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I live in san juan, puerto rico and just re-potted my 2 nepenthes (a bicalcarata and a ventricosa) with my own mix of 1part perlite, 1part sphagnum moss and 1part orchid bark. as i was mixing it i noticed that the orchid bark also has some charcoal in it, not much but few. will this be detrimental to the nepenthes? i've watched your videos on nepenthes care but i don't remember any mention of charcoal.
andy
Hi Andy,
Your mix sounds fine. A little charcoal is of no harm. It probably just isn't of any particular benefit. That's why you don't hear Nepenthes growers using it much. Otherwise, it sounds like a good mix.
Good Growing!
Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com
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