Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I grow lots of houseplants, including many succulents (I live in the desert). I took a chance with this mix, and I am glad I did so. It drains very fast, and dries out very fast--this is good for succulents in the desert. But even when it dries out on the surface, the plant is still doing fine because (I think) this mix holds water in between particles for a long time. I think overwatering is greatly reduced in this mix. I am a serious overwaterer, so this is great for me. There was a learning curve with using this because the consistency is a bit unusual. When wet, it feels soft and has a sort of bounce-back to it--I don't know how to describe it properly. Kind of like a latex pillow feels when you push on it. Or the top of a cake once it's done and when you press the top, it sort of springs back into place. It holds a great deal of water, but it never feels wet. I am going to purchase another bag of this mix. I used it to root some jade plants and to root a dracaena. I have been struggling with that darn dracaena for about two years. But in this mix it is putting out new leaves for the first time in a year. I am really into potting media--I experiment with pretty much everything, and I am SUPER picky about soil mixes. Typically, I mix my own. But this mix is one of only two I actually prefer over my own mixes. I would recommend this mix for any plant--it doesn't have to be a succulent. I would also humbly advise you to not be turned away by the unusual consistency, if you have only used premixed soil in the past. Those almost always contain lots of peat, and they feel radically different from this mix. This is a superior mix, and I'd say experiment with it to get used to the consistency; it's worth the trouble.