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Re: MEDIT-PLANTS Humidity and L. stoechas - loves it

Instead of using cactus/succulent soil, you can just add a bunch of coarse
pumice.  (I worked in a plant store and we made our own cactus soil by
mixing our regular soil mix with pumice, and threw in a handful of worm
castings for good measure.)

bob

On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, William M. Groth wrote:

> Michael, Richard
> 
> What I may do when I put it in a large pot is to use a mix of potting soil and
> cactus/succulent soil, then put the larger perlite pebbles spread on the 
> surface as sort of a mulch.  it should be very porous and reflective white.
> 
> Thank you for your comments.  
> Michael, are you aware that in Houston, TX it is in what is known as USDA
> zone 
> 9a which has seldom sees low temperatures even in the 20 F range.  This last 
> winter (November to March) we have seen the temperature drop to the 25 F 
> (approx -4 C) maybe once and it only got to freezing (32 F or 0 C) about 6 
> or 7 times.  There have been periods of a full calendar year where the low 
> temperature did not fall below freezing.  So I don't understand why the 
> Spanish Lavendar would have a problem with Houston winter. 
> 
> At 12:07 AM 3/12/98 PST, you wrote:
> >
> >Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:11:14 +1100
> >From: Michael Bailes <frgntgar@ozemail.com.au>
> >To: salvia@nr.infi.net, MEDIT-PLANTS@ucdavis.edu
> >Subject: Re: Humidity and L. stoechas - loves it
> >Message-ID: <l03110701b12d0217b053@[203.7.181.105]>
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> >
> >Stoechas is much more humidity tolerant than the varieties grown in France
> >Your big problem will be getting it through a Houston winter.
> >There are very mant interesting steochas cultivars grow here.
> >One or two proclaimed weeds. (I should be so lucky!)
> >
> >Michael Bailes.
> >The Fragrant Garden, Portsmouth Road, Erina. N.S.W. 2250 Australia. (OZ)
> > Int fax 61 243 651979  Phone 61 243 677322
> > EMAIL: frgntgar@ozemail.com.au
> >  Web page at: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~frgntgar/
> 
> 
> >Dolomite slopes. The "soil" is almost pure doolmite
> >
> >Michael Bailes.
> >The Fragrant Garden, Portsmouth Road, Erina. N.S.W. 2250 Australia. (OZ)
> > Int fax 61 243 651979  Phone 61 243 677322
> > EMAIL: frgntgar@ozemail.com.au
> >  Web page at: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~frgntgar/
> 
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