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I've been experimenting around with this year the substrate of some Aronstäbe and the result is interesting.
Often too cold and too wet substrate are reported. The answer to that question, how completely to something is, one useful from the natural processes of soil life.
I used for the substrate:
30% sterile compost (which contained some piece of wood)
15% Sand, split, and some gravel in different grains (1-8mm). So there are different-sized cavities in the ground.
20% Peat
15% Perlite
And as a special ingredient 20% wood chips and bark compost.
The last two have been in the course of the growing season slowly decomposes. This has the advantage that heats the substrate through the decomposition process. This was clearly noticeable. The soil in the pot was always warm. The plants it liked also they are extremely übipp grown and partly not moved more still.

On the bottom of each pot I added Additionally to a drainage layer, so that the flow of water is optimized.

What do you think of that, did you yourself also such experiences?

Hopefully this will help some Aroidfans.

Best regards from Switzerland NIC

Hello

Primarily at the t. venosum and some A. konjac 'Leo Song'. Tomorrow I must look again more precisely which plants have mixed with the wood chips.

««Originally posted by» Stinkmorchel «.»

Wood chips but have a high C/N ratio, thus the soil bacteria capture nitrogen substrate and thus the plants, because they need it to the decomposition of the wood.

I have balanced this with liquid fertilizer. It is not very useful but can at least heat of decomposition take advantage.