RE: Culture: Baccto

Hi,
I looked this product up on the internet and it is interesting.

I have six friends that live in central Michigan and had moved to this
broken down abandoned farm in the middle of nowhere.  They had always lived
in the slums of Detroit.  They had a rescued pair of goats and a rescued cow
and a rescued pair of horsed, Chickens too and a Bandy Rooster.  A
registered Saluki and a registered Ibisan Hound too. You get the picture.
No money but willing to work and work hard.

So in trying to survive they talked with the older people around and one
farmer came to see them and directed them to plant their garden in a
specific spot.  They didn't know any different so that's where they planted
it.  Their garden grew so well they had a whole lot of produce to take to
the local farmer's market, an unexpected but wonderful financial boon.  They
had planted their garden on the edge of a peat bog and when everything else
died for lack of water that year their garden flourished.  They had carrots
as big and my two fists at the top and they were like baby carrots in taste.
This same farmer told them the peat gave no resistance to the growing
vegetable.
So, it appears the Baccto is from the Michigan Peat Company.  This may give
you some inside information as to why you have good luck with the Baccto.

Char, New Berlin WI

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Linda
Bartell
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:13 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] Culture: Baccto

<I have not seen 'Baccto' in this area.  What specifically am I looking 
for
other than a brand name?>
 
Char - I use regular (not 'lite') Baccto.  It says on the back of the bag:
'A scientifically developed, university tested professional growers' plants
mix rich in sphagnum peat moss, horticultural vermiculite and perlite, plus
sufficient nutrition for healthy seedling germination and plant growth.  A
premoistened, all-purpose mix for all indoor/outdoor potted plants, for
starting seeds, and rooting cuttings.'

Linda Bartell
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