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Post by muscipula on May 20, 2009 17:34:19 GMT -5
At my work at home hardware they have bags of playsand next to the fairly large bails of peat, i was wondering if this is a good alternative or the same compared to silica sand..? supposedly its de-salted. Thanks for your help.
-Wayne-
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Post by Rug on May 20, 2009 17:39:07 GMT -5
Not so good. There are lots of posts on this topic of the "playsand" I tried it and every plant I put in it died.
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Post by Sawchuk on May 20, 2009 17:46:45 GMT -5
Strange...
I had used and still use playground sand, i used it on my VFT which won the contest year's back and still use it in all my new medium mixes.
The Playground i took it from is fairly old and right next to a large soccer field. I washed it in a bucket first with house water then distilled or RO.
Youd think New sand would be cleaner then a grungy playgrounds sand.
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Post by lloyd on May 20, 2009 19:02:35 GMT -5
I used play sand from Home Depot for years with no ill effect. I think I washed it originally.
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Post by renesis on May 20, 2009 20:25:42 GMT -5
Its really going to depend on the type of sand, most playground sands or mason sands have carbonates in them which will be bad new for CPs, but some will be silica based which are lower in pH and solubles and these tend to be okay.
So, the answer is - it depends.
If you put a little bit of vinegar or other acid on it and it bubbles, it has carbonates in it - don't use these.
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Post by sdeering on Jun 6, 2009 20:27:36 GMT -5
Probly all the skin off of the kids feet making your stuf grow like that. Sawchuck
I have stoped using sand in my mix. Didn't help.
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