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Fri, Nov 2, 12 at 16:42
| I grew the chile in it, it has no peat and very little organic matter and it drains exceptionally well, BUT, I just now noticed it has some plant food included with it.
I checked around the local garden places for 'Gritty Mix', no luck. One garden center had a comparable brand (they said) but it was for an outrageous price and waaaaay too much for what I needed. Someone please tell me a cheap mix to overwinter with please. |
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- Posted by TheMasterGardener1 5B (My Page) on Sat, Nov 3, 12 at 11:33
| Yes!!!!!!!! That is what my plants are in now! |
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- Posted by sidhartha0209 KY_6 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 3, 12 at 11:54
| THANK YOU TMG!!!!! (...i feel better now... :) ) |
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- Posted by greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a (My Page) on Sat, Nov 3, 12 at 14:22
| What size container? I like a really free-draining mix for the gloomy winter months. Josh |
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| If not peat, what is the medium comprised of? I can't see enough of the label to know which of the many Scotts products this might be. From that little bit I can see in the bag, it looks like it is all organic matter of some kind. Maybe coir? |
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- Posted by sidhartha0209 6 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 6, 12 at 11:38
| "If not peat, what is the medium comprised of? I can't see enough of the label to know which of the many Scotts products this might be. From that little bit I can see in the bag, it looks like it is all organic matter of some kind. Maybe coir?" My apologies for the delay. Here's a closer look at the bag: |
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- Posted by sidhartha0209 6 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 6, 12 at 11:45
| ...and here's a peek at the actual mix. And of course it has organic matter, but it seems to be mostly in the form of chunks of twigs and bark, but no peat. Like I said in the first post, it drains very well. Hope this helps. I potted 10 chile plants for the winter in it last night, I hope it works. :-) |
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- Posted by TheMasterGardener1 5B (My Page) on Thu, Nov 8, 12 at 10:00
| Yea I am so happy with the new green bag hyponex!!! 8 bucks for 2 cuft!! Great soil there. |
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- Posted by greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a (My Page) on Thu, Nov 8, 12 at 23:48
| I'd amend it with at least 20 percent rinsed Perlite, and I'd pick out as much sapwood as possible. It certainly looks better than I was expecting. What size containers are you using? Josh |
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- Posted by sidhartha0209 KY_6a (My Page) on Fri, Nov 9, 12 at 9:09
| Josh I guess those are 1 gallon on the left (hab & 2 hot lemons) and tad smaller for all the others. Also, I gave them all a good soaking after potting them in order to settle the medium in around the roots; I guess that's the way you're supposed to do it, right? |
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- Posted by sidhartha0209 KY_6 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 9, 12 at 9:20
| Heheh, in the pic above notice the handy dandy little ID stakes in the pots; when I dug the plants from the garden it surprised me to find these still there, I had forgotten that I had included them when I planted this Spring. |
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- Posted by sidhartha0209 KY_6 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 9, 12 at 9:52
| Tell me how I done here. Pruned Hab: |
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- Posted by sidhartha0209 KY_6a (My Page) on Fri, Nov 9, 12 at 9:53
| Pruned Serrano: |
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