What kind of soil do I need for potting Jasmine Sambacs and Cestrum Nocturnum?
You can use Cococoir in a potting mix because it has many advantages. Like
- It adds value to pot mixing.
- Produce healthier plants
- The plants require less maintenance.
- It is an environment friendly product.
- Nutrient balance.
Use this in your potting mix you will find a tremendous results. It is easily available. These are some qualities of Coco peat.
Both Sambac and Cestrum are undemanding plants, so you can use any GOOD potting mix you find in nearest HomeDepot/Lowes/etc. By “good” I mean it has to be good peat-based soilless mix. Potting soil can’t cost $1 for 30lb bag. It’s something wrong. Expect to pay $6-7 for Scott/MiracleGro/etc names. General potting soil already has peat moss in it, so you can use is straight from the bag. Never use heavy soils in pots. You don’t need compost, manure, etc. The problem number one is overwatering and poor drainage, especially, when you use compost/manure. Sometimes you can buy “soil conditioner” (we use “sta-green”, but it your area other names could be available). Soil conditioner sells as “garden soil improvement” and this is very fine mix of bark pieces, pet moss, etc. You can use and mix with peat moss and perlite (use real perlite, not styrofoam imitation) and vermiculite. We make our own mix for all plants using soil conditioner, peat moss, perlite. It works great. Sometimes you can g
