As suggested earlier; there are a myriad of soilless mixes with ferts and w/o, organic, coco, etc. Just really depends on preference, imo you just think of it as which problems (innate in any medium) "am I" most comfortable dealing with. I'm personally thinking about switching to Happy Frog from FF, it's organic and I've heard good things about it, it is a bit more expensive I think though. My regular herb/veggie garden seems to like the Sunshine #4 I transplanted to. I've also heard that you could add 20-50% more perlite to amend the FFOF, haven't personally had time/finances to mess tho. Also, I'm nowhere near experienced enough to compose my own medium so ya got me there! Hope this helps!