soil mixing
- Subject: soil mixing
- From: z*
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:06:16 +0200
Why is an amended soil sometimes bad? Roots are adapted to the
soil they are in So if there is large difference between the garden
soil and your amendement/ the soil in the pot, the roots are not fit
for your garden soil They dont make new roots because they
already have roots but of the wrong kind!. I would suggest amend
the soil but use a fifty fifty mix of the garden soil and your amended
soil. I once had a small sedum plant with roots from the wild. It
refused to grow Then I made a cutting from the same plant without
any roots and off it went.
Ben J.M.Zonneveld
Clusius lab pobox 9505
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
mintemp-16C(5F)
Zonneveld@RULbim.LeidenUniv.NL
Fax: 31-71-5274999
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