Re: Pro-mix (Was: Re: baking dirt)

Happy Holidays, Butch:

I understand your statement about the relationship of perlite to soil-less 
mix lightness.  However, seeing and feeling a wet sample of the material goes 
a long way.  I did some other quick and 'dirty' tests on this material to 
know I wanted to try it in the garden.

It worked the way I anticipated it to in the garden.  Another feature was the 
cost was not as expensive as Pro-Mix.

Around here, there are not any choices of the soil-less mixes except for the 
standard large company brands.  Pro-Mix , I order from Mellinger.  What other 
soil-less mixes are used and don't contain peat moss or fertilizer?  What are 
their costs and who are the suppliers?

For potting hosta and perennials, if my back doesn't go out, I prepare a 
mixture of peat moss, coarse sand, decomposed shredded pine bark, and 
humus/composted manure.  I also use this in planting hosta, ferns, kalmia, 
dwarf conifers, and rhodies.

Hostally,

Rich Horowitz
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