Alpine Gardeners of Central Vancouver Island
Resources - Gardening Hints and Discounts
Soil Mixes
Soil Mix for Seeding and Potting
40% Peat
40% Course Sand
20% Perlite
As this mix contains no soil a program of liquid fertilizer will be required following pricking out.
Al Smith
Potting Compost
7 Parts sterilized loam
3 Parts Peat
2 Parts Coarse Sand
To every 10 Gallons of Mix add:
2 tbsp Bone Meal
2 tbsp Superphosphate of Lime
1 tbsp Sulphate of Potash
1 1/2 tbsp Gr Lime
John Innes- Horticultural Inst
Soil Mix for Saxifrages
1 Part Soil - not too fine, gritty preferred
1 Part Coarse Sand
1/2 Part Peat
1 1/2 Parts Stone Chips-1/4 inch & smaller
1/2 Part Mortar Rubble
Dusting of Limestone (ground)
Rex Murfitt
Compost for Potted Alpines
1 1/2 Parts sterilized loam
1 1/4 Parts coarse Sand
3/4 Part Peat
To each gallon of mix add:
1/4 oz superphosphate of lime
1/8 oz sulphate of potash
1/8 oz dried blood
Mansfield
Mix for Soil Conditioning
1/4 Peat
1/4 Coarse Sand
1/4 Soil
1/4 Crushed Stone
Spread mix 2-3 inches thick and dig in.
Al Smith
Soil Mix for Most Lime Loving Plants such as -Physoplexis Comosa -
Phyteuma Comosum
1 litre Loam
1 litre Oak Leaf Mold
1 litre acid or Granite Rock
1/2 litre limestone grit
2 tbsp Oyster Shell - pulverized
1 tbsp Bonemeal
Ernie Lythgoe
Soil Mix for Primulas
2 Parts Potting Soil (Not with peat)
1 Part granite grit
Per 4 litres of mix:
1/4 Cup Dolomite Lime
1 tbsp Bonemeal
Tony James
Soil Mix for Lewisia Tweedyi
60% Forestry Sand ( Info)
35% Coarse Sand
5% Leaf Mold
Water regularly with high phosphate fertilizer (NPK - 14-10-27)
George Nation
Seed Planting Compost or Scree Mix
6 Parts Sharp Sand
2 Parts Peat
2 Parts Perlite
1 Part Granite Chips
1 Part fine Limestone Grit
Cover seeds wtih 1/4 inch #2 granite grit
Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery
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Discounts at Garden Centers
Buckerfields-Nanaimo, Parksville & Duncan
10% Discount
(250)753-4221 250-248-3243
(250)748-8171
Ken-Dor Garden Centre- Qualicum
10% Discount
Phone: 250-594-1117
Streamside Native Plants- Qualicum
10% Discount
250-757-9999
http://www.streamsidenativeplants.com
Russell Farm Market- Chemainus
10% Discount