Growing medium

David Retief dretief@yahoo.com
Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:50:54 PDT
Thanks for the reply and recipe Hans.  

I had a couple of questions (there will be many of those:)
- Why no standard peat in the mix?
- What qualifies as "good results" germination-wise? 80%?
- Is the freshness of the seed the over-riding factor for success?

Thanks,
David.


> Hi David,
> 
>
> I use a mix of course sand (used by bricklayers), pumice (1-5 mm) 
> stonechippings (1-5 mm) and cocopeat.
> And my results are good.
> 
> 2 parts course sand
> 2 parts pumice
> 2 parts stone chippings
> 1 part coco peat
> 
> For the more sensitive species I leave the coco peat out.
> I never use peat or peat based soil.
> 
> At least make sure the soil is well drained.
> 
> For Cyrtanthus and similar species I use the floating method with very 
> good results.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Hans Huizing
> Holland



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