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Cultivation => Composts => Topic started by: davidunderwood on April 11, 2012, 06:25:22 PM

Title: ericaceous composts
Post by: davidunderwood on April 11, 2012, 06:25:22 PM

Can any of our knowledgeable forumites provide me with a compost formula for growing gentians and cassiopes in troughs ???

Title: Re: ericaceous composts
Post by: David Nicholson on April 11, 2012, 08:42:55 PM

JI ericaceous from the local garden centre plus added grit and sand and some perlite does OK for me.

Title: Re: ericaceous composts
Post by: Carlo on April 14, 2012, 08:20:01 PM

And for gentians, it depends on which species you're growing. Certain of them like nearly the opposite soils (pH-wise).