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CCE - Suffolk County: Propagation of Houseplants
... . Rooting Media A mixture of half sand and half peat moss is an ideal rooting medium for use in homes. The peat moss holds moisture and prevents rapid drying. Vermiculite also can ... should be combined equally with peat moss. Some cuttings root easily in water. In the wintertime when plants root slowly, however, sand and peat moss, vermiculite, or perlite and peat moss give better results because ...
counties.cce.cornell.edu

Culinary Herb Gardens - Starting an Herb Garden
... your container(s) half full of potting soil mix with equal parts of potting soil, peat moss and vermiculite. Move and place plants until you are pleased with how the design looks ...
culinaryherbguide.com

American Daffodil Society - Naturalizing Daffodils
... out some soil, then work up soil in bottom, add a mixture of sand and peat moss, add about a tablespoon of low nitrogen fertilizer, mix well, then place a handful of ... into the ground. Then work the hole by rotating the bar, then drop in sand, peat and fertilizer mix, add a handful of sand and then the bulb. Fill hole with ...
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Growing Daffodils in Pots
... . After the 1st of November, heavily water the pots as it takes time for the peat moss in the super soil to completely saturate with water. Water every day for the first ...
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CPs Terrarium: Pot or Terrarium?
... plant to plant. Also peat moss plays an important game. As we know, only high quality peat moss can be used for growing CPs. This is very important because CPs lives where soil acidity is very high (low pH); on the other hand soil acidity allows peat ... but there is an hidden mistake: water used for damping peat moss, is never shook and when aerobic bacteria have exhausted ...
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CPs Terrarium: Basic Guidelines
... stimulate too much growth with insects, ants, bugs, crickets, never fertilize ( chemical products contaminate peat moss shortening the life time). Use insecticides and fugicides with care, these products could upset ... especially for indoor Terrarium - Monthly sprinkle water from overhead . This operation wash pot and moss, cleaning the pot surface and giving new air to the internal layers with great ...
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African Violets
... (by volume) of soil, sphagnum peat, and horticultural grade perlite. Excellent plants can also be grown in mixtures consisting of equal parts of sphagnum peat moss and perlite. Commercially prepared packaged ... suggested soil mixture is used, only the soil need be sterilized, since new sphagnum peat and perlite are usually sterile. Most commercially prepared soil mixtures are sterilized. Soils may ...
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Bromeliads
... Spanish moss ( ... peat, one part bark, one part coarse sand One part peat, one part bark, one part perlite One part peat, one-half part leaf mold, one part coarse sand. Osmunda fiber, unshredded sphagnum moss or tree-fern fiber may substituted for peat moss ...
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Ethnobotany Garden - "JL Hudson on Seed Germination"
... good soil mix can be made at home from 1/3 garden loam, 1/3 peat or compost, and 1/3 gritty sand. No. 1 limestone chick-grit makes a good ... hard nuts). Nick if needed. 2. Mix with about three times its volume of damp peat moss or vermiculite and place in a plastic bag or pill bottle. Small amounts may be ...
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Basic care of African violets -
... stores is too heavy for the roots of African violets. Most hobbyist use one part peat moss or African violet soil, one part perlite and one part vermiculite. Use a lighter mix ...
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