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[will9]

Hi all, i have experiment a bit whit a base sand mix,i have used 60% breakers sand,30% perlith and 10 % spagnumpeat.
I start a few months ago whit grow D ascendens,D capensis,D binata,D alicea ,D venusta  and a few Drosera i not know,and some VFT cultivars.
All this plants looks better then in my usual mix after 2 or 3 months ,she have a better color ,are bigger and droseras have allways more drops,she looks match more healty ,but this can meaby only for the first months ,have some one try this allready ?
I have seen on pine needles and seasand but not find anything abouth a mix like this.

I use this mix allready for my pinguicula for a year now and this looks match better like before,plants looks match more healty.
It s meaby a way for use match lesser peat like Stephen Morley ,but here in Belgium we have not that kind of ground like you in UK,or peat from a water clean installation ,i think every one can got sand  ,perlite and peat.
I like to hear some experiences from other growers please
Cheers Will

[danthecpman]

Hi Will,

I am currently using 50% silver sand to 50% perlite for all of my drosera filiformis and most of my drosera linearis. I have found that the filiformis grow alot faster in this mix, i am still experimenting with sarras and darlingtonia so will see what happens over winter.

Regards
Dan

[will9]

danthecpman, on 20 September 2011 - 07:54 AM, said:

Hi Will,

I am currently using 50% silver sand to 50% perlite for all of my drosera filiformis and most of my drosera linearis. I have found that the filiformis grow alot faster in this mix, i am still experimenting with sarras and darlingtonia so will see what happens over winter.

Regards
Dan

Thanks Dan,it s experiences like that that i want to know,i let know next year how my plants grow in it ,so far very good.
It s better when plants can grow on a peat free or match lesser peat mix, when i see pics from localitys i see many times plants are growing on allmost pure sand,so why not try,
Cheers Will

[Davion]

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"I"ve-Been Experimenting-With NEWSPAPER-Cellulose Cat-Litter For-R Few-Months Now

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But-Am Having Terrible-Trouble Trying-to Kick-It INTO-Shape so-to-Speak!!! >(*~*)<

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'Apparently' There's Something, as-Yet UNDEFINED, IN-Peat That's Also IN-Coir That's 'More'-IN-Peat &-Less IN-Coir That's Negliable or 'N[email=""]ot'-@-All[/email] IN NEWSPAPER-Cellulose THART The-Plants Appear-to Require so-to-Speak!!!??? >(*~*)<

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The-Plants Arn't-'Showing' The Usual-Signs of Extensive Nitrogen-DRAWDOWN That-"I"m 'Use'-to From Pinus-radiata SAWDUST Experimentation from 15-Years R-Go ... though "I"-Have Noticed THART Cyanophyta (Cyanobacteria) don't-Seem-to Want to-Grow-IN The Medium Like-They Do IN-Peat &-Coir so-to-Speak.

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Anyway ... "I"ll 'Try'-to-Keep-Going with The-Research as-Long-as "I"-Can so-to-Speak ... But-'Unless' "I"-Can Discover The-'Missing'-Factor The-Experimentation Will IN-Itself become Self-Limiting so-to-Speak!!!??? >(*~*)<

[5hort5]

The old what to use instead of peat problem.  What I would like to try, but I don't have enough plants to try nor the money to buy a plant to try with but, I'd like to try a mix of on  tree, or recently fallen pine needles and sand.  Reading a few sources they seem to have a low ph, for example here http://wood.uwex.edu...eedles-cause/

[James O'Neill]

look here;

http://www.cpukforum...=1

[5hort5]

V good thread that one, thanks for the link

[mantrid]

5hort5, on 29 March 2012 - 22:37 PM, said:

The old what to use instead of peat problem.  What I would like to try, but I don't have enough plants to try nor the money to buy a plant to try with but, I'd like to try a mix of on  tree, or recently fallen pine needles and sand.  Reading a few sources they seem to have a low ph, for example here http://wood.uwex.edu...eedles-cause/

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