price will depend on various factors.
if you buy turface, you don't think clay is cheap
if you buy turface, you don't think clay is cheap
Photo Essay: Calcined DE as Rooting Medium
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Sure thing. Try and take less pride in pointing out the mistakes of others.
You could easily have pointed out the topic had changed without the attitude.
perhaps, but I was feeling defensive at the time thanks to stedenko's garbage..
i hope you have recovered from the blow?
quadracer
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jj.thecarnivore
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Hey. I am still a tenderfooted amature... but I read the thread and learned a lot! Thank you. I am excited to find a pourous and inexpensive medium to root in! It sounds like a quick rinse and sive of the Cal DE will work really well! Cool! Going to my local auto parts store! I wish I knew this when I was trying to root some tree azalias ^-^* Like the use of willow for rooting hormone... will have to see if it does indeed balance out the PH... cool!
I saw that the thread took a dive into the use of the clay... notably 'kitty litter' which is usually bentonite and an expanding clay...
... just a quick thought on caution... I noticed the mention of creating a cement like soil earlier in the thread... which in my mind would happen if you tried to combine the clay along with the Crystalized DE ... am I right? or do the cracks from the transition of a wet to dry expanding clay medium prevent this problem? Should one avoid mixing these two mediums... not that it was suggested... I just thought maybe another tenderfoot may be inspired by the thread and try out both at the same time, so I mentioned it
Thanks again for the awesome information!
Oh... one more thing... Do you clean them to sanitize them for rooting after many uses or just mix into compost and buy more?
Oh... and has anyone used this as a medium for an aquaponic bed? (Not that Im even close to having one yet.. )
Thanks again!
I saw that the thread took a dive into the use of the clay... notably 'kitty litter' which is usually bentonite and an expanding clay...
... just a quick thought on caution... I noticed the mention of creating a cement like soil earlier in the thread... which in my mind would happen if you tried to combine the clay along with the Crystalized DE ... am I right? or do the cracks from the transition of a wet to dry expanding clay medium prevent this problem? Should one avoid mixing these two mediums... not that it was suggested... I just thought maybe another tenderfoot may be inspired by the thread and try out both at the same time, so I mentioned it
Thanks again for the awesome information!
Oh... one more thing... Do you clean them to sanitize them for rooting after many uses or just mix into compost and buy more?
Oh... and has anyone used this as a medium for an aquaponic bed? (Not that Im even close to having one yet.. )
Thanks again!
H
Harry Hoosier
I read through this entire thread and didn't see anything about this being used as an aeration amendment for a worm bin. I suspect it might work rather well.
i use it for that purpose. it can work too well!
yes and yes
I'm getting some today!
add some drainage holes to your rooting trays for use with DE.
it holds all the water you need.
it holds all the water you need.
Sounds like a dream come true LOL!
Slimm
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Delta9nxs uses turface for cloning and turface plus rice hulls as a growing medium with great success. Search for the ppk thread.
Anyone determined if this is incompatible with neem oil? Seems like the oil would mess up the porosity. Then again the amount of neem I use in an application is so little it may not have any cumulative effect.
Anyone determined if this is incompatible with neem oil? Seems like the oil would mess up the porosity. Then again the amount of neem I use in an application is so little it may not have any cumulative effect.
nah, your neem oil will get broken down.
Let us know how it works out.
I tend to prefer compost for seeds.
I tend to prefer compost for seeds.
