Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?

Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432890

By McCWells -  Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:19 pm
Location:  West Central Georgia (8b hardiness)
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- Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:19 pm #432890

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Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432893

By Bird -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:01 am
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:01 am #432893

It’s made for them

Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432896

By McCWells -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:13 am
Location:  West Central Georgia (8b hardiness)
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:13 am #432896

Alrighty! Thanks!

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Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432898

By wcrosman -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:29 am
Location:  Front Range Colorado
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:29 am #432898

I would stay away from perfect plants brand media. Last batch I bought had tds around 170 after numerous rinsings.

Potted a sundew with it after rinsing. Tds down to single digits. Two days later rinsed the sundew and tds back well above 100. This kept happening over and over. Almost killed the brand new sundew.

Watered and rinsed with 0 tds water. Swapped out the media and now in Single digits.

Posted twice about the issue here. This is number 3

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Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432900

By McCWells -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:00 am
Location:  West Central Georgia (8b hardiness)
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:00 am #432900

wcrosman wrote:I would stay away from perfect plants brand media.

Oh, Thanks! Sorry to make you repeat yourself. Do you have any recommendations for Sarracenia that I might be able to get at a garden center or other store?

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Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432905

By wcrosman -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:40 am
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:40 am #432905

Swap out the Pefect Plants brand of peat moss for Hoffman. Amazon has Hoffman. Get the Vigoro perlite from Home Depot.
https://www.amazon.com/Hoffman-15503-Ca ... r=8-7&th=1

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Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432906

By wcrosman -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:42 am
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:42 am #432906

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Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432907

By McCWells -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:43 am
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:43 am #432907

Thanks wcrosman, nice save. I was about to plant my brand new Sarracenia in it

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Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432912

By Bird -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 2:11 am
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 2:11 am #432912

Sorry

Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432913

By McCWells -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 2:18 am
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 2:18 am #432913

Don't worry about it! I'm just glad we both learned something today

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Re: Is this soil fit for Sarracenia?#432942

By Barlapipas 6 -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:41 pm
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:41 pm #432942

I have seen some soils that are listed for CPs but they definitely aren’t. I myself once bought some soil and when I wetted it it became a disgusting bubbly smudge with TDS over 300 after 2 rinsings. At the end I planted 2 mimosas in it and they grew small but managed to produce seeds. A white and rusty colour crust developed on the top of the soil over time. I have some of it even now but I will probably do some experiments with it. Yes, this is listed as “ soil for CPs “

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