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May 30, 2015 7:28 AM CST
Name: Deborah
midstate South Carolina (Zone 8a)
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Those sound like some nice additions to your collection. Thumbs up

Planto, you are so right about the mix from the BBS. One worker at Lowe's noticed that I was bringing back several plants for a refund, and told me that their plants should not be kept in the same pots/soil, if I want them to thrive. Their plants have to be repotted after purchase, or they will die a slow death. I've been on a mission to repot most of my plants. I have been surprised/shocked on several occasions. For example, I had some dianthus in a hanging basket that weren't growing well. When I unpotted them, I found them still in the same shape of the 6 pack I got them from. The roots had not spread out, but kept circling the peat mix which either stayed bone dry or too moist. In this case, although the rest of the mix was moist, the peat was bone dry. I washed the peat off the roots and repotted the plants and they are growing much better now. I just couldn't believe it. The same thing is happening with plants put in the ground. If they are still in that peat or bark mix, they will die a slow death. They will either stay too wet or too dry, as peat is difficult to rehydrate. The same thing with peat/bark mix.

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