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Fuchsia Compendium
... flies, fungus gnats - small flies always seen flying close to the compost. Mostly invade peat based composts where they lay their eggs. The larvae can damage the roots sufficiently to be the ... days. Moss peat is the result of semi decayed sphagnum and used in many soilless composts. SPORES - minute ‘seeds’ shed by fungi. SPORTS, MUTATIONS - this is when there is a significant ...
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Fuchsia Compendium
... flies, fungus gnats - small flies always seen flying close to the compost. Mostly invade peat based composts where they lay their eggs. The larvae can damage the roots sufficiently to be the ... days. Moss peat is the result of semi decayed sphagnum and used in many soilless composts. SPORES - minute ‘seeds’ shed by fungi. SPORTS, MUTATIONS - this is when there is a significant ...
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cactus and succulent plant mall - Pests of cacti and succulents
... do serious damage to very young seedlings. The problem is almost exclusively one of peat based composts. Yellow sticky insecticidal strips are very effective trapping the adult flies and breaking the breeding ... this problem. It is more likely that deficiency diseases will shown up in peat based rather than soil based composts. If a plants looks chlorotic or refuses to grow properly it is worth ...
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Annual Manual: Compost and potting soil for raising annual flowers, by Graham Rice
... by Graham Rice Raising annuals indoors From Bedding Plants Compost/Potting soil Loam-based, peat-based and coir-based composts can all be used to raise bedding plants but each has its own special ... it needs. I avoid loam-based composts for bedding plants as the quality is very unpredictable, and a poor loam-based compost is difficult to improve. Peat-based composts are less variable and also lighter ...
www.discoveringannuals.com

Annual Manual: Looking after newly sown seeds of annual flowers, by Graham Rice
... soaked up from below until the surface darkens; but when the pots are removed, peat-based composts tend to shrink away from the sides of the pots. In either case it pays ...
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GardenForum Horticulture: Pest Patrol: Vine Weevil
... due to the increasingly widespread use of peat-based composts - being less gritty than John Innes composts, the adults are more likely to use them ... in this compost alone and it is not mixed with other composts. Not only does it give good results against vine weevil ... Another solution for the gardener is to use a biological control based on nematodes. These microscopic creatures enter the bodies of the ...
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GardenForum Horticulture: Garden Answers
... as will using Bio Provado watered onto the compost. The flies are worse in peat-based composts which are kept too wet, so make sure you only give the plants as much ... . If you don't mind using chemicals spray with Bio Organic Pest Killer which is based on oilseed rape. It is important to use a high pressure sprayer to blast the ...
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Slow Growing Cacti From Seed
... vicinity. Experimentation with composts has continued and the composts used are always ... based compost, though with time the samples grown in John Innes based compost caught up. However I do not now use peat based composts because once the seed trays are removed from their polythene bags they are more prone to sciara fly infestation, so I now only use John Innes (loam) based composts ...
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Cultivation
... a provider of both calcium and magnesium as soluble bicarbonates. Ariocarpus hate peat and similarly based composts as a long term growing medium, particularly in maturity. Although they may seem to do ... the tubercle tips yellow and die back. The plants do somewhat better in proprietary loam based composts with added grit. The problem with these is that their quality is very variable from ...
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CulturalAdvice
... away! I have spoken to commercial growers of potted citrus and they recommend using peat-based compost with fairly 'chunky' composted bark incorporated to provide the open texture. About 25% by ... here. Sciarid flies, or fungus gnats, is another pest that is associated with using peat-based composts. Leaving the surface damp for long periods encourages them. The larvae then destroy seeds and ...
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