Thank your Mary Sue for reminding us of this wonderful feature. The reason I came to join the PBS is because between 2002-2004 I kept seeing the PBS archives come up in my bulb searches online. I learnt a huge amount from what I read and then decided to join. The discussion archives are a veritable treasure trove of information for growing all manner of geophytes. I love this group! I have used coir successfully but only as no more than 10% of a mix (with washed coarse sand, pumice, and charcoal). Jacob ---------- - http://www.flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/ On 28 July 2010 13:40, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > Dear Josh, > > David Pilling created a nice feature on the Pacific Bulb Society web pages > where you can search previous messages on this list by Google. It wasn't > working very well recently, but he wrote them and it seems to be much better > again. Unfortunately they throw in a few ads for good measure, but still you > can get a list of what people have said in the past when we discussed things > like potting mixes and using coir. There are some threads that come up from > time to time and it's always a good place to look first when you have a > question. Much wisdom has been shared on this list since 2002. > <http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php> > > As I recall there were some negative responses and some positive ones about > using coir. On a recent trip to South Africa, I helped Rod and Rachel > Saunders repot some Scadoxus to sell and they were growing them in pure > coir, nothing else. When I asked about this, remembering that people had > said they had lost things using coir, Rod told me that you needed to wash it > many times before using it to be sure that you have removed the salt from > it. But then they found it worked quite well. It reminded me that I once > heard a lecture on insectivorous plants by a man who had written a great > book about growing them and he lost everything using coir, but I don't know > if he washed it first. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >