Anthurium media

From: Peter Randall <prandall at networx.com.au> on 1997.11.11 at 14:56:04(1604) Just a little more re. media for Anthurium's now that coconut husks have had a good airing. In reality 95% of Anthurium's couldn't be killed off with a meat axe including A. clarinervium, so what they are grown in or on isn't that important as long as the media drains well and you keep within the accepted Ph levels. It's the other five percent that are either difficult to grow or just refuse to adapt to local conditions that need media experimentation This was the main reason for suggesting composted coconut husks as a alternative media. Other alternatives and there are plenty just require a little more imagination. One of our better results was achieved by growing plants in a pumice stone bed with very little of anything else added. This summer we are going to try coke (as in coal) as the main media component for some of the few plants that just refuse to grow in garden beds. Light, aerated and won't hold lots of moisture, it should work. (Even better as coke is available anywhere and is very cheap) You would have to be a bit silly to take these thoughts as a suggestion that we all go out and repot our plants in pumice or coke but alternatives are worth thinking about with the more difficult to grow plants as outdated stodgy thinking won't preserve the rarer plants for the future. 

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