Re: Alocasia potting mix
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- Subject: Re: Alocasia potting mix
- From: J* S*
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:14:02 -0500 (CDT)
had a similar experience with black velvet in pro-mix in a shady location. i
wanted to dump it, but she who must be obeyed insisted we try it in the
ground. so i planted out. our soil is sand to the center of the earth with a
little organic matter in the top three feet and a lot of moisture the rest
of the way down. it is planted in the light shade provided by tall slash
pines [which are also likely responsible for the organic matter in the
sand]. to cut to the chase, the plant has rallied. it now consists of three
thick stalks and a dozen or more leaves.
At 09:38 AM 9/27/00 -0500, Lester Kallus wrote:
>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.
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>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-fiberg
lass combination people recommend and see what happens.
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Himself @ jsinger@peacenet.org
