Why do you need to know the physical properties of your growing media?? Having visited more than a couple of nurseries over the years it becomes readily apparent that there are as many growing media recipes as there are growers who use them. This may become an issue if a grower from one nursery decides that they prefer the growing media of another nurseryman or if a particular grower decides he wants to change their media for whatever reason.

There have been some interesting discussions over the past month on why certain plant species are being nominated for the Grow Me Instead (GMI) program. The GMI program has been rolled out in all states and territories, with Queensland being the last state to have published GMI booklets. Within the program there are established protocols for determining whether a certain plant species should be included in the local GMI booklets. The subject plant must satisfy the following criteria to be considered as a GMI candidate;