Very small growing medium
Does any know of a very small, ground medium to plant Phals?
Bought a plant a few years ago that was planted in that sort of medium. It is very porous. It has been too long between replanting. Is this sort of medium sold in small bags? Thanks, George |
Very small growing medium
You may be talking about coconut "dust" or coir which may be used as a peat
substitute. The dust is actually finer than coir. It allows excellent water penetration yet holds water almost as well as peat or sphagnum moss. I've been using it experimentally for about 6 mo now and really like it alone or in mixes. Claims are made that it lasts 3-4 years without breaking down. I obviously haven't used it that long to know. I haven't seen it for sale in small bags. I bought it by the block or brick from http://www.coconutstuff.com/index.htm and was very satisfied with the product. A block measures about 1 ft square by 4" thick and will expand to fill a 20 gal container by adding 5-6 gal of water (makes 2.5 cu ft - a brick makes .33 cu ft). So far, my phals love the mix as do the bletillas, pleione, cymbidiums, zygopetalums. A coarser mix is great for odontoglossum and most of their intergeneric hybrids (watch the water -your mix may need more or less sponge rock). Seedlings out of flask do well in 1/3 coconut to 1/3 seedling bark mix to 1/3 perlite. Hope this helps. Gary "g g" wrote in message ... Does any know of a very small, ground medium to plant Phals? Bought a plant a few years ago that was planted in that sort of medium. It is very porous. It has been too long between replanting. Is this sort of medium sold in small bags? Thanks, George |
Very small growing medium
g g wrote:
Does any know of a very small, ground medium to plant Phals? Bought a plant a few years ago that was planted in that sort of medium. It is very porous. It has been too long between replanting. Is this sort of medium sold in small bags? Thanks, George do a search for charley's greenhouse online. They have all sorts of potting mixes. Karen |
Very small growing medium
Or you could be talking about Diatomite or Dyna Rok II We recently discussed
it: http://www.geocities.com/brassia.geo/0122203.html If not, it still is an interesting idea. K Barrett If that link doesn't work try going in teh front door http://www.geocities.com/brassia.geo/OSTA.html and look for the link to Diatomite "Gareth Wills" wrote in message ... You may be talking about coconut "dust" or coir which may be used as a peat substitute. The dust is actually finer than coir. It allows excellent water penetration yet holds water almost as well as peat or sphagnum moss. I've been using it experimentally for about 6 mo now and really like it alone or in mixes. Claims are made that it lasts 3-4 years without breaking down. I obviously haven't used it that long to know. I haven't seen it for sale in small bags. I bought it by the block or brick from http://www.coconutstuff.com/index.htm and was very satisfied with the product. A block measures about 1 ft square by 4" thick and will expand to fill a 20 gal container by adding 5-6 gal of water (makes 2.5 cu ft - a brick makes .33 cu ft). So far, my phals love the mix as do the bletillas, pleione, cymbidiums, zygopetalums. A coarser mix is great for odontoglossum and most of their intergeneric hybrids (watch the water -your mix may need more or less sponge rock). Seedlings out of flask do well in 1/3 coconut to 1/3 seedling bark mix to 1/3 perlite. Hope this helps. Gary "g g" wrote in message ... Does any know of a very small, ground medium to plant Phals? Bought a plant a few years ago that was planted in that sort of medium. It is very porous. It has been too long between replanting. Is this sort of medium sold in small bags? Thanks, George |
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