Whittier Fertilizer Co

I ordered 600 sqft Bermuda grass sod and very reasonable. And they deliver to my house to my backyard .
Great service and fast few days order.

Its the go-​to for all things sod, grass seed, mulch, rocks, and many more landscape needs.

I love their products & their service to march. They make running a small landscape business that much easier by taking orders over the phone & always delivering on time. I feel very fortunate to have them nearby!

Will likely update once our delivery actually comes in. Put in an order for DG and Sand with Ernie, who was very nice. We selected an 11 – 1 time window for delivery. At 1:15 they hadn’t arrived yet so I called and got a man named David. I tried to explain to David that they were late and he said «we’re not late we just left.» I explained to him again that our time slot was 11 – 1 and he said «We cannot control traffic.» I wish I could say there was a language barrier, but David spoke perfectly good English. I told him I didn’t understand how traffic could be the issue when our delivery slot was 11 – 1 and he’s yelling, literally yelling at me, that he cannot control traffic. I keep calmly trying to explain to him that it cannot be due to traffic if the truck is just leaving PAST the time of our delivery and in the middle of me trying to explain this he said «HOLD PLEASE, I’M TRANSFERRING THE THE SUPERVISOR.» And I get hold music.
LUCKILY, I got Ernie. Sh*t happens, I get it. But don’t yell me if it’s your fault for not calling your customer, when you have our numbers. «Sorry, we’re on our way and we’ll call you if we expect to be any later than we already are,» goes a long way.
HOPEFULLY, when the materials DO deliver, in 20 – 40 mins from now, we get to deal with a nice person and that the quality of the materials are good.
UPDATE: 2:36PM
I was told they would show up by 2:00. They showed up at 2:30.
Le Sigh.

This place is one of those places that has good prices, and good selection but the customer service SUCKS! Louie is an ass! Thinks he knows it all and is lazy! No help what so ever.

Unless you like a lot of non-​compostable trash in your mulch, AVOID.
Our first experience with WF was pretty good. Over a year ago, we purchased around $ 800’s worth of their fine cover mulch for our front yard. It was good quality mulch so when it came time to do our back yard, we called them again and had them deliver about $ 300’s worth of the same mulch. WOW, what a difference a year makes. The mulch is absolutely worthless. It is LITTERED with plastic bottle caps, twist ties, cloth, metal and glass pieces, candy wrappers, and other inorganic trash. We’ve been trying to pick it out but it’s nearly impossible to clean it up. If I wanted all that crap in my mulch, I can get free mulch from the city.
I sent WF an email about their trashy mulch and they never responded. They were super friendly when they took our money. Too bad they don’t stand behind their products. Our neighbor was looking for somewhere to buy mulch for his backyard. We promptly steered them away from WF. Save your money and source elsewhere.

Fabulous price for St. Augustine sod. Best in LA County. Home Depot wants 7.99 for one square. I bought 300 sq ft from Whittier for just over $ 300.00!

Trying to find a decent selection of sod in Orange County when you only need a small amount is NOT easy. We finally found it at Whittier Fertilizer. They have quite a few different types of sod and I found them to be very reasonably priced. We placed our order on a Saturday and picked it up the following Saturday (it would have been available sooner, but our work schedules wouldn’t allow for a Tuesday morning pickup ;)).
They also have a wide variety of «dirt.» Fertilizer, compost, whatever you want to call it. They made a recommendation for us and we went with it. Our grass is now almost 6 months old and it’s looking great!

This place it horrible iv never been treated like a idiot for not knowing about fertilizer. I’m sorry I’m not a sh*t expert. It’s unfortunate the walrus looking guy in the front of the store is such A hole. Zero customer service skills zero! Oh and I like the way he slammed the pen on the counter that was a nice touch. On the bright side Arturo saved the day and made up for this complete baboon.

Whiitier Fertilizer sells all sorts of materials that you might need for your landscape, and they sell it in bulk. Compost, topsoil, mulches, rocks, gravel, potting mixes, and more can all be yours! While many of their products are also sold in conventional bags, the real savings come into play when you buy materials «by the yard» (i.e., 1 cubic yard).
I have been here twice, in both cases to purchase a yard of compost to help prepare bare areas for new lawns. The wind and rain had eroded much of the top soil, so mixing in a bunch of compost was my way of bringing things up to snuff. The folks at Whittier Fertilizer Co. are knowledgeable and helpful. You go up to the counter, make your request, pay, and then drive your truck or trailer out to the back. A man driving a small front loader awaits for you to hand off your yellow ticket, and he quickly scoops and dumps the material you ordered directly into the back of your truck.
Their compost is rich in organic material, mostly from forest and lawn products I believe, but carefully managed in order to help eliminate weed seeds through a natural hot composting process. I’m happy with their product.
Aside from bulk materials, they also sell other supplies, including a broad selection of organic amendments (blood meal, bone meal, etc.), quality garden tools, and they are also a distributor of Marathon seed and sod.
Open to the public, and that’s what makes them great.

I came by because I have been having trouble with my grass. I have some brown spots and some areas that are beginning to die off, even though I have a new sprinkler system. Well, when I got there the place didn’t look like much. It is tucked in small neighborhood in Pico Rivera not Whittier, not too far away from the 605 freeway. Its an old structure which look like an old warehouse.
Not making up my mind on the place I decided to go see about some new marathon seed to try to repair those balding spots. As I walked to the opening of the warehouse I looked at the different types of sod they had. While I was looking a salesman came to ask if I needed. I usually don’t like salesman pressuring me, but this guy seemed nice. I talked to him and he was able to give me some good advice: Don’t cut Marathon grass too short, it shocks the grass, wait until October to plant seed, and make sure you water every other day on hot summer days.
I did not buy anything that day, but I got the idea that Whittier Fertilizer is really trying to help their clients versus selling them products that they do not need.
Like Arnold says, «I’ll be back.»

I have gotten mixed results with their bulk organic compost. This is the compost they sell by the cubic yard out in the back area. For two years now our community garden has been using their organic compost for one of the three grow beds. The bed with Whittier Fertilizer produce has always performed poorly. Even the weeds don’t come up. On the opposite spectrum, horse bedding from the equestrian center has produced every season. After allowing the horse bedding to age, the beds would produce great and beautiful plants every season with minimal effort.
Visual inspection of the Whittier Fertilizer’s product will exhibit signs of high carbon content, out of balance with the nitrogen amount. Unbalanced ratio will make it decompose very slowly up to a year. This can be from the excessive addition of the tree bark or heavy wood materials; especially if it’s from pine or eucalyptus trees. The tree’s material inhibit growth of other plants.
Overall, after two years of trying out their products and getting negative results, I will disuse and not recommend other local gardeners to use their bulk compost.

This place has everything you need, whenever you need it! I have a landscaping company and thats the place where I buy mostly everything. From Good Quality SOD to truck loads of mix soil, Mulch anything you need! easy and fast service.

This place is excellent! This is a one stop shop for my company. Excellent products, and good service. Definitely recommend it!
The business is located on a huge, tucked away lot with lots of parking inside and outside on the street.
Whittier Fertilizer offers many products and services from dumping green waste, to mixing and loading custom soil blends, to professional landscape products such as fertilizers, composts, and pest controls. They also have sod for purchasing and they deliver all your products in a very timely and professional manner.
The customer service is good for the most part. Could use some work but its alright. This place isn’t a place you would expect anything great from in terms of friendliness. It’s more like a get me the right product for my needs and ill be off.
They have a huge selection on tools for the professionals and average home owners.
Whittier Fertilizer is truly a one stop shop for ALL landscape needs. Oh! I forgot to mention that their new website is awesome. They have a product page and right under the product they have a very detailed description of the product and its uses. Also, they have a comments section where the employees and customers can interact and ask questions about the products… VERY USEFUL!

The worst customer service experience! An employee Louie was rude and questioned my questions in a condescending way. Twice I was treated this way. My fault for giving them a second chance. I do not know much about the other employees but the one I was dealing with needs to take a course on customer service.

We recently purchased about 500 sq. ft of sod for our back yard. They delivered it for $ 50 bucks — BUT, they left it out on the curb rather than in our driveway like we asked. I called and spoke to Ernie who quickly solved the problem — he had the driver come back and they took the sod to the back yard for me. Awesome! and its reasonably priced as well. We bought marathon II. We did a lot of shopping around to get a good price and by far, this place was the best.
highly recommended.

St Augustine Grass .98cents a square foot here. Home Depot $ 6.99 a square foot. Is there question who I am buying from? Great quality grass and soil at great prices. Although, they have certain types of grass in stock, it can go fast, especially during the weekend. Drop in, order and pay in advance to make sure they have what you need when you need it.

Best place to go for organic gardening supplies that I have found. Worth the drive from Long Beach. They really do have it all, from bulk to bagged materials. If you are doing a square foot garden, they have it all here, from fine, well broken down, dark, organic compost ($ 28/​yard), coarse vermiculite ($ 21 for a 3.5 cu ft bag) and sphagnum peat moss ($ 23 for compressed 3.8 cu ft bag).
I have bought yards of their organic compost, and it has been clean without junk/​trash like other places I have been to. They have small and large bags of organic fertilizer. I bought 50 lb bags of blood meal ($ 54?) and bone meal ($ 38). Much cheaper to buy in large bags and apply as needed. You can buy grass seed/​non-​organic fertilizer from bulk containers they have if you just need a certain amount.
They have samples of their bagged and bulk product so you can see the size and consistency. They also have nice playground bark without sharp edges.
Not all the prices are marked, but they will give you the price if you ask the cashier. Their driving directions for ordering bulk product isn’t very clear, but drive your truck to the back and make a right, go down near the end of the dirt road and find one of the workers and give them your receipt. They will direct you to which pile to go to.

That is a lot of dirt! We bought somewhere in the realm of over 100 cubic feet of soil and mulch. They had everything we needed, even worm castings. Actually they didn’t have the right peet moss I needed but no biggie. We had great service from David. He put up with us so well hehe. They even delivered same day for us! They have a little shopping area with garden tools, a small selection of seeds etc. but this place is great to get a good price on soil, dirt and mulch. ALL ORGANIC!

I was building new vegetable beds in my yard this year. First off they had vermiculite for my raised beds which was awesome! Each bag was only $ 18 for about 3.5 cubic feet. To give you a comparison when I found vermiculite at Lowe’s it was $ 4 for 8 quarts. I would have had to have about 11 bags worth to get the same amount at a whopping $ 44 and tons of leftover trash.
While I was there I also bought some organic compost by Whittier Fertilizer since I just don’t have enough space to make it fast enough. It was reasonably priced about $ 3 a bag, I think. Anyway when I got home I ripped the bag open and realized their compost was the real deal. Good compost is light and fluffy, it smells like dirt and earth and not like cow shit. Most of the stuff you get from Home Depot is a mixture of ground up bark mixed with manure. It hasn’t had time to break down and you get huge wood chunks. The Whittier fertilizer compost was nice and fluffy and broken down nicely.
They loaded up my car for me. They have all sorts of stuff garden people can geek out about. Lots of mulch options, grass, compost, soil mixes, etc. If you’re about to take up the hobby you can talk to them to get your soil jusssttt right.