i recently germiated aroumd 20 of thses e plants and they grw very very fast. Now they stoped growing almost so im assuming they need to be repoted in better soil and way bigger pots. What is the best soil for these plants or will general potting soil work. I also have 3 brand new Phoenix canariensis that need to be repoted. What kidn of soil is best, i have been told miricle grow.
f. Religiosa grows anywhere. In Bangalore, South India you can find them growing in such odd places like the insulator on a telephone pole, cracks in buildings. drifted muck on a terrace roof corner. These are from bird droppings. I recently removed one that lodged itself into a corner of the solar collector on my roof top. I also have a half a dozen of these in training as bonsai with no special soil. I do not bestow any special care on them either. They are all in the open sun (13 deg North latitude). f. Religiosa and f. Benghalensis are two of the most forgiving tropicals I have seen. Since our lowest winter temperature is above +15 deg Celcius, I am not competent to comment on the effect of very low temperatures on these. bioramani
I have some Ficus benghalensis in the greenhouse that go through the winter at 40F, they seem to stop growing at these temps but make up for it once it warms up. It is beneficial to have a potting mix that can dry out a bit during cold weather. I have been using a quality container mix, (Sta-Green, Miracle-Gro, etc) with about 20-30% Perlite added. What mix you use will really depend upon the growing conditions you are providing, will take some experimenting to find what works the best.
