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Hey guys, I just wanted to know what are some good soil mixes for Mexican Pinguicula, I have a Gigantea x Laueana and I currently only have Sphagnum Peat Moss and Perlite.


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for the mexican ping for me 2 substrate
- mineral ( rather calcareous) (indeed many of these ping 'in situ' are limestone backgrounds)

-for moranensis and their hybrids we can add a dose of peat


for me for your gigantea x laueana ,mineral substrate, without peat ( 'in situ' we find the 2 mother species on limestone cliffs)
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