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gardenglory said:well im going to add some stuff..peat maybe., and use up what I have. Michele can help me here maybe, I thought it was Fred who used pine fines, sand and ???perlite/vermiculite maybe. I just dont know what kind of sand. Builders sand..playground sand...

Fred and I both just use the small pine bark (dime to nickel size) with sand, 90/10 ratio. We do not add vermiculite/perlite, just pine bark and sand. Then of course the fertlizer, lime, alfalfa, etc.
Here we get a dump truck of sand brought in and it is double washed sand. Some places the single washed sand is just as good, but it's the playground sand you want.