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Re: Help! I need vermiculite.

Get thee to a building supply store or insulation contractor's yard and ask
for vermiculite. perlite or mineral block-filler.  Any of these will serve
well to
condition clayey, poor-draining soil.  From those sources you will probably
pay less that 25% of the price at botique garden shops.
G'luck.......Ed, in sw Pennsylvania, Z6a.......life is gooooooooood!........

At 02:05 PM 5/31/97 -0600, you wrote:
>     I am doing my gardening in Mel's patio boxes this year because I'm
>renting and  can't see spending that much money on someone elses soil
>(it's all clay here).  My problem is that I can't seem to find
>vermiculite in large quantities.  The biggest I have found is 8 QT bag,
>which is only  about 1/3 of a cubic foot, for $2.66.  It would cost me
>$32 to buy all I need.  Does anyone know of a better place to get it.  If
>not, is there something I can use in place of the vermiculite Mel calls
>for.
>
>     Any help is appreciated,
>
>Mary Peterson
> park county,MT, zone 4
>
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