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Originally Posted by dmforcier
Are you trying to make an analog of Tapla's 5:1:1?
Look for small pine bark nuggets. I would screen these and use the small bits that passed through, but if the nuggets are not too big you can go ahead use them as is. If you see any wood, pick it out. As wood rots it eats nitrogen.
In place of the sphagnum peat I use commercial mix, notably Miracle Gro Potting Mix (not Soil). It's already pretty well draining. At the end of the day, my Tapla analog is more like 5:2.5:1 with very good results.
Stryofoam I'm skeptical of. Not sure why. Anyone use it? (Obviously it contributes to the environmental plastics problem.)
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Tapla's 5:1:1, that is a name I haven't heard or thought about since my old garden web days. Is he still around?