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Is Pumice and African Violet Soil an Okay Medium?

combustimaniac
12 years ago

So I bought my first AV today. I am a bit of an orchid guy, so I have all the standard orchid amenities: charcoal, bark, pumice, sphagnum. I bought a bit of AV potting mix from the store as well. I realized that AV's like airy soil, so I took the AV potting mix and added pumice until the soil was pretty scattered with it...I would estimate 1/3 pumice and 2/3 AV potting mix. I tend to be one of the rare underwaterers as well: I have lost more orchids to drought than overwatering.

Then I did some more reading and.......

My main question: is this ok? Is the mix I used acceptable?

I would hate to repot and have to go buy perlite, since I already disturbed it enough.

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