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A compost mix from what the garden centre sells
Standing in front of six bags with no idea which one this plant wants.
Mediumsoilcompost
Tell me what growing medium this plant needs, as properties first: drainage speed, water retention, aeration, pH. Then give me one recipe by volume using things an ordinary garden centre stocks, with a substitute for each component. Make it peat free and say how that version behaves differently when I water it. Plant, and whether it is going in a pot or the ground:
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- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Routine care. Watering tests, repotting calls, pruning timing, compost mixes, and taking cuttings that root.
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