Apoplast
Carnivorous Plant Addict
Hello my Canadian friends,
After a bit of a hiatus from growing plants, and being here (during which I missed my friends here), I am trying to start again. It's more of a start and stop, but I really want to get back to growing the plants I love.
So to be honest, I've kept my tuberous Drosera. I couldn't give those up. Telling, I know. I also kept a few Mexi Pings as they seem tolerant of quite a bit. Against all odds, I've been able to design a soil mix I like for them awhile back. I'm using 1/3 Gnat Nix, 1/3 Turface, and 1/3 coarse vermiculite. Works great!
But, now I am feeling vulnerable to fallacy of the single soil solution. I've been thinking about using this for my couple remaining Neps, and perhaps even if I expand getting a couple new species.
Before I do this, I figured a good reintroduction to this forum would be if I asked folks here what soil mix you prefer for Neps. I've tried, LFS and live LFS. I've done more of a bark epiphyte mix. Nothing works. The only species I've had good long-term luck with is N. pervillei. And that one I have in a similar mix to my Mexi Ping mix but with granite chips.
So, I'd be interested to hear from successful folks what soil mix they use. Thanks everyone!
After a bit of a hiatus from growing plants, and being here (during which I missed my friends here), I am trying to start again. It's more of a start and stop, but I really want to get back to growing the plants I love.
So to be honest, I've kept my tuberous Drosera. I couldn't give those up. Telling, I know. I also kept a few Mexi Pings as they seem tolerant of quite a bit. Against all odds, I've been able to design a soil mix I like for them awhile back. I'm using 1/3 Gnat Nix, 1/3 Turface, and 1/3 coarse vermiculite. Works great!
But, now I am feeling vulnerable to fallacy of the single soil solution. I've been thinking about using this for my couple remaining Neps, and perhaps even if I expand getting a couple new species.
Before I do this, I figured a good reintroduction to this forum would be if I asked folks here what soil mix you prefer for Neps. I've tried, LFS and live LFS. I've done more of a bark epiphyte mix. Nothing works. The only species I've had good long-term luck with is N. pervillei. And that one I have in a similar mix to my Mexi Ping mix but with granite chips.
So, I'd be interested to hear from successful folks what soil mix they use. Thanks everyone!