Tropicals & Tender Perennials: what lies beneath..., 0 by tucsonplumeriaz

tucsonplumeriaz wrote:
or how well do you know your soil mix?

i prefer to root in small containers. sometimes i use 16 oz cups. i decided to see just what my soil mix looks like below the surface.

i bought clear 16 oz cups and put drainage holds in the bottom. first, i put in kitty litter to keep the soggy soil at bottom away. then i added in my mix. what you are looking at in the pic is different sides of the same cup. you can clearly see that the soil does not distribute evenly in the cup. that is to be expected, right? notice the bad side that has finer particles and the good side with many air spaces.

dete