potting mixes

Nan Sterman TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com
Sun, 27 May 2012 20:36:39 PDT
Ina, can you tell us what the contents are for mix A and mix B?  that should go a long way towards helping us understand how/why the results are different.

Nan in California

On May 27, 2012, at 11:49 AM, C.J. Teevan wrote:

> Can I learn the names of these A and B mixes?  Any theory why the results varied?
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> 
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 2:08 AM
> Subject: [pbs] re potting mixes
> 
> A few months ago in March, I decided to try out 2 brand name potting 
> mixes.  Half of a lot of seedlings were planted in mix A, the rest in 
> mix B.
> 
> Soon it was obvious the ones in mix B were growing faster, developing a 
> second leaf when the first lot was not doing so.  Mix B seedlings were 
> sturdier too.
> 
> Today I planted them out in the garden.  And was amazed at how big the 
> tiny bulbs had grown in mix B, compared with the ones in mix A.
> 
> And tonight we have a nice lot of rain to give them a good start.
> 
> I wonder why I never thought of doing that before....
> 
> -- 
> Ina Crossley
> Auckland New Zealand  Zone 10
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