Specialty Gardening: Container Soils - Water Movement and Retention III , 1 by GreenThumbSuker

GreenThumbSuker wrote:
Al,

Thank you for the information and the link you sent. I'm pretty sure I understand the concept of the "'Gritty Soil", although there is alot to absorb and I'm sure there are some things I missed or didn't quite understand. The actual concept just makes sense... I will be heading out this week to buy the necessary parts. - I can already "see" my plants that I consider healthy now, becoming what is probably more healthy and starting better lives.

My confusion lies in the fertilzer. I just reread and got a grasp on the ratios, so that is no longer a question. The liquid I have/use for my house plants is MG 8-7-6 and that is clearly not a 3:1:2 ratio. I guess I will pick up a new one with a proper ratio while I'm out.

Do you fertilize every time you water since the soil is not already enhanced with such fertilizer as you would find in say... "MG Bagged Mud"?

I have some good looking Peace Lilies, Split Leaf Philos, Christmas Cactus, Budda's Hand, Scheffelera, Austrailian Tree Fern and some other random house plants that I feel will benefit greatly by this change. - Also I have posted a picture of another PL that my MIL asked me to place in ICU for her, as she nearly killed it (you may have read the thread in the Beginner Houseplants forum).The poor thing looked awful, and though it is still not (in my opinion) up to par, it does look much better than when I brought it to my house weeks ago. -- I am thinking of it being one of the first to be transplanted in the "gritty soil". Should I bare root it or since it is a bit of distress, should I just remove a good portion of the current soil and place it in the new soil, and try to remove the rest at the next repotting interval?


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