APAC | Begonia: Successful finish

Substrate for finishing.

• Suitable substrate components: peat > cocopeat > wood fiber peat > rice husk > composts > natural soils. With particle size 10 ―20 mm. • Add 25―3 0 % leavening agent: perlite > sand > zeolite (not vermiculite) • Substrate mixture examples :

70 % cocopeat + 30 % perlite,

✓ 55 % cocopeat + 20 % peat + 25 % perlite,

✓ 50 % cocopeat + 20 % natural soil + 30 % perlite.

pH below 5.9 !

But not forget the proper pH: 5.5―5.9

Even natural components are applicable

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