There is much to be said for consistency in particlulate size in soils. You have a high volume of soil with fine particles & you want to make it drain well - right? If you imagine a bowl of pudding (fine particulates) how much perlite do you have to add to make it free draining? - a BUNCH, right? If you START with a soil that is made up of fairly uniform particles, you're already well on the way to building a very usable soil.

I can't answer your question w/o having my hands on what you're intending to use, but you can. Do you think the soil will drain freely & hold enough air to allow maximum root growth for the intended life of the planting? WHAT you use is less important than how you use it. If you can answer 'YES' to that question, an appropriate mix of your ingredients will surely work.

I would also tend to leave the blood and bone meal out and rely on your choice of fertilizer to deliver the N & P.

If this leaves you with more questions than you had when you started, I'll do my best to answer anything you ask.

Al

Thanks Al,
The amount of "Soil" is minmumal (SP). I plan to add lots of pine fines and perlite and no peat. I already have the bone and blood meal and only planned to add a few cups of each to the small batches I mix. I have had no problem with drainage with the original mix and expect none now. I am trying to push over to organic bit by bit, but finances will not allow me to pitch out what I already have. I am an old guy on limited income and just can not start from scratch and pitch what I have. I hand water everything due to water restrictions in force now. I plan to rely on the worm castings and the Neptune's harvest for fertilizer. Hard I know, but I have to deal with what I have on hand. In the spring I will start from scratch and put all the container mix on hand into my gourd beds. I have had good luck raising lettuce in the spring and want to try to get in some more before the hard frost hits. I am also building a greenhouse, but I might not be able to finish it this year. For the early spring for sure.
Thanks,
1eyedJack and the Dawg

I understand, Jack. I wish you the very best of luck (crops, too). Offer still stands if you think I can help with anything.

Al

Ura prince of a fella Al, You must be Irish.

1eye and the Dawg