I know people are immediately going to recommend using 'Al's Mix' but I've had mixed results with it; leafy green stuff, beans, and zukes love it.

Root veggies don't like it and it dries out too fast for tomatoes/peppers/eggplants etc. (yes I use the smallest size pine mulch I can find).

Is there anybody who is currently using a soil mix like the one I listed currently and if so how are your results? As long as I get healthy plants and a good yield from my veggies/herbs, that's all I really care about.

It's not a matter of 'I know it's going to fail' when I say 'it's not recommended but' I just know some people are gung ho on doing something a certain way and any other way is wrong and/or will result in failure to them.

The soil mix I'm using is listed below and it contains...

1 part topsoil (yes I know people advise against using it but I am amending it with other stuff)

1 part pine mulch (right out of the bag, and it contains medium-lg. chunks; no this isn't pine bark nuggets/mini nuggets)

1 part COARSE vermiculite
1/2 c lime
1 c osmocote
1 part compost