Clash of the titans!
Lol.. if Baja and Will disagree, neither is wrong. Im relatively experienced and these are the two smartest guys on here.
Baja is in dry south west, Will in in humid North east
As a minor player who admires both of these guys very much, what you need to look at is your own environment.
If you put in a big pot in the desert you are fine. If you do it along either coast it will rot immidiately