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Cultivation => Cultivation Problems => Topic started by: JPB on May 07, 2011, 08:47:12 AM

Title: Which soil for Myrtus communis?
Post by: JPB on May 07, 2011, 08:47:12 AM

I'm about to pot up M. communis plants. Which potting soil should I use? Or do they grow in any type of soil?

Thanks, Hans

Title: Re: Which soil for Myrtus communis?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 07, 2011, 11:02:03 AM

I don't think that Myrtle is terribly fussy about whether the soil is acid or alkaline, Hans.  Nice loam mix that holds some moisture and drains well is all that is needed I think.... plus somewhere sheltered to overwinter it.
That being said I don't grow it... but friends who do, had it in a neutral  soil, and took it into a conservatory overwinter.

Title: Re: Which soil for Myrtus communis?
Post by: JPB on May 07, 2011, 02:25:22 PM

Thanks Maggi, that sounds pretty simple! I'll give it a try...