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Title: Terrible on its own, useful as a mix-in
Review: Ive used this stuff several times, usually purchased at a discount store. Learned long ago that attempting to grow anything in it on its own was a terrible idea. The soil is almost water repellant, almost fascinating really. But I discovered that it works great as one component of a mix when trying to grow desert plants. Tossing in a few handfuls of this with some coir or peat, bit of perlite, and some compost, makes the soil drain faster and help avoid drowning plants that are more suited to dry arid climates. Only reason I mention this at all is the soil tends to be cheaper than buying gardening sand. You may want to sift out the wood chips though. A bit of shaking and the stuff ends up with an inch deep layer of mulch on the surface.
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