organic garden soil that has good trusted ingredients that I can buy. You can't go wrong with it. It's great and people love it."
Melissa Higgins
Sprague's Garden Center Manager
"I have been blown away by the Fundy Blend! My garden has not had any weeds, and I haven't once needed to feed my plants because of all the nutrients and kelp in the Fundy Blend... It is amazing!"
Crystal Kovalik
Skillin's Greenhouse employee
"I need to sell quality... when my customers buy something from us, they know it will work. I can't take chances on average. That is why Coast of Maine is a staple here, because we think it is one of the best products out there."
Chris Kennedy
Kennedy's Country Gardens
"We absolutely love Penobscot Blend, because our customers have more success when they add it to what they are planting. Our landscape department finds that adding some into the hole with the trees they are planting helps the trees survival through the winter and cold."
Mary-Jo Bridge Palmer
Sam Bridge Nursery
"I use the Lobster Compost in my garden because it gives me the best tomatoes and greens. It lightens my soil and makes it much richer... I need as much help as I can get, and coast of Maine gives it to me!"
Kit Cornell
Wentworth's CustomerFrom Our Blogs - Gardening / House Plant
The Green Resolution
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