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Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Found this interesting site when trying to find out the pH of Vermiculite(its 7-9.5 not what I wanted to hear)
www.schundler.com/hort.htm

4/29/2002 5:49:14 AM

bloomington IN.

i dont know much cornwall, but i do know that vermiculite helps drainage and/or holds saturation or whatever when mixed with perilite. Hell, i think its probably good for just about any little start,seed, or cutting regardless of the #s. just my thought.- I like to use a spaghnum peatmoss mixture to get things going.I have no idea what the ph is on that.

4/30/2002 12:49:12 AM

bloomington IN.

I forgot to add that i would use spagnum peatmoss mixture to get any kind of seed going in that god put on the earth.

4/30/2002 12:50:21 AM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

I tried some vermiculite in compost and liked it so much that I went out and bought a big mother bag of it to mix into my planting areas,problem is my soil had pH7.7
Peatmoss is the answer bones a couple of bags of that will neutralise things its pH3.5-4.0

4/30/2002 5:04:28 PM

bloomington IN.

you could always use some lime or ash to level things out as well.

5/1/2002 12:17:57 AM