Re: [SG] Rockwool

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• Subject: Re: [SG] Rockwool
• From: "* D* C* <m*@PIPELINE.COM>
• Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 15:39:31 -0500
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>At 07:09 AM 3/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>>What is rockwool? What does it do? Sounds like some kind of insulating
>>wallboard. Does it
>>help hold the plant in place in the water, or has it some other purpose?

Hi, Bobbi.  I forgot to answer all your questions.  The rockwool is the
growing medium for hydroponics, sort of a substitute for soil or peat, so
it serves to stabilize the plant.  My husband said that he thinks rockwool
is also used as insulation in high-temperature ovens.


Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Z 5/6

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