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Posted by taxtax (My Page) on Sat, Aug 20, 11 at 17:28
| I'm new to this type of potting, but always willing to try anything once. Am I correct in guessing that when people say to use Perlite, they mean the same perlite as this?
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/2/OutdoorLiving/FertilizersGrassSeed/SoilsMixes/PRD~0594422P/Miracle-Gro+Perlite+8.8+L.jsp?locale=en
Anything with the name miracle grow on it tends to be a little expensive than I think they need it to be.
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RE: New to Perlite
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| Perlite is the most expensive product in your mix of ingredients for hypertufa. If you just want to experiment, just get the smaller bag, that you usually find in the garden department... but for cost savings, you can get the bigger 2 cu. feet or even 4 cu. feet bags of perlite. You can get the 2 cu. feet bags at Home Depot and it's made by Therm-o-Rock. The bags are green in color and I usually pay about $17 for this size bag. I recently found a local supplier, where I can buy the bigger 4 cu. feet bags for about $25. You can also use vermiculite, but it's usually more expensive. Good luck! |
RE: New to Perlite
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| Unfortunately Home Depot here doesn't sell anything like that anymore for the season. I went earlier this week and the garden center is closed. They have nothing but 1000 snowblowers they shipped in and are only selling winter things now (What the hell!?) And they are selling these things at full price, lol. So any summer stuff I need to buy in the summer has to be purchased elsewhere it seems. |
RE: New to Perlite
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| Try a garden center or farm store. They will have large bags of perlite at a better price |
RE: New to Perlite
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| I was able to obtain an enormous bag of coarse perlite for about $12-15 at the local farmers co-op last year. |
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