Tropicals & Tender Perennials: photoshop and begonias, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Gessie, I know what you mean about watering. It is one big fault of mine - too heavy handed at times. I've gotten better at it but still haven't got it down to a fine art.

Jackie , what is the shipping cost for your soil mix? I'm not sure I could afford to repot all of my plants with it.

Nature's Helper is $2.77 a bag (1.5 Cubic Feet) at HD. Let's see a CF is about 7.5 gallons so 1.5 CF is over 11 gallons which is over 44 quarts. Great drainage, cheap price. My concern is how fast it will break down. Another local begonia club member thinks it may be too acidic but I haven't measured the pH and haven't seen any problems either. I did try Bayer's Tree and Shrub granules in almost all my pots and haven't seen any detriment to the health of the plants. I have a couple of pots that are starting to get mealybugs so I wonder if I treated them earlier in the fall or not.


'Cachuma' is still putting out.