Re: cactus potting mix?
- Subject: Re: cactus potting mix?
- From: J* S*
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 16:16:35 -0700
Lillian Armstrong wrote:
> Nan Sterman wrote for a recipe for Cactus mix. I have grown
> succulents for many years and I find the best mix is a good commercial
> potting mix like Super Soil mixed almost half and half with either small
> gravel or pumice. Heavy on the potting mix and light on the pumice.
> This works for almost any succulent including my cacti.
> Lillian Armstrong California central coast.
May I second Lillian's good suggestion about half and half: potting mix to
fine stones of some kind?
I've found old fashioned "turkey grit" to be just the right stones.
Sometimes called "granite grit", it's found at feed stores. Very cheap, and
you'll get a lecture from the "feed man" about how it's not considered a
good idea any longer to give grit to your foul!
Jan
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