Happy to help! I forgot about another good person to ask, Karen Randall. She’s probably collected whatever it is and has a lovely story to tell about it!

There is DEFINITELY going to be a demo. Materials and equipment have been graciously donated by UNS.

GG says: "Cordata most likely. Could be vietnamensis."

Hope that helps!

This is a Sean or Ghazanfar question...Sean's just embarked on his two-week FL collecting/vacation trip though. I'll shoot a message to them both.

Or get a good pair of tweezers to plant deep enough and skip the salt ‘n pepper substrate look. (Sorry, Becca. Still Love ya!)

I like it. Doesn’t have the wicked ammonia spike like ADA soils. You’ll have to start fertilizing sooner, but that’s a trade off I’m ok with.

I nominate Paul to start a database

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