Potting mix for Lavender

[Chooklady]

Hello

I have a rather nice potted Lavender plant that I purchased from a market stall and repotted as soon as I got home.... it was way to small. It's doing very nicely but as I do, I go and read about the best thing to plant things in.

It is in a mix of normal garden soil with broken crock at the bottom for drainage (with holes in the pot as usual). I water it when it needs it as it is not in the ground and dries out quicker.

Should I have used potting compost with perlite or grit instead? I know that they like poor soil and don't like overwatering when they are established.

Do they need feeding? I read that some potash is good... anyone here bother?

[Two_Sheds]

You're right, they do well in poor dry soil. Most of mine are in the ground (they love our sandy light soil). I have one in a pot and I let it get really dry before watering.
I don't feed them, but if they looked hungry I'd give them a dash of comfrey tea, same as all the rest get