Beginner Gardening: adding sand to potting soil?, 1 by themoonhowl

themoonhowl wrote:
My Rosemary is in the ground and has been for a few years. I amended the clay soil with a 1 part sand 4 parts inexpensive potting soil and have had pretty good success. By the same token I have sages , basils and oreganos growing in containers filled with $2.50 the 2 cubic ft bag potting mix and they are all doing well also. It all really boils down to cost/budget. availability and how it is to be used. For most container plants good drainage is the issue and the herbs mentioned do not need nutrient/organic matter dense soil.

Below is the rosemary.