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| Some of the main soil components Al uses. His soil and water movement is getting much discussion in the container gardening forum. |
Image link: Al's (from container forum) soil ingrediants (59 k)
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- Posted by Nora_in_Vancouver 8b Wet Coast (My Page) on Tue, Apr 5, 05 at 16:16
| So I gather Al must be "tapla"? The recipes are as follows: "3 parts pine bark fines "Big batch: "3 cu ft pine bark fines (1 big bag) But I don't have access to those Wisconsin nickels. What would be a better substitute: Canadian pennies or tuna can tops? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Container soils and water in containers (long post)
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- Posted by annewaldron SoCal,10 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 23, 05 at 19:35
| I'm trying to identify the "ingredients" in this posted picture as compared to Al's recipe. Top left: pine bark fines? Top right: peat? Bottm left: perlite? Bottom right: ?? Trying to identify so that when I'm ready to make my own, I know what I'm looking for! |
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| I'm curious, too... Which brown ingredient is which? Also, I have not been able to find pine bark "fines". Would mulch do? |
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