Re: Marl Soil Recipe

From: Dave Evans (dpevans@rci.rutgers.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 22 2000 - 18:17:37 PDT

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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:17:37 -0400
From: "Dave Evans" <dpevans@rci.rutgers.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: Marl Soil Recipe

> Posted this request last week ...
>
> Nobody's experimented with home-made alkaline bog soil mixes in
cultivation
> for S. purpurea and D. linearis?
>
> Can't believe I'm breaking new ground here ...

Dear Jay,

Try adding some limestone or fine (or as close to fine grain as you can
find) marble to a regular peat-sand mix.
Many Pinguicula grow in similar soil conditions.

Dave Evans

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