Lime and pine nuggets, soil mixes

From: "Cooper, Susan L." SLCooper at scj.com> on 2001.07.25 at 20:20:10(7125) I add bulb food, if I have it, or osmocote fertilizer. I tried the Craig Allen method of extra fertilizer in the soil, I lost most of those plants, but that could have been due to cold+wet=ROT! I know it works great for my Zantedeschias, everything else seems to grow the same with or without it. But I change the soil in my pots every spring. I don't add sulfur. I used to add manure, but developed a terrible fruit fly or gnat problem when I brought my plants indoors in the fall. Do any mad scientist add an aqueous calcium carbonate to their Amorphs during watering? I wonder what would happen? Susan +More -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:44 AM To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Subject: Re: Lime and pine nuggets Is any one adding sulfur to the mix or any other rot protection? Also I have been adding tons of bulb food to my amorph and Alocasia mix. This is the stuff with blood and bone mill and other trace elements anyone else adding this to the soil mixes? Anyone know how well it works with them? My Alocasia mix for now is 2 bags 3 cubic ft of powdered spaghnum 1/2 a 3 cubic bag of manurer about 6 shovel full of perlite 3 shovel fools of lime dust half a bag of bulb food this is about 2 shovel full worth. Also I have been adding mulch to the bottom of the pots this soil is very lose and drains out the bottom after a good water. The mulch helps drainage also keeps the soil in the pot. If anyone has any other ideas would love to hear. Also would adding the sulfur to this mix help stop rot? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

From: Ted.Held at hstna.com on 2001.07.26 at 01:59:06(7129) Calcium carbonate is only sparingly soluble in water. If you live in an area with any degree of water hardness you are already adding it in a solublized form if you water with tap or well water. Ted Held +More aroid-l@mobot.org on 07/25/2001 04:20:11 PM Please respond to aroid-l@mobot.org To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L cc: Subject: RE: Lime and pine nuggets, soil mixes I add bulb food, if I have it, or osmocote fertilizer. I tried the Craig Allen method of extra fertilizer in the soil, I lost most of those plants, but that could have been due to cold+wet=ROT! I know it works great for my Zantedeschias, everything else seems to grow the same with or without it. But I change the soil in my pots every spring. I don't add sulfur. I used to add manure, but developed a terrible fruit fly or gnat problem when I brought my plants indoors in the fall. Do any mad scientist add an aqueous calcium carbonate to their Amorphs during watering? I wonder what would happen? Susan -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 10:44 AM To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L Subject: Re: Lime and pine nuggets Is any one adding sulfur to the mix or any other rot protection? Also I have been adding tons of bulb food to my amorph and Alocasia mix. This is the stuff with blood and bone mill and other trace elements anyone else adding this to the soil mixes? Anyone know how well it works with them? My Alocasia mix for now is 2 bags 3 cubic ft of powdered spaghnum 1/2 a 3 cubic bag of manurer about 6 shovel full of perlite 3 shovel fools of lime dust half a bag of bulb food this is about 2 shovel full worth. Also I have been adding mulch to the bottom of the pots this soil is very lose and drains out the bottom after a good water. The mulch helps drainage also keeps the soil in the pot. If anyone has any other ideas would love to hear. Also would adding the sulfur to this mix help stop rot? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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