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Tue, Oct 25, 11 at 18:49
| Hi there,
I've mixed a big batch of Al's gritty mix (the well-known soil mix from the Container Gardening forum, made up of bark, turface and granite). I recently repotted our house plants into this mix, and have some of this mix left over... I've been planning on setting up my first terrarium, and was wondering whether the gritty mix would be suitable. Has anyone used this, or a similar medium, in their terrarium? Thanks,
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| Hi I find most every media you can name works to some degree lol.Depends on what you want to grow . i prefer a "false bottom "setup if for mostly terrestrial plants either sphagnum or coir for aquatic . Cork or hard driftwoods for epiphytes. My large (150 gallon ) i'm using crushed lava rock over a false bottom. Mostly selaginellas and tropical ferns though some flowering plants. Would think the gritty mix would work best for high light terrestrials with lowered humidity?? gary |
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| Never tried it myself, but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be a very good idea. If you decide to experiment, let us know how it turned out! |
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