Re: Laterite and N. merrilliana

From: Charles Bigelow (bandh@usinter.net)
Date: Mon May 15 2000 - 09:31:26 PDT

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Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:31:26 -0700
From: Charles Bigelow <bandh@usinter.net>
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Subject: Re: Laterite and N. merrilliana

Michael Feddersen wrote:

>I have been doing some experiments with laterite and have had excellent
>results. For the N. merrilliana's ...
>...I put some in a mix of pumice and laterite with a little hydroton to
>aerate and they all grow better. The leaves are dark red and leathery.
>...
>I also had some of the N. merrilliana seed sprout up better in laterite
>than milled sphagnum. The seedling sent down deep roots.
>I have also N. rajah, burbidgea, lamnii, belli, deaniana, and some
>clipeata crosses doing exceptionally well in the mix.

Is "laterite" the name of a product, or do you have some source of
lateritic soil? And how about "hydroton"?

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