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Re: Conophytum soil formula
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 4:42 pm
by Tom in Tucson
jerrytheplater wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 4:16 pm
C And D wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:44 pmI can see Keith's soil mix uses ground up DG as the milk
What is DG?
Decomposed granite?
Re: Conophytum soil formula
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:29 pm
by keith
Craig's right It is like Milk holds the mix together but dries out quick compared to clay or whatever finer soils are made of. I've been growing mesembs since 2016 so still learning they are a little different than cactus. I actually bought many conophytums from Craig at C and D plants.
Decomposed granite = DG that's what one grower I visited uses he buys it. Its common as a landscape cover. My sand is from grimes canyon and is called sandstone in the below link to the area. Its Different grain sizes anything that sieves through a 1/4" screen. Its useful for small succulents that rot easy like Lithops, seedling cactus, etc.
https://socalgeology.com/2016/04/13/156/ grimes canyon burnt shale formation
Re: Conophytum soil formula
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 12:16 am
by C And D
Decomposed granite
My DG looked similar and turned silty that held water too long
Re: Conophytum soil formula
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 3:00 am
by jerrytheplater
I did some searching for DG out here in the East and so far have not found it. I'm not going to ship it from California, that's for sure.