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| Al's Original gritty mix Recipe can be found here. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/contain/msg0210350817676.html
Ok, So I haven't posted alot of stuff in the past but I'm here to try and help out anyone I can as some of you have helped me.
Here's what I found and where I found it. The Pine or Fir Bark....
On the website it actually says it's made from particle board/composite filler. It looks like some wood chips with some pine bark in it. It looks good, I believe it will workout for this mix. If you can't find the good stuff, it may actually be worth checking out. Gypsum, I found both at Lowes and Home Depot. Just ask anyone working in the garden center. They'll show you where its at. Screened Turface (may substitute calcined DE, such as NAPA floor dry)
And the crushed granite I got from a local rock business called West Valley Rock in Buckeye Az.
Anyways, this is what I found for my mix and this is what I will use starting today. Hopefully this info can help out anyone else looking for stuff they can't find. It took me a total of 2 hrs to find everything, and that's because I really took my time and was shopping around for other things as well. Have a great day! Oh and BTW, everything was all reasonably price, ~$5-$6 each bag of stuff (on average). |
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| oh and the NAPA floor dry also contains <1% of Cristobalite and Quartz. |
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