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Don't know how many of you are on the listserv but did anyone catch the media one uy uses for his mexican pings? Equal parts peat, sand, charcoal, orchid bark and LF sphag. Sounds more like a Nep mix to me.
Hi Pyro,
From my experiences with media for mex. pings they grow well in a variety of mixes that include peat, sand, perlite, vermiculite, orchid bark, LF sphagnum and many others. Definelty not picky
I am on the listserv and the was indeed a mix of peat, sand, small grade
charcoal, small grade orchid bark and chopped long fibre sphagnum moss. Mexican pings need very open mixes from what I hear. I know that many of them grow as Epiphytes.
Sounds like the mix would work because they definitely prefer open, aerated mixes.
Another unusual mix is at: http://www.pwilson.demon.co.uk/
Look under cultivation, then Mexican pings. I don't know what 'tufa' is. Reminds me of 'tofu'.
I use equal parts peat, perlite, sand, and vermiculite and lava rock in my own mixes. I also add small pinches of dolomite and gypsum. It's worked well so far.
Chris
(Edited by Dionaea Enthusiast at 7:28 pm on Mar. 2, 2002)
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