It appears you have a John Deere in Waltham -- not too bad of a drive from Boston. (I went to college there.) Perhaps call and ask if they have Turface MVP in stock; if not they can order it, I'm certain.

You should be able to source pine or fir bark there easily; I've attached a link to Boston Bark, also in Waltham.
www.bostonbark.com
If they don't carry the right size, they will surely know where you might find it. As for the granite/rock portion -- some of these on the link below should work fine.

Lime, you can get at any of the garden stores. And voila -- you have gritty mix! :-)

If at all possible, I would highly recommend gritty mix for succulents. I am blown away by the difference. I am constantly amazed I didn't drown all my other succulents previous to using this mix. Houseplant or succulents, I'd definitely give it a shot!

Hope you're doing okay in Boston. It's been a really rough week for you guys....hang in there!

Grace

Here is a link that might be useful: Stones -- Bridgewater

I have a small number of plants to do right now. I went with repti bark (petco), oil dry #8822 (Napa) and then I got chicken grit for the granite. This part shouldn't be a problem all the feed stores carry it, you just want the larger size. I got mine at Tractor Supply. I think I am into it all together about 20 bucks in materials. I did not want to wait on my repti bark but I did see that Petco has it on line a 8 quart bag for 5.50 or so. I paid 8 and some change at the store.

Good luck, I am anxious to start repotting this weekend and see if all the propaganda is substantiated.

John

John, I am all excited for you!
Which plants are going to get their worlds rocked? :-)

Grace

You guys are great.

Grace,

I am going to repot a crassula tri color, Graptopetalum (Superbum) an Echevaria (Nodulosa) along with a small aloe and a run of the mill Kalanchoe. If I get brave I also have an Orthphytum Gurkenii that I have a hunch would do exceptional in the gritty mix. The O Gurkenii is really hard to get any information on but from what I am reading it seems as if gritty mix was invented for it.

Side note: if the color of this mix matters much to you I think I'd go with the Turface vs the oil dry. I just mixed a small batch its not the most appealing looking stuff in the world. BUT...always a but right? It's destined to be underneath a layer of gravel so if it works then no matter.

Mahz, as Grace and JG mentioned, the Gritty Mix (or a gritty mix) is really what you want for long-term plant health (especially during the Winter).

For plants like Holiday Cacti, Hoyas, Orchids, Scilla...the 5-1-1 works exceptionally well.

Josh