Re: Alocasia potting mix

From: Jim Singer jsinger at igc.org> on 2000.09.29 at 22:14:02(5478) had a similar experience with black velvet in pro-mix in a shady location. i wanted to dump it, but she who must be obeyed insisted we try it in the ground. so i planted out. our soil is sand to the center of the earth with a little organic matter in the top three feet and a lot of moisture the rest of the way down. it is planted in the light shade provided by tall slash pines [which are also likely responsible for the organic matter in the sand]. to cut to the chase, the plant has rallied. it now consists of three thick stalks and a dozen or more leaves. +More At 09:38 AM 9/27/00 -0500, Lester Kallus wrote: >On expert advise, I changed the potting mix I was using for anthuriums and suddenly am seeing them flourish as they never had before. They had grown *adequately* in Pro-Mix but never as they're growing now. Consequently, it's dawning on me that I should be changing other potting mixes rather than trying to get everything to grow in Pro-Mix. > >So - what are people's favorites for Alocasias? Specifically, I've had problems with Black Velvet getting terminal cases of dwindles. I suspect that Pro-Mix doesn't drain well enough. Obviously I could just add some perlite but why stop there? I'll glady purchase whatever charcoal-bark-osmundum-sphagnum-peat-vermiculite-loam-compost-plastic-fiberg lass combination people recommend and see what happens. > > > Himself @ jsinger@peacenet.org

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