Re: grit and gravel
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- Subject: Re: grit and gravel
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 21:56:27 -0400
As far as I know, you can....believe I've even read some posts somewhere
about doing so. If it is safe enough to use in an aquarium with
creatures as sensitive to their environments as fish, it should certainly
be safe enough to use for plants! It would be rather expensive in any
quantity, I'd imagine (not having fish, have no real idea), but if granite
grit in 50 lb bags isn't available, aquarium gravel ought to work for a few
pots. If it is in a mix with bits larger than 1/8" in diameter, the
smaller "fines" could be sifted out and used on seed pots. Anything up to
a quarter inch - like pea gravel - can be used to improve drainage in
larger pots - gets heavy tho'.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Don Martinson <llmen@execpc.com>
> Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 12:59 PM
>
> >Thanks for the info on grit everyone. I think I can still probably get
it
> >around here, although all our farm stores are turning rapidly into
Pets-r-us
> >type emporia,
>
> I've often wondered if you couldn't use aquarium gravel. Certainly inert
> enough, tho I'd avoid the colored variety!
>
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> l*@execpc.com
>
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