Re: container plants
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: container plants
- From: M* R* W*
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 21:44:00 -0500
Oh, I see, Marge-- kind of like the way my grandmother makes her bread--
just a little of this and a handful of that until it "feels right"...
:-)
Seriously, this does answer my question. I always clean the tubs out over
winter anyway (no place to winter things over except in the ground) so
it's always fresh mix every spring and shouldn't get compacted because of
that.
Thanks,
Mary
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 20:21:32 -0400 "Marge Talt" <mtalt@clark.net> writes:
> Mary,
>
> I don't put much clay in by volume, say a couple shovels full to a
> wheelbarrow full of other stuff. Plus, the granite grit helps keep
> stuff
> draining well. I think, if left for three years, you'd get some
> compaction, but by that time, whatever mix you have used would
> compact. I
> found my mix without any clay was awfully light and seemed to be
> missing
> something. A bit of clay seems to help all around. Not too
> much...takes a
> bit of experimenting, I tell by the feel:-) Have been known to make
> a
> batch with too much and then have the 'pleasure' of repotting stuff
> in a
> new mix....
>
> Marge
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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> >
> > One more question: Marge, won't the clay soil compact the mix in a
> pot?
> > We have clay here too and I remember WAY back when I first started
> > gardening I planted pots in mostly garden soil-- disaster!
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> > Mary
> >
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