Re: peat beds was: Maidenhair fern

Diann,

This link should take you to Jim McClement's post on making peat
beds:

http://listserv.surfnet.nl/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9901&L=alpine-L&P=R394
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There was also a follow up post from someone saying they were using
pine bark mulch in lieu of peat....

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Diann Barbee Thoma <dthoma@teleologic.net>
> Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 10:52 PM
> 
> No, I think they've all been 3 1/2-5" pots, some looking quite
healthy. /:|
> I'm trying to get a copy of the paper on peat beds that Doug Green
> referenced by Jim McClement(?). It also could be that they need far
more
> water than I've supplied, esp in the 2-3rd year at my house. Still,
if they
> were easy....(I'd have to say the same for the Royal Fern. I know
they like
> an overabundance of water and they certainly don't get THAT
here--so they
> never survive either....:-((     )
> 
> Not to say that I'm Typhoid Mary with the ferns!  But perhaps some
are more
> FAR more forgiving as time goes on than others.
> 
> Diann
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
> [o*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of GeneBush
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 6:32 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Maidenhair fern
> 
> 
> Hello Diann,
>     OK...now you have my curiosity motor running. One question. The
> Maidenhair
> ferns you have planted and lost in the past. Any of them from a 5
pint pot,
> multiple rhizomes and full root systems to spread out into the
surrounding
> soil?
> Only thing left that I can think of..... I have seen these for sale
so often
> as a
> dried out rhizome with scraggly remains of dried root system.
Received a few
> myself from wholesalers... and returned them for credit.
>     Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
>           around the woods - around the world
> genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Diann Barbee Thoma <dthoma@teleologic.net>
> Subject: RE: Maidenhair fern
> 
> 
> > Well, Gene, I guess you didn't struggle and then prevail with the
plant so
> > you have no insight to help others who find this a favorite plant
but
> > haven't succeeded in getting it to thrive. I've tried about 8
plants from
> 4
> > different sources over the last 4 years, including different
locations and
> > close attention to its preferred soil.
> >
> > So--good for you and still too bad for us!
> >
> > Diann
> 
> 
>
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