charcoal in Nep soil

From: Perry Malouf (pmalouf@access.digex.net)
Date: Thu Nov 20 1997 - 15:49:19 PST

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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 18:49:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Perry Malouf <pmalouf@access.digex.net>
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Subject: charcoal in Nep soil

The running thread on Nepenthes soils is getting very
interesting. Dave Evans wrote:

> Sorry, but I forgot to mention that I've started using homemade
> charcoal in my Nepenthes mix so that it is more like:
>
> one part of each: peatmoss, silica, pine bark
> *and*
> one half part: fine charcoal.

I've heard of other people using charcoal also. What does charcoal
do for a potting mix? Does it neutralize, or absorb metabolic byproducts
as it does for fish tanks?

Regards,

Perry Malouf

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