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| I got the first three parts mixed, opened the bag of vermiculite and it looked like this. I was expecting larger granules. Did I get the wrong stuff?
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| There is no vermiculite in the gritty mix. There is 1 thread somewhere in which I talked to a person about including some vermiculite in the gritty mix because she was convinced it wouldn't have enough water retention if made with the 1:1:1 ratio of (screened) bark:Turface:granite. Al |
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| Adding vermiculite to gritty mix will just gum it up. Al |
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| I was referencing this post. RE: succulent soil mix (Follow-Up #2) Below, you'll find a few thumbnails to click on if you're interested. Sorry that I didn't take much time to take especially pretty photos. ;o) Just wanted you to see what I grow houseplants and succulents in. If you look past the hail damage, you can see the plants are very pleased with what their feet are in.
I always have a mix of equal parts of Turface, crushed granite (grower/turkey grit), and fir bark on hand because it's my basic bonsai soil mix. I add some very coarse sand, and vermiculite, along with a little gypsum & dolomitic lime to it to round things out. Here's the formula: |
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- Posted by jojosplants Az. z. 9 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 4, 11 at 17:34
| It's possible a larger size of vermiculite was used. There is some that is more the size of perlite/small gravel, size. I wouldn't use what you have pictured, if it were me, the particle size seems too small. JoJo |
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- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (mikerno_1@yahoo.com) on Mon, Jul 4, 11 at 19:46
| They do sell a vermiculite that is about 1/8 inch big. With the pictures provided and knowing the particle size of coarse sand, I can only think the vermiculite would have to be coarser than that too. Hi Jojo and Al! Mike |
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