Re: Alocasia potting mix

Lester,
What is your new mix for Anthuriums...  Mine needs changing also...
Dewey

>On expert advise, I changed the potting mix I was using for anthuriums and
>suddenly am seeing them flourish as they never had before.  They had grown
>*adequately* in Pro-Mix but never as they're growing now.  Consequently,
>it's dawning on me that I should be changing other potting mixes rather
>than trying to get everything to grow in Pro-Mix.
>
>So - what are people's favorites for Alocasias?  Specifically, I've had
>problems with Black Velvet getting terminal cases of dwindles.  I suspect
>that Pro-Mix doesn't drain well enough.  Obviously I could just add some
>perlite but why stop there?  I'll glady purchase whatever
>charcoal-bark-osmundum-sphagnum-peat-vermiculite-loam-compost-plastic-fiber
>glass combination people recommend and see what happens.




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