gill_za
Never Knows Best
Soil mixture for Mexican pinguicula
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Although the initial purpose for this thread was to figure out a soil mixture for upcomming additions to my pinguicula collection using components that were readily available to me, now it became a discussion of appropriate soil mix for the plants with ranging soil components
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Hi there,
I am soon getting the following Mexican pings:
P. agnata
P. gracilis x moctezumae
P. 'Weser' which is supposed to be a hybrid of P. ehlersiae and P. moranensis
currently I'm a bit short on funds and thus trying to figure out what soil I can concoct without spending too much and preferably out of the components I already have.
I have:
washed and premixed 1:1 Peat/silica sand
washed LFS (dunno if I can use it here)
Perlite
Vermiculite
Petco Scoopable cat litter - is this safe?
My soil mix choices so far:
As suggested at http://www.carnivorousplants.org/seedbank/species/Pings_Mexican.htm
1:1:1 peat/perlite/silica sand plus add 1TBS of dolomitic lime to 1 or 2 cups of soil mix
I can get Espoma 5 lb. Garden Lime from homedepot cheap.
Or
1:1:1 peat/perlite/vermiculite
1:1:1:1 peat/perlite/silica/vermiculite
Which I have found searching around here.
Yesterday I bugged a few people in chat about it and some of the advices were to use Schultz APS, but it can't be found anywhere around where I live.
Any suggestions and criticism is much appreciated!
//****************************
Although the initial purpose for this thread was to figure out a soil mixture for upcomming additions to my pinguicula collection using components that were readily available to me, now it became a discussion of appropriate soil mix for the plants with ranging soil components
//****************************
Hi there,
I am soon getting the following Mexican pings:
P. agnata
P. gracilis x moctezumae
P. 'Weser' which is supposed to be a hybrid of P. ehlersiae and P. moranensis
currently I'm a bit short on funds and thus trying to figure out what soil I can concoct without spending too much and preferably out of the components I already have.
I have:
washed and premixed 1:1 Peat/silica sand
washed LFS (dunno if I can use it here)
Perlite
Vermiculite
Petco Scoopable cat litter - is this safe?
My soil mix choices so far:
As suggested at http://www.carnivorousplants.org/seedbank/species/Pings_Mexican.htm
1:1:1 peat/perlite/silica sand plus add 1TBS of dolomitic lime to 1 or 2 cups of soil mix
I can get Espoma 5 lb. Garden Lime from homedepot cheap.
Or
1:1:1 peat/perlite/vermiculite
1:1:1:1 peat/perlite/silica/vermiculite
Which I have found searching around here.
Yesterday I bugged a few people in chat about it and some of the advices were to use Schultz APS, but it can't be found anywhere around where I live.
Any suggestions and criticism is much appreciated!
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