I'm not sure what you have in mind for using the potting soil exactly, but I have my own special mix made that I use for my rare cycads. With plants that are worth what these are worth, getting the best soil is well worth the extra money. You mentioned drainage, well, that is the most important thing in growing cycads. That, and having a mix that doesn't break down real fast and get mucky over time. Also, I don't want insects getting in my mix (ants and termites love pine bark)and I don't want my pH to go acid in a year. My mix is mainly Canadian peat, well point sand (very coarse sand, almost small rock)I do use cypress saw dust and also perlite. If you can't find anything good, I am 2 minutes off I-4 in Lakeland and have my soil professionally made for me by a place that has a computer mixing it and I buy 30 yards at a time. If you are just wanting to put up some things, I could spare 1/2 a yard or something like that.

The biggest bane for citrus to me is the leaf minor, I hate them. As far as citrus goes, my all time favorite is Hirado butan pummelo. Harris Citrus on CR 39 south of SR 60 has them. I have the tropic snow peach and love it. You wont get any chastisment from me about the Mulberry, I have the pakistan cv and its delicious. You may want to try the gulf plums, they are fabulous. Others to consider are loquat (Bradenton is a good cv), feijoa, cattley guava, grumichama, cherry of rio grande, jujube, apple (anna and golden dorsett), banana (ice cream, misi liki, manzano are all good cold hardy cv's), avocado (mexicola- cold hardy), blueberry, blackberry ect. I grow these in Zephryhills which is a bit colder than you.

Well, I just have to sing..." Happy Birthday to Me - Happy Birthday - Happy Birthday to Me - Happy Birthday!!!" Wait a minute its not my BIRTHDAY. It sure does feel like it!!! Vanessa: Thanks for all you've done!! Marcia: Thanks for picking up my babies!! Felix: Thanks for babysitting!! I'm so excited! Picture me doing the birthday dance and singing..."Happy Birthday to Me"... Priscilla

If Ace has it online, your local Ace will order it for you to save the shipping charges. You can also order it online, free shipping, to be delivered to the store. But I've learned the store doesn't make the profit margin that way so they'd rather order it for you than have you do it online.