Posted by Tom Broome on 7/30/2008, 12:50 pm, in reply to "Watering"
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: I feel comfortable with very frequent
: watering of "tropical"
: species like Cycas rumphii and
: thouarsii...but I'm a little
: hesitant to give for example my E
: horridus and E lehmanii as much
: water. Am I being too cautious or
: can I water them freely without risk
: of rot? My soil mix is 2/3 Turface
: and 1/3 perlite so drainage is
: superior. Thanks.
:
: M
:
You are correct in thinking that you should not water horridus as much as a tropical cycas. They only get a few inches of rain each yera in habitat. I water most of my plants every other day, but I only hit those blues about once a week at the most.
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