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![]() Does anybody happen to know why peat moss doesn’t hold much or any water at all? I’m only asking b/c I am only using peat moss and nothing else mixed in with it for my plants over the winter! I thought it would keep them dry and not over water them! Oops! I ended up getting too dried out plants instead!
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![]() Now you can go from one extreme to another .... being toooo wet & too much water.
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![]() I don't think it's a good idea to use 100% peat moss, how long have you been doing that for?
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There are many reasons this could happen depending on your specific issue. Last edited by cincinnana : 11-25-2020 at 12:57 PM. |
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![]() I think I’ve been using peat moss only since about October or possibly very late September! So actually not that long now! Yeah I am beginning to think it was a mistake! Thanks for the reply!
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![]() Peat is the original soil moisture enhancer vs. the new moist crystals now on the market. I wouldn't recommend using more than 25% peat in your soil mix. Add perlite if you need the soil to be more airy or fluffy or bark.
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Yeah I still have to actually start reading! Well, it was a holiday you know! ![]() ![]() It was very sweet of you to wish me luck and being nice enough to say that peat based mixes can be tricky! So it’s not just me then! Yeah I think this might be my one and only time I do this! Thanks! ![]()
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![]() One of the better performing mixtures during my PhD growing Williams in a greenhouse was 55% Berger peat moss, 27.5% perlite, and 27.5% vermiculite. Some peat moss is hydrophobic at first. I know a guy who starts plants in mixture of filter sand and perlite and the plants look phenomenal.
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