So I just got back on the other forum, and the people who use this soil answered. One posted a screenshot of the Scott's stuff and said "This is what you need. Many of us have used it with no problems". The other guy said "I've never gotten anything like what you're describing out of a Scott's bag. Yes, there are pieces of mulch/sticks in there which is safe. If you found a bunch of weird stuff in that bag, don't use it for your leo. Either return it to where you got it or use it in your garden."

Not sure why that printed like that, I just copy/pasted it.

The other guy from Texas said he uses this stuff: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Timberline-...Soil/999973086

I can't get that because it's not available here.

"these people have their pets in full bioactives, which is more than I can say, so I figured they must know what there talking about"

It doesn't follow that someone who keeps their leopard gecko in a "full bioactive" enclosure thereby "knows what they're talking about". Simply jumping on a bandwagon doesn't make one knowledgeable. Possibly, quite the opposite.


Right, what I meant by that was that if they were having success, there has to be a reason, right? I mean, I don't know almost anything about bioactives at this point, and the way these people do it obviously works for them.

That's interesting about the spraying, I didn't realize that the halflives were so short. Do they still use dinotefuran for coconut trees?

That actually makes a lot of sense. I never thought about the pesticides/crickets before, but I see where that would be far more concerning than some pesticides in the soil.