potting soil observation

Interesting observation - mostly for California gardeners. I am creating some pots for a client and ran out of time to go to my favorite supplier for potting soil so I purchased SuperSoil at one of the big box stores. I have been using Garden Bloome which is a Kellogg product and have been pretty happy with it. When I got to the client's house, they had a couple of leftover bags of Whitney Farms' Uncle Malcom's mix.

I have to say that I am amazed by the difference in the products. I opened the SuperSoil and it looked like composted cow manure (smelled like it too). No "dirt" like material, no chunky perlite for good aeration, just dense, flaky junk.

And as much as I have been liking the texture of Garden Bloome, I thought that Uncle Malcom's had an even better texture. Both have various micro nutrient sources so I am not worried about that. The price differential is only a dollar or so a bag. I am thinking of switching to Uncle Malcoms now.

Anyone else have any thoughts on these products?

Nan
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