best potting mix

[tangigi]

Hi,

I have a ping weser and tina. Can I use 50/50 coco peat/perlite mix?

what would be an ideal mix in a tropical country?


thanks

Larry

[jefforever]

Hi Larry -

I believe Cindy (who lives in Singapore) uses pure perlite. This link may help you: www.greenculturesg.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=9237

Good luck!

[tangigi]

I saw her post yesterday. too bad the photos are not available anymore. will give it a try.

thanks

Lar

[jeff]

for these ping 3 substrat

- calcareous mineral substrat (like in the nature)
- alive sphagnum with perlite ( it is a hydroponic substrat)
- blond peat with allegeant ( horticultural substrat)

use like you want.

jeff

[tangigi]

Thanks for the tip.

Lar

[jgriffin]

What seems to work really well for me is 2:1 Schultz aquatic plant soil and vermiculite. The Schultz stuff appears to be very similar to that stuff Cindy uses in some of her Nepenthes called "burned earth."

Cheers,

Joe

[tangigi]

Hi Joe,

Unfortunately, Schultz aquatic plant soil is not available in Manila. Just to be sure, I did post in a local aquascape forum if its available here .

we do have a lot of red lava rocks locally.

cheers

lar

[arvin555]

Lar, you know I have a feeling that maybe those lava rocks are similar to the "burned earth" or burned soil that some members have mentioned before. Do you know where we can get some?

Oh, do also be informed that at Garden 2000 they have this clay balls that might just work nicely as well, I bought some before and mixed with my nepenthes potting mix. I use a variety of potting mix that I have already lost track of which species is using what.

TTFN
Arvin

[jeff]

you can use also cat litier ( it is funny) but effective enough , here in europe we use these one with river sand -akadama ( bonzaî clay) vermiculite and pouzolane ( volcanic rock).

for all my mexican and their hybrids but also a lot of temperate I use this substrat with happiness.

you are sure x'Weser' rather x'Sethos' or his second name 'fake weser' ? ;D

jeff

[tangigi]

Jeff,

Thanks for the cat litter tip. I did take a pic of the flower and it seems like the real weser cuz the flower had one white strip only. I think thats how you can tell, right? will take a pic and post it.

Alvin,

you can get lava rocks in that area that sells all sorts of stones before trimona. If they have big pieces, all you have to do is break it into smaller pieces with a hammer. Burnt earth is something different. I asked a cactus grower about it and he explained it to me, but I forgot where he buys it.

[arvin555]

Thanks for the clarification Lar!

Do consider those clay balls I mentioned to you, in fact I will try to look for my stock later coz it has been a while since I used them, if anything at least they will keep the medium airy. Someone mentioned that it might be good for VFTs, I did put some in my VFT potting mix, but ended up using pure Sphagnum moss for other VFTs.

If I understand correctly, Volcanic rock is red while Pumice rock is lahar, right?

TTFN
Arvin

[jeff]

VTF is a plant from wet savana ( US caroline north and south) peaty and sandy .
commonly we use just blond peat with allegeant ( vermiculite,perlite, polystyrene ,river sand) 50/50

these clay balls are not necessary for this genus for some pinguicula yes.

pouzzolane or pumice are 2 volcanic rock , one dark red the others white grey.

[tangigi]

Feb 22, 2009 16:01:37 GMT 7 jeff said:

you are sure x'Weser' rather x'Sethos' or his second name 'fake weser' ? ;D

jeff

Hi Jeff,

Sorry for the delay. Here is the Picture.


So, is it weser or something else?

Question: are the leave in summer or winter form?

cheers

Larry

[jeff]

for me it is a x'Sethos' or a 'false weser' this last name is not recognized .

for me the leaves are in the middle form not in summer leaves and not in winter leaves or roset but perhaps the substrat is the cause.

[jeff]

for me it is a x'Sethos' or a 'false weser' this last name is not recognized .

for me the leaves are in the middle form not in summer leaves and not in winter leaves or roset but perhaps the substrat is the cause.

nice flower