Re: Summer plantings in a balmy Bay Area Garden/Photo links
- Subject: Re: Summer plantings in a balmy Bay Area Garden/Photo links
- From: d* f* <d*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:35:57 -0700 (PDT)
Standard soil mix for cymbidium orchids or cactus/succulent mix can work well, but many of the bromeliads I use go straight into unamended clay soil and do perfectly fine. For more sensitive bromeliads, I usually mix 1/3 perlite with 1/3 orchid bark with 1/3 horticultural pumice, and then amend this 50/50 with the native soil.
--- On Sun, 8/2/09, N Sterman <TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com> wrote:
> From: N Sterman <TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com>
> Subject: Re: Summer plantings in a balmy Bay Area Garden/Photo links
> To: davidfeix@yahoo.com, "medit plants forum" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 11:26 AM
> Thanks for posting those links,
> David. Wonderful examples!
> I've been playing with planting bromeliads
> in the ground and wondering what you find to be the best
> planting mix for that application.
> I've had someone suggest mixing native soil
> with one third medium bark and one third small bark to
> create a well draining mix that will still be somewhat
> sustainable over time - especially in our Southern
> California soils that are much harder baked than your nice
> rain cloud moistened soils in Northern
> California.
> Any
> thoughts? David? Anyone else?
> Nan
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