Problem with eucalyptus in Al's gritty mix

16 years ago

Okay, first of all I have a couple questions/comments. First off, does the cherry red chicken grit lose it's color overtime?? I'm pretty sure that I added red chicken grit when I made up my mix, but now I can't tell it apart from the screened turface MVP. Also, when I potted up my plant, I forgot to add gypsum. Will this make a difference??

Anyways, I have some of my eucalyptus growing in regular seed starting mix, and I have others growing in Al's gritty mix (without the gypsum). The leaves in the seed starting mix are a lot bigger than the leaves on the eucalyptus in Al's gritty mix. Is there a reason for this??

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tapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
16 years ago
The grit doesn't lose its color, which is caused by ferric oxide throughout the rock. I'm wondering what you might have used because cherrystone is quite different from Turface in appearance.

How much difference the gypsum makes depends in part on what you're using for fertilizer. If your fertilizer doesn't contain Ca, it will make a significant difference that you didn't add the gypsum. Normal growth is not possible w/o Ca.

BTW - did you screen the Turface?

Al
perennialfan273
Original Author
16 years ago
Al

Yes I did screen the turface (but I'm not sure if I screened it enough). I will post some pics in a few minutes of the cherrystone. As for the gypsum, I think I'll probably repot this eucalyptus in spring, so I'll probably just add it then.
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perennialfan273
Original Author
16 years ago
Al, I'm having trouble getting these images online. I have them on my computer though. Can I just send them to you as attachments in an e-mail??
tapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
16 years ago
Sure. Include something in the pic for size reference, please. Turface next to the grit would be nice. ;o)

Al