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  Re: Soil mix!!
From: "Clarence Hammer" chammer at cfl.rr.com> on 2002.04.02 at 19:46:56(8413)
I find for here in Florida, that straight Fafard mix, or any of the
peat-based mixes, are much too water retentive
for almost anything, even Philodendrons. I do like Fafard 2B, which has
perlite and bark in it, but like their styrofoam mix better (2P?). I mix
any of the peat based mixes with equal parts of perlite and finely ground
pine bark. The bark may be hard to find in the north, but half or more of
perlite to a peat based mix is better than the peat by itself. Just not
enough 'crunchy' stuff in it to provide the aeration that Aroids need. I
would not
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