Re: Nursery equipment

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• To: Mediterannean Plants List
• Subject: Re: Nursery equipment
• From: T* &* M* R*
• Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:33:53 +1200
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Edward Faridany wrote:
> 
> I just saw your posting. It sounds like vermiculite - inert mineral, very
> hydroscopic and light in weight. Aids propogation, drainage. Essential for > pot cultivation as one ingredient

While you consider vermiculite an essential in pot mixes, we who live in
NZ where this material is a costly import, almost never make use of it
for that purpose. Our equivalent would be coarse pumice sand of which
this country has vast quantities.

Ingenious people gardeners it would seem!

Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)

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