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Hakonechloa and alkaline soil?

19 years ago

Does anyone know if this requires acidic soil or will it do well in quite alkaline soil? I plan on putting in quite a few of these plants if it sounds like it will make it but it is pricey enough that I hate to order 10 of them just to fail because of the alkaline soil that we fight with here.

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youreit
19 years ago
I've read that these plants prefer rich, moist, well-drained soil, kvolk, but other than that, I'm not sure how they'll do. From the pictures I've seen, I can understand why you'd want it, though!

Brenda
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