Specialty Gardening: Trees in Containers - a Discussion, 0 by tapla
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tapla wrote: I start the brugs in either of the soil mixes I use. One is 5 parts pine bark fines 1-2 parts perlite 1 part peat the other is 1 part screened pine or fir bark 1 part screened Turface or NAPA floor-dry 1 part crushed granite (grower size grit) or #2 cherrystone The latter is what I grow all my trees & long term plantings (like houseplants) in. You could easily start them in 100% perlite (try to stay away from vermiculite), screened Turface or NAPA floor-dry, or chopped sphagnum moss (not to be confused with sphagnum peat), or any combination of the moss and the other ingredients. The moss is a superb medium for starting cuttings as it promotes rooting AND has anti-fungal properties. Al Sphagnum moss: |