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sirdoofus · 09-04-2023, 04:36 PM

The stuff I bought didn't look as course as the course sand in PR Giants' posts, but it is definitely courser than other sand I was able to find. It has been washed and strained to remove the fines, but probably not a bad idea to consider adding some courser material.

I pulled one of the pups and it looked OK, not stellar, but not bad either. Didn't really look like it had started pushing any new roots (although maybe), and some of the roots that were transplanted had started to turn black (my understanding is that's not terribly unusual and hopefully not a harbinger of failure). The corm seemed fine. I guess we'll just see what happens.

09-04-2023, 04:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
sirdoofus Location: Central Vancouver Island, BC Canada Find me on the map! Zone: AgCan 7b, USDA 6b Name: Mike Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,085 BananaBucks : 25,345 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,215 Times Was Thanked 1,254 Times in 628 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 98 Times	Re: Potting pups in sand The stuff I bought didn't look as course as the course sand in PR Giants' posts, but it is definitely courser than other sand I was able to find. It has been washed and strained to remove the fines, but probably not a bad idea to consider adding some courser material. I pulled one of the pups and it looked OK, not stellar, but not bad either. Didn't really look like it had started pushing any new roots (although maybe), and some of the roots that were transplanted had started to turn black (my understanding is that's not terribly unusual and hopefully not a harbinger of failure). The corm seemed fine. I guess we'll just see what happens. __________________ Who keeps calling me nuts??