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Went-'Bach' to BIG-W Today & CLEANED-Them-OUT, so-to-Speak (Can't-'Resist' R-Good BARGAIN). >(*U^)< There-R-R More On-The-Way so-to-Speak ... &-"I" Don't-'Think' You'll Have to-Wait-LONG, Either.

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Along-The-Way "I"-Stopped-In at: "Cheap-as-Chips" &-Bought R-BRISQUELOAD of 'Floral'-Foam ... since-"I' Had Nothing-but Good-Results from-it in-2005:

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Basically It's Urea-Formaldehyde (Resilient HIGH-Nitrogen Source) In 'Fluffed'-UP Form ... so-Has R-CRUSH Volume-Ratio of 4-to-1 ... so-at $1.75 R-Brick it's-about $7-Dollars-R-Pot, so-to-Speak. In-R-Way You-can Envision-it as The-LIGNIN or 'Gravy'-of-The-Peat Without The-Normal Carbohydrate Hemicellulose associated with-it. You Just-have to-'Encourage' The-Microbes to-'Attack'-it in-Order to-Gain The-Benefits so-to-Speak. Anyway "I"m Attempting to-"See' if Over The-Last Five-to-Ten Years Whether-or-'Not' "I"ve Gain-enough Knowledge to-be 'Able' to-Do-This!!!??? >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<

"I"ll-Post Occassional-Pics Along-The-Way ... so You-Can 'See' How The-Plants 'Fare', so-to-Speak. Could-be R-Complete Waste-of-Time ... Then-again it-Could 'Just' Be The-Future!!!??? >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<

Is that the green floral foam that comes in a brick?

Yep ... But Make-Sure You-'Get' The-'Wettable'-Kind for-They NOW-Make R-'Non'-Wettable Kind out-of Polyurethane-Foam.

Polyurethane-Foam is The-Material Used for Bed-Mattresses &-'Felt'-Underlay for Model-Railway Tracks ('Ballast') &-IS Basically 'Polymerised' Cyanide-Moieties ... Which Explains Its-Great Resilience &-Why it 'Resists' Microbial-Attack for-about 20 /25 Years ... for-ONLY R-Select 'Handful' of Anaerobes Display the-Necessary Enzymes to Break This Powerful-Bond as-Well-as 'Cope' with-it Toxicity. This-IS 'Why' Cycanide is Usually 'Dumped' Continually On-R Predetermined-Site in-Order for these Microbes to-Build-UP In-Numbers so-to-Speak.

You-Can 'Use' Polyurethane-Foam 'Fines' for-CPs as-R-Bulking-Agent ... Pick-Them-Up via Rodney-Norris of Dunlop-Foam-Products ... Who's R-Lovely Gentleman Always 'Willing'-to-Help-OUT &-Is Probably-'Why' He's Always at The-Cutting-Edge, so-to-Speak ... for Their-Fines R-The Offcut 'Sawdust' from Cutting of All-The-Mattresses Etc..

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Though "I"d-'Stick' to The Urea-Formaldehyde or 'Basic' Bog-Standard "OASIS"-Brand 'Floral'-Foam for-Starters & Mix-this OFF The (Crushed-&-Moulinexed Foam) with Finely-Grated Polystyrene-Foam [5-Parts Crushed-&-Moulinexed Foam to 2-Parts Finely-Grated Poly] Using R $2-Dollar Hand-Grater You-Can Pick-UP at Any Supermarket These-Days near The Candle-&-Nic-Nac Section, so-to-Speak. It's-R-Lot 'Easier' than Going-to-All The-Rigmarole of-R Machanical Home-Sifter:

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The-Thing "I'-Liked-about Floral-Foam Was-that You-Didn't 'Seem' to-Have Any-of The-Basic Disease-Problems Associate with Peat or Coir:

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It's Also The-ONLY-Time "I"-Was-Able to Germinate &-Grow Drosera-rotundifolia ... Although The-Season Was Barely 2-Months Long ... for-they Couldn't 'Handle' The-South-Australian Summer-Heat ... but-it Was R-Step-FORWARD, so-to-Speak, In-This-Regard.

Don't-Worry If-You're Having-Trouble ... "I"ll-Be Doing R-Photoshoot Next-Week Once-The-Weather has Cleared-Up HERE (70mm in-R-Day ... at The-'Height' of What 'Should'-Be SUMMER!!! >(*~*)<) so-You'll be-Able to Tick-&-Match Boxes Graphically so-to-Speak &-"Ask'-Questions if Yours Doesn't 'Look'-like Mine &-Vice-Versa.

"I"ll Also be Doing Some Rough Work-UP On The-'Finest'-(QUARTZITE)-Sand "I"-Can-Get Nowadays Since KEOUGH's 'Move'-Interstate, so-to-Speak!!!:

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There'll-Be NEW-Stocks of-VFTs Hitting Many BIG-W Stores 'This'-THURSDAY, ... Thursday The-24th-of-February 2011 plus "I"ve-'Found'-R NEW-Source of K140-Sand ... but More-On 'Thart', so-to-Speak NEXT-Week. >(*U^)<

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The-FANGs that Came-In Today at-R Number of BIG-W Stores Were 'Disappointing' to-Say the-Least &-'Appear'-to-Be from the-Same-Batch if-'Not' Similar-Batch that Turned-UP at Bunnings R-Week-ago!!! >(*~*)< [Pistonweek Nurseries??? >(*U^)<]

The-'Sting'-IN-The-Tail Seemed-to-Be The $2.50-Value but-Now at R $5-Dollars-Price Compared to-Last-Week's Lovely Healthy / Fleshy Acquistions at Under $4.50!!! >(*~*)<

As-"NEIL" ... Would-'Say': "BUMMER"!!! >(*~*)<

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"I"ve Also-Set-UP Some Flytraps IN-Vermiculite as-Promised ... Though from-Research over The-Past Couple-of-Days "I"m-Reconsidering Charcoal &-Am Probably Going-to-Give-it R-Miss, so-to-Speak, In-Favour of Just Sand & 'Floral'-Foam.

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As-to-The-'SUNBURN' "I"ve-Been Experiencing On-R-Number-of-Plants ... "I"ve Instigated R-Very-Simple But Nonetheless 'Subtle' Soil-Regime "I"ll-Run Nightly Over The-Next 4-6 Weeks to-'Hopefully' Eleviate This-Problem ... Which if-"I"m Correct Shouldn't Occurr as-Badly In-the Vermiculite Replicates ... &-Which Is-Why "I"m Tending to-Hessitate Before Crushing, Grinding & Sifting 1.5 Kilos of Charcoal ... IN-Favour of Bagged-Sand 7 Easily-Reduceable 'Floral'-Foam. >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<

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'Went'-to BIG-W ON Goodwood-Road, Thisavo. The-Lady-THERE 'Had' Ordered-IN Some-Flytraps that-"I" 'had' Asked-Her-about ON-Monday.

Since-They Were of Slightly 'Better'-Quality than The Ones at BIG-W: "COLONNADES" ... that-'Had' Been Soo-Lovely The-Previous-Week "I'-Bought 10 &-Basically 'Cleaned'-OUT Half-The-Tray ... so-If-You Want-Some You'd 'Better'-Be 'Quick' ... for The-'Lone'-RANGER's IN-Town, so-to-Speak!!! >(*U^)<

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"I"ve-'Found' that R-Faster-Way to Dry-OUT Your ACID-Washed Sand Is-to ["R2D2 ... It Is-You, It Is-You" >(*U^)<] Make-'Use' of It's Natural THIXOTROPIC-Properties as-Seen Above, By-'Just' Stacking-it-Up ... Rather-than Spreading-it-OUT so-to-Speak.

Anyway "I"ve Begun to-'Test' The Differences between Straight 'Marled' ~140-Micron Cyclone-'Dust' from-SLOANS' or Keough's K140-Micron Sand-Equivalent, so-to-Speak:



First-of-ALL ... "I'-'Do'-Like The-Natural Bluey-Gray 'Look'-or-Appearance of This-Sand ... Since It's Pretty-Much Along-The-Way to-Matching Some-of BRAD's Photos of Wild-Dionaea-Locale' Sand.





"I"ve 'Also'-'Noticed' that-There's Something-Else In-This Cyclone-Dust after presumely much-of-the-Iron Has-been Washed-OUT, so-to-Speak ... that-Is Stealy-'Grey'-Black, Non-MAGNETIC ... but HEAVY-Enough to-Be Panned-OUT Below The-Silica.

"I'-'Doubt' that It'll Become Important ... but-"I"ll Keep-an-Eye On-It Just-The-Same. >(*U^)<

The-Real-SLOG Will Begin In-EARNEST This-Week ... with 'Hopefully' R-Few Surprises Along-The-Way ... as-"I" Begin to-Compare These Two-Lines of-Sand IN-Parallel.