Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Dancing Girl, 1 by patootie

patootie wrote:
Butch, I didn't realize your base mix was a soilless one. I knew you amended
whatever you were using. I bet we
would be surprised how many growers still use a soil mix.
I think Fertilome did come close to being the perfect mix. No longer, it now contains
a wetting agent which it did not need. I love Pro-Mix but, you have to pre-wet it. If you don't, the water just sits on the top, can't penetrate the mix. Also if you let it dry out completely, very difficult to
re-moisten. Have to submerge the pot under water and hold it under till it quits bubbling.
That's too much work for me.
I've switched to Miracle Grow for now, found one w/o the wetting agent at Wally's.
Here's my baby Sinbad in the g house this week. Not the best pic.