Peat Has Its Place

11 years ago

Much as we malign peat on this forum, it does have its purpose. I had a big potful of peat from a dying Yucca from Ikea discarded at Harvard, of all places. Was only able to salvage a bit of top growth from the Yucca, but saved the peat in its pot outside, threw in cuttings of Euphorbia tirucalli, Stapelia and Jade just for fun to see if they would root over the summer. Quite a few formed good root systems. This big Jade leaf, for one.

Christopher

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paracelsus

11 years ago

Peat's place is in a peat bog, found outdoors in wetlands, and indoors in pots. A bog is a bog wherever found. ;-)

Brad

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breathnez
11 years ago
Good point, Christopher. Makes sense. After all, a lot of things can begin to root in water, jade included as we saw just recently.

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ealdwood (10a)
11 years ago
That's random, all the way from ikea to harvard?

My tricolor obliqua leaf and branch cutting are just sitting there in a mix of perlite, MG soil, granite doing nothing for a month or two now. I'm tempted to bury their ends in now that you posted this...
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marguerite_gw Zone 9a
11 years ago
To be honest, I am not a convert to gritty mix, especially for rooting cuttings - they root much faster in bagged compost, John Innes No.2 or citrus mix, the latter my particular favourite as it's so free-draining. I like stones on top for decorative purposes, and I would add grit if the mixture were very peaty, but grow my plants in all gritty mix ! no way !
kaktuskris
Original Author
11 years ago
I agree, Margaret.

Christopher
Plantspace (5a)
11 years ago
I cant argue that in some applications peat is great. Im not a huge fan of the gritty mix for certain plants, there are a few ingredients I personally stay away from now.