Growing House Plants (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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No attempt was made to compare different soils or soil mixtures for any given plant. In each case, a soil mixture that was believed to be optimum for the plant studied was used. Leaf mold was used freely with good results. This material is available to all who will take the trouble to collect it. By raking away the litter in any wooded area, one can obtain black, well-rotted leaf mold. The material from deciduous trees is preferable to that from evergreens. Leaf mold will seldom give good results alone but is excellent for use in soil mixtures, when as much as half of the mixture may be of this material.

The use. Of well-rotted manures is another help in soil mixtures. One of the reasons farm women are so successful with house plants is because manures are easily accessible to them.

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