Re: Orchid mix

Barry Meyers-Rice (barry@as.arizona.edu)
Tue, 26 Oct 93 15:57:21 MST

Sounds like your peat moss, fir bark and lava rock mix isn't too evil and
may be just fine....probably.

You can get tricked by little things with soil media. For example, consider
sand. If it comes from the ocean it will have too much salt in it. If it
comes from the desert it will probably be alkaline. I do things on a large
enough scale that I buy the ingredients and mix them as I desire. This
weekend I just bought a 100 pound bag of silica sand---one of the work-
horses in my collection.

B