Re: Lime and pine nuggets

From: Denis denis at skg.com> on 2001.07.24 at 17:25:44(7105) Dear Brian: I always add eight cups of dolomitic limestone (Dolomite) to my soil mix of Peat and Perlite. It help bring Ph of mix up to 5.5 to 6.0 a better range for the absorption of nutrients by the plants. Ph of the soil mix will usually shift downward (become more acid) as peat in soil breaks down. Adding dolomite supplies Calcium and Magnesium and keeps the soil mix at a higher Ph so that it lasts longer in the pot. Adding uncomposted Pine bark to a mix might acidify the mix and if as they decompose the bacteria and fungi that break down the bark may pull nitrogen and other nutrients from soil mix. Soil mixes may be a subject that we need to discuss further. Denis at Silver Krome Gardens Homestead Fla +More brian williams wrote: > > OK I would like to know in my Alocasia mix would it be wise to add lime dust > to the mix of perlite and powdered sphagnum? So do the aroids like the acid > of the soil or does it matter. I know I planted a Philo willimsii in a mix > with pine nuggets and it seemed to kill it. I figured from the acid being to > high. The ones potted in a different mix are still a live. But the ones that > had the pine nuggets did not send new roots into the soil and finally turned > a bright yellow before dyeing. This also happened to another philo in only > 12 day from being repotted. I have sense kept pine nuggets out of my philo > mix. My amorphs seem to like pine nuggets thought. But to me pine nuggets > and lime it seems most plants would only like one or the other do aroids > like both? Like azaleas they only like acid soil and will not live with lime > in the soil. > > So will lime kill a aroid? > > Will the acid soil kill a aroid? If so which ones? I > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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