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| I'm using the soiless wicking mix from avplanters.com in an oyama pot with perlite at the bottom... in short, I'm doing everything I thought I was supposed to. But the soil seems awfully wet, far wetter than I've ever let the soil get for my AVs before. I'm not sure what to think? |
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| Violetta - I looked them up and they have 56% of peat moss in their mixture. What I like to have is 33% of peat for wicks and 25% for Oyamas. So if you add 50%-75% perlite - it will be better in my opinion. You can get by with what you have till the next repotting if you let your Oyamas dry a bit before rewatering and do not fill the underpot up to the highest limit. Good luck Irina |
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- Posted by violetta1976 8 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 07 at 11:40
| Awesome, thanks Irina! I have the same mixture in an oyama that I'm trying to grow a baby in from a leaf. Do you think that one will be okay? Or should I just scrap it and start over again with more perlite? |
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| Violetta - you can easily rot the leaf in Oyama pot with heavy mix. There is more than one way to get you baby plants from a leaf - and whatever works for you is usually very much OK. Good luck irina |
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