Re: cactus potting mix?
- Subject: Re: cactus potting mix?
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 16:15:23 +1200
Nan Sterman wrote:
>
> Can someone recommend a recipe for a good potting mix for cacti, or a
> site with a recipe? I want to pot an uncarina ...
Nan
If you don't want to buy a special mix, any standard potting mix will do
if combined with coarse sand in the proportion of two parts mix to one
of sand.
Though repotting can apparently be done at any time of year it is most
successful in early spring.
I am not familar with Uncarina, so don't know if it is spiny, but in
case it is I wonder if you are familiar with the trick of wrapping the
stem in newpaper to prevent it attacking you while you are tending it
(Both for your sake and the plant's - missing spines do mar the
appearence of a stem)
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
