Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 14:36:09 -0500 From: BREWER_CHARLES@ecomail.damneck.navy.mil To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4448$foo@default> Subject: Re: Nep. soil
So, here's a general call to nepenthes growers. Please post the
recipe for your potting mix if it's _different_ from sphagnum
and perlite.
I'm not a big Neps grower, I just have a few and they seem to be doing nicely. I
use 5 different mixes of the following:
1:1:1:1:1
Peat: Perlite: Dried Sphagnum: General Orchid Bark: *Burnt Pine Straw
Note: the pine straw is measured prior to burning. Once burned, I just
add the ashes to the mix, wet everything down and let it season for
two weeks before using it. I use a similar soil mix for Cephs, with an
additional part of silica sand. With the Ceph soil, I mix up the dried
mix, add water, place the mix in a clear plastic bag and sit the
entire bag outside in hot sun for 10 days. The soil quickly heats up,
killing funguses, spores, insects or anything else that may become a
pest later on. One more note, I usually wait for summer before I set
the soil out in the sun. Hope this helps.
Charles Brewer
Va. Beach, Va.
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