Lime and pine nuggets

From: "brian williams" pugturd50 at hotmail.com> on 2001.07.19 at 02:52:22(7074) OK I would like to know in my Alocasia mix would it be wise to add lime dust to the mix of perlite and powdered sphagnum? So do the aroids like the acid of the soil or does it matter. I know I planted a Philo willimsii in a mix with pine nuggets and it seemed to kill it. I figured from the acid being to high. The ones potted in a different mix are still a live. But the ones that had the pine nuggets did not send new roots into the soil and finally turned a bright yellow before dyeing. This also happened to another philo in only 12 day from being repotted. I have sense kept pine nuggets out of my philo mix. My amorphs seem to like pine nuggets thought. But to me pine nuggets and lime it seems most plants would only like one or the other do aroids like both? Like azaleas they only like acid soil and will not live with lime in the soil. +More So will lime kill a aroid? Will the acid soil kill a aroid? If so which ones? I _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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