vincent Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Hi everyone, In which substrate are you growing (successfully) your lowland Nepenthes?For me, 30% peat moss, 10% charcoal, 20% perlite, 20% vermiculite, 20% pine bark works well but I am thinking about changing and I would appreciate any other recipe that proved to work well. Cheers Vincent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitar Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 60/40 coco peat, mixed up with coco husks or 60/40 peat moss mixed up with coco husks with pinch perlite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Depends on the species, amps and mirabilis in pure peat, rafflesianas in better draining mix, others somewhere inbetween. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Thanks for the answers. @ Dimitar: which brand of coco peat and coco husk are you using? Do you rince before using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitar Posted October 5, 2014 Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Ummm, I have no idea about the brand, cuz I buy quite cheap those stuff online from large company that deal only with coco products here in Bulgaria. All I know is that they deal with Sri Lanka and import all from them. Nope, I don't rince anything and I use straight. All products are washed already, so no salt in them if u mean that. However, indeed some coco products and different brands contains salt in them because they wash them with sea water, so I would be careful... The coco peat. The husks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted October 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 Thanks a lot Dimitar. The pictures are very usefull, as sometimes coco peat can mean different things depending on the brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmatil Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I use mainly 50/50 LFS/perlite for all my Neps (mostly lowland). Some have more perlite than 50 %. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) Thanks pmatil. At the moment, I decided to go with the following: 20% peat moss, 20% perlite, 30% coco husk, 20% coco peat (ugro, recommended by some friends), 10% dead sphagnum I like to have some peat, to acidify the medium, but I try to minimize its use based on the ecological problems associated with the "production". I guess 20% is enought to buffer the pH. I'll post the results in the next months (hum, if I don't forget...) Edited October 21, 2014 by vincent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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