Harro Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Hi, since last year I made some experiments. For this I used my normal mixture, ( Mischung) peat, Perlite, sand and cocos and normal earth from the forest (Walderde). It has broadleaf and coniferous trees there. I added peat (about 1%) to it. To me it looks so far as that Walderde is a bit better in growing than my normal mixture. The dates you can see on the stickers or pics. I planted a little Ceph. (Stöckl) on 27//2015 in Walderde. I took the picture before I covered the surface with sand (1-3 mm)so that the substrate is visible. So it looks now (17/2/2016 Harro Edited February 23, 2016 by Harro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitar Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Interesting and nice result. Have u tried straight without additives forest soil as it is? The same thought to try using forest soil has passed through my mind years ago but being lazy I never found time doing so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harro Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 My experiment will go further on. The amount of peat I put to the soil was about a teaspoon. What I think the pineneedles make the subtratum a litle bit acid. As you may know, here in the Black Forest we suffer on acid rain. So the Forestry authorities sprinkle by using helicopters lime powder on the soil.So the soil is anyway acid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimitar Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 Well, I think most of the forest soil is humus rich. I haven't tested the forest soil but I suspect that it will be with different acid level on the different altitude. Probably not so important though since I have never found Cephalotus fussy regarding what they are grown in. However, it is likely for them to grow in just simple garden soil that u can get from your back yard. It is just time for me to test it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harro Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I hope you will tell us your results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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