Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 15:02:42 -0700 From: Roberto Devoti <roberto@caronte.mt.asi.it> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3288$foo@default> Subject: Re: Baking Soda treatment
HI ALL,
Randall wrote:
>Have found that my plants seem to want more, they are not satisfied
>with one and only treatment. (talking about baking soda.)
I'm rather skeptical regarding artificial treatments of plants
and I don't like getting just "curious" plants by means of some
magical chemical treatment. It seems to me that Randall is just
trying to defend his belief, not arguing on objective facts.
Derek wrote:
> -- I'm curious if anyone has ever tried to grow plants in
> "plain old potting soil" that's neither particularly acidic nor base
Nevertheless I've tried to grow a sample of D_muscipula in a more
"plain" potting soil. I used a mix 1:1 of peat and "universal" potting
soil, I plant it in a 8in. pot and leave it outdoor (I live in Rome,
Italy) half shaddow. The plant looks very well, 1 in. traps, red
inside,
it flowered and produced seeds.
In the same pot a few plants of Drosera_aliciae and D_binata thrive
also
very well even if D_binata doesn't look as well as other plants that I
grow in a greenhouse. Does anybody try different potting soils for
growing any Drosera species?
Roberto Devoti
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