Jeff zone 8 N.C.

Thanks for the tips on your methods. Had to look up lechuza basicpon. The price on line was around $14.00 but it looks like good stuff. I will look for a close supplier but have never seen it before. If I don't find one near I will order some to evaluate against Turface MVP which is what I am trying. I just recently started using Turface MVP which is a high temp baked calcined clay product that seems to have some of the same properties as Pon but is much cheaper. It cost me about $18.00 for a "too large to ship on UPS" 50 pound bag. My guesstimate is it is about 10 times the amount of product than in the Pon bags, but that is a guess. Basically it looks like tiny pieces of the old standard red clay nursery pots broken up. It supposed to have micro pores and both holds air and water and so microlife. Water pours right through it. Tons of air space. I am trying a Siam Ruby banana which seems to be about as fussy as an AeAe for me. Will be trying it "as is" and mixed with various other amendments. Hope it works well so I can try to find an AeAe and a Florida to try as I lost mine after many years.