For the record and giving credit where credit is due, I got my potting mix recipe from Ray Newstead (Raybo) on the container gardening forum here on Tomatoville.
I have seen the ingredients for Al's mix on garden web. Over at the container gardening forum on Garden Web, they are kinda snobby about using Al's recipe and only Al's recipe for planting everything. For the most part, I agree with their theories, but I don't necessarily agree that one can use only the ingredients that they suggest and nothing else. I think that there are other ways of accomplishing their goals with other products. Only once I told them that I live in the Phoenix area did they lighten up on me about their mix recipe. I agree with Tuk50. There is a delicate balancing act between drainage and water retention.
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