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| Just curious....
Can a containerized fig tree be grown in just straight, 100% Turface-MVP as the medium, together with a good fertilizer, like "Dyna-Gro Foliage-Pro 9-6-3" and also some macro-micro supplements? Do you think this will work? Only asking, wondering. Frank/BronxFigs |
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| That is clay, I would say no. I would have at least: 25% MVP 25% sand 25% small rock 25% Organic compost/soil But Al the man to ask, he has been doing this for years. |
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| joli... Thanks for the reply. I have a feeling that straight Turface will not be a very good medium, but if you don't ask, you'll never know. Frank/BronxFigs PS...I'm sure Al will set me straight when he reads my question. |
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| That sounds very heavy especially when your fig gets bigger. |
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| You maximize root health by building soils that provide plenty of aeration, have good drainage, and don't hold significant amounts of perched water. I think Turface alone is probably too water retentive (it holds a LOT of water). You might try screening it to remove the finer particles and mixing it with an equal volume of crushed granite or perlite to reduce the soil's o/a water retention. You'd then essentially have the gritty mix sans bark. I would urge you to base your soil on large particulates as the primary fraction. That usually means pine/fir bark or coarse inorganic ingredients like Turface MVP/Allsport, crushed granite, cherrystone, Manna Pro, calcined DE, ...... I never recommend sand, peat, coir, compost, topsoil in any container mix unless it's limited to a very small fraction with the rest of the ingredients being much coarser. Al |
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| 7deuce, Al... Thanks for the comments, and technical explanation about the growing medium(s) for containerized plants. I really didn't think that straight Turface-MVP would be a good alternative, but I just had to ask. Al...I will just keep growing in your mix. Thanks, all, for taking the time to respond. Frank |
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| Hi Al, Would it help if some larger pieces of pine bark mulch would be added to potting soil? Would that keep the soil more open? Thanks, Viv |
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