Re: Potting mixes
Janet B wrote:
>
> Hi Moira
>
> Its interesting that over the years we have come to both using an identical
> potting mix. I too use a quality JI type, mixed with the best peat based I
> can buy, and top dress as it sinks with some home made compost, organic
> fertlisers etc. I tried using soil from our 'horafi' (small veg field) but
> found it contained too many weed seeds and pests.
>
Hi Janet
I think you have confused two posts. It was Dave Poole who was using the
JI formula. These mixes are scarcely used or known in NZ nowadays and I
use my a home-made mix of my own compost and various sands. I don't use
any soil except for large outdoor pots, My vegetable garden soil which I
use for this seems very pest-free (though teeming with worms) but does
have something of a weed problem. I prefer not to use any form of peat,
as it is a scarcely renewable natural resource and in some countries
its removal is destroying valuable ecosystems.
Moira
--
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata,
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
