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Potting Compost Question from Newbie
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Posted by eadreel z7 Germany (My Page) on Wed, May 11, 05 at 23:58
| Ok, last year when I planted, I just used something called Potting compost. Not sure what it is, but it doesn't have the perelite or the other stuff in it. It seems to hold too much water for some of my plants (or it could be this spring rainy season). Do I need to buy some perelite and repot everything?
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RE: Potting Compost Question from Newbie
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| Hello and welcome! 'Potting Compost' is a pretty generic term... there are lots of different kinds, and the brand you bought may be more water-retentive than you like. But if you've had more rain than usual, you might want to wait before repotting them with added perlite just yet; what's soggy in a wet spring may be perfect in a drier summer. Unless your plants are suffering. What kind of plants do you have? |
RE: Potting Compost Question from Newbie
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| Thank you for your reply. Since I live in a foreign country, and usually buy my planting stuff on the economy, I can't read the bags! Well, anyway, I have six roses, a hydrangea, Rhododendron, English lavender, summer Jasmin, Geraniums, impatiens, lemon thyme, heliotropium, Nemisia, Diascia, Dahlias, Lithodoras, fuschia, and mini petunias. My plants aren't suffering right now, and I wasn't planting last summer, but started in the fall with some fall plants, and the fall was fairly dry here. It should dry up a little here in the next few weeks, so for now I don't have to water anything outside. :) I still check on my plants though. I am currently trying to find a nursery in my area that has dwarf lilacs, which are my favorite, and am thinking about a few more hydrangeas, a white and pink to go with my blue. |
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