Re: Media Revisited
Andreas Wistuba (A.Wistuba@dkfz-heidelberg.de)
Tue, 15 Mar 1994 08:40:26 GMT+1
> The perlite keeps the mix open and improves drainage. However
(and for
> what its worth) the few _Dionea_ that I've seen in the wild grow in a
> mixture of peat and fine sand. The sand is much finer than any
perlite or
> vermiculite I've seen and derives from older coastal shoreline
previously
> in the area. My default mix is 2 parts peat moss, 1 part vermiculite,
and
> 1part perlite. I save the sphagnum for special cases since its fairly
> expensive.
>
I made very bad experience with perlite. It is a good way to kill
Heliamphora.
Andreas