Re: [APD] growing Tonia

["william ruyle" <inquartata at comcast_net>]

Dave, fascinating post. Just wondering if bull dung could be
substituted for the cow dung, as long as it is weathered--just
curious, is all;-) As to the Eriocaulon, I planted it in peat and
sand and watched it die almost at a gaze, without CO2 enrichment.
A friend of mine did very well with Eriocaulon setaceum using
Florabase and CO2 injection, and of course, good lighting.

Bill

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Subject: Re: [APD] growing Tonia




There is a nice young chap in Melbourne who can grow beautiful Tonina and
plenty of it.   I have been asking him lots of questions and I don¹t think
he has heard of those commercial potting soils mentioned previously.   He
says as long as the pH is below neutral and there is some well weathered cow
shit and peat (not too much, I don't know how much is not too much) in the
soil it will be OK.   He uses CO2 for pH control.

Is it possible that Tonina could be one of those plants like Eriocaulon
setaceum that takes some or all of its carbon from the substrate.


Cheers
Dave




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