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alluvial layers in a pot
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Posted by Vetivert8 NI-NZ zone 9a (My Page) on Wed, Oct 20, 04 at 4:17
| I have a small Carex that usually grows on river beds, in shingle-gritty sand. It forms mats, dies back in winter, leaving the remains on the surface to protect the growing points. I suspect if of being like Parahebe: growing on the downside of rocks in a shingle swirl where it can withstand flooding.
I'm wanting to put together a planting medium that imitates but doesn't replicate that habitat. To be used in a large plastic planting baggie.
Hoping for advice on the layering and the planting medium. (In the habitat it is unlikely to be peaty: more likely to be a clay silt.) And a watering arrangement for something that would be able to access moisture quite readily even in summer in a natural habitat.
As far as I know it is not a scree plant as such. |
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RE: alluvial layers in a pot
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- Posted by jean001 z8aPortland, OR (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 29, 04 at 0:41
| Layering in a pot/container will screw up the drainage. Instead, select a well drained mix and fill the container entirely with that only. |
RE: alluvial layers in a pot
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| OK. I'll settle for a good, sharp-grit mix. I haven't been happy with its rate of increase, though. More tinkering and experimenting ahead. Thanks for coming back on this one. |
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