Strelitzia reginae repotting

I took my directions for the morning from the posted list of tasks that can be completed in “15 min”. Some of these items take more than 15 minutes in my experience, for example the soil

I spent the morning refilling potting soil mixes #3 and #4. The #3 mix is the epiphyte mix. The #4 mix is the conifer mix (see photos).

Both mixes include charcoal, which is difficult to work with indoors. The small storage room became a fog of dust, both from charcoal and perlite dust. Luckily I had a good mask which filtered much of the air going to my lungs. But my hair and clothes were coated in dust. I think the best way to work with charcoal mixes is to mix them outdoors or in a very large well ventilated room.

The storage room does appear to have a built-in fan, but it seems to take a lot of dust to kick it into automatic operation.

I repotted the bird-of-paradise palm, Strelitzia reginae, into a much larger pot using a mix of the standard #1 soil mix and the bark mix.