Potting Soil
by 1945gypsy 
, Zihuatanejo, Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 11:59 (3935 days ago)
Does anybody know where we can get some good potting soil?
Potting Soil
by Talley Ho , Playa la Ropa, Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 12:34 (3935 days ago) @ 1945gypsy
The nursery on the La Ropa road, just south of Gringo Gordo and Mi Chayito,has great potting soil for 50p a LARGE bag, about 2 cubic feet. We usually buy a plant or two and a bag or two of dirt,and they deliver for us!
Potting Soil
by 1945gypsy , Zihuatanejo, Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 18:53 (3935 days ago) @ Talley Ho
Excellent, and right next to one of our favorite restaurants. We bought a bag of dirt from that place that sells pots and plants on Paseo de Las Palmas. And it was just that, a bag of dirt!
Potting Soil
by Talley Ho , Playa la Ropa, Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 19:33 (3935 days ago) @ 1945gypsy
We have had some minor work done around here that involved sand, not beach sand, and did add that to the soil. Our hibiscus pictures are available by request.
Amazingly, we are only here 4-5 months a year,and our hibiscus, tulipanes, are to die for.
On our other beach, we don't have the sun and space for them, so we concentrate on Plumeria. It's fun to have another beautiful flowering plant here!
Potting Soil
Plumeria! How lucky you are. My favorite. 
Plumeria
by Talley Ho , Playa la Ropa, Wednesday, February 03, 2016, 19:48 (3935 days ago) @ Sun Seeker
Part of the fun is that as much as we can grow hibiscus in California, we just don't have space for the hibiscus at our California beach house,so we have to grow plumeria!
IF you live in the US, and in a place that will support plumeria, it's fun to collect cuttings of your favorites in Hawaii, and take them home, legally. All you have to do is take off all the leaves, remove any visible parasites, and when you get to the airport and the person says, "what plant materials do you have to claim?" say that you have plumeria cuttings. They will inspect them,take those that aren't clean,and sent you home with the rest, properly stamped and processed.
Plumeria in the mid west? Yup, people do it all the time, storing them out of the dirt, upside down in the basement. Not for us, but if you are a plant person, check it out!
Love having the option to grow even more tropicals!
Potting Soil
by 1945gypsy , Zihuatanejo, Friday, February 05, 2016, 12:14 (3933 days ago) @ 1945gypsy
Talley Ho, Aside from your beautiful plumeria, we went to buy that dirt and it's the same bag of dirt we got from the other place. It packs up so solid that water won't even go through it???
Potting Soil
by Talley Ho , Playa la Ropa, Friday, February 05, 2016, 13:13 (3933 days ago) @ 1945gypsy
We haven't had any problems with it. On our last bag, number 5 this year, we added some builders sand that was sitting around for making stucco. Sand is good, just don't use beach sand!
Potting Soil
Why? What happens when you use beach sand?
It's extremely salty, and will burn your plants. Taste it!
Salt
Thanks, no, I believe you 
Salt
by Quadra Paul , British Columbia, Friday, February 05, 2016, 17:56 (3933 days ago) @ AlbertaGirl
Aw C'mon! Live a little dangerously! You're on Holidays, remember?
The same reason you can't make cement with gravel from an Ocean beach!
Salt
Holiday or no, I think I'll keep my salt intake to food only...well...and the occasional unintentional mouthful of ocean water while trying to snorkel 
