Viewing post #334978 by NoelCalvert

Hello Masud,
I am aware of the trace elements as well. My wife saves egg shells for me for the calcium for my caladiums. Is why I asked about egg shells for the others. I am not sure what other elements are in them. As far as the meditation, that will have to wait until I get home from my trips. I take whatever is stuck to the roots with me, since I know "potting soil" is not the natural mix. After this trip, I combined the local plant store's potting soil with some local sawdust that I purchased for the task(1 part saw dust to 5 parts soil & 2 cups or so of brick material), & some crushed up bricks. I am hoping the bricks here have clay with some trace elements in there. I only put a cup or two of that in the large boxes you see in the picture (72cm*24cm*24cm). So far the plants seem to like it, & like I said they have just been moved into new soil. We will see. None have even shed leaves from stress yet, so I am still waiting. I am going to purchase a camera before my next trip so I assume I will have many more photos to show when I return from that trip.