> From: Mary Sue Ittner > > "Many years ago I had my husband buy me some decomposed granite after > everyone raved about it. He got the kind with fines. I think it weighed > more than sand so using it made the pots very heavy and it kind of clumped > together so it didn't seem to me that there would be much air in the mix at > all." The decomposed granite that is sold by landscape materials suppliers is intended for paths and has a high content of clay. It is machine compacted, and the clay makes it bind together and form a hard surface. It isn't intended for horticultural use. Diana