Re: Potting mixes & John Innes Centre
"Van Heiningen, Andrew" wrote:
>
> Moira wrote:
>
> >Deborah already has an answer on the composition of JI mixes, but she
> >also wanted to know what JI is and it stands for John Innis
> >Horticultural Institution, Merton England.
> >In 1939 they published the classic on the subject a little book of about
> >160 pages entitled "Seed and Potting Composts" by Lawrence and Newell. I
> >have a copy of the second (revised) edition which I bought in 1953 and
> >which was my potting soil bible for many years.
>
> >Whether this Institute still exists I have no idea, perhaps some English
> >correspondent could enlighten us.
>
> Moira, I guess I qualify as a UK correspondent, so here is the URL to the
> 'John Innes Centre'.
>
> http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/
>
> I also had a look for the book at various sites, but it does not seem to
> be available. Shame.
Andrew
Many thanks for giving me this website. I hope to have some time to go
surfing on Monday and will have a look at it then.
I suspect not may copies of the book come on the market because we are
all still using them!!
> Best regards,
> Andrew van Heiningen
> SE England, north/west of London / zone?
> E-Mail - vanheina@visa.com
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
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