Beginner Gardening: Ponytail Palm, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
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I have visions--years down the road--seeing this plant become a multi-bulbed. large Pony Tail Palm.....a majestic specimen....If I live that long....
I would not rip them apart. Let them "do their thing" and enjoy it. But that is up to you.
Mine did not grow "fast" when they were little. From marble-size to a lg. egg size in 9 years. Not fast!

As for what mix I used. I have found this awesome potting mix in a discount store here called "Good Stuff Cheap".
It is a bargain outlet and they get in this and that--discontinued items, salvage items etc....Love going through places like that! Don't know why they have carried this mix now for 2 years???

They have had this potting mix, made by "Greenworld"--4bags for $10. I like it because it is a richly composted, loose mix of mini bark-chunks and peat and whatever else. I potted it into that with a bit of time-release fertilizer (like Dynamite or Osmacote) in it. I might have added a bit of Pearlite to it as well--don't remember....

Here's what the bag looks like.....Maybe it is no longer sold? Discontinued? to be in a bargain outlet...
May not be anything "special"--but I love the texture....

Gita