My two favorite soils are Kellogg's Patio Plus at $5 a bag and Scott's Super Soil at $7 a bag. I've also tested Fox Farm and Roots Organic and while I think these are very good potting mixes, the end results are about the same with what I get with Kellogg's products. It makes it really hard to justify $30 a bag of Roots Organic when the $5 Kellogg bag produces the same results.
As far as organic fertilizers go, I really like Alaska's Fish Emulsion and MorBloom. I also love to use Kellogg's Organic All Purpose Fertilizer ($5 a bag) and I have really good success with it. I make my teas by mixing 1 cup of Kellogg's All Purpose Fertilizer with five gallons of tap water. I let it sit in the sun for a good 15 min and stir it up really good. Then I pour it over my plants in the garden. I never pH and I never really run into any nutrient problems like I do with synthetics or hydroponic products.
For years I've been using organics in the ground and synthetics in pots. The plants grown in pots do grow a little faster, but I usually run into small problems here and there, so the end results are roughly about the same. A slight edge goes to synthetics but organics feel more pure and IDK, I feel like this way how they were meant to grow. And its so much easier too. 2-3 applications of fertilizer a year and that's it. With containers I have to feed once a week and just about anything, even a heavy rain, can cause problems.