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Aozora wrote:the design is as good as done

now its time to prepare the potting mix, i am going to use 50/50 peat sand, but i have no idea what kind of sand would be safe to use. i asked this question once before but i cant find the topic anymore .

Aozora wrote:i tried to look for some pool filter sand, but it seems almost non existent here. but i did find some other types of sand, would they also be useable? also what does the #20 stand for?

I have never heard of that sand before. The #20 is the size. It is the bigger size grains. I have heard that you can use sand blasting sand as well if you can find it.
The savage garden said you can you use washed play sand as well. I know there have been some mixed emotions on useing play sand. I never wanted to take the chance. I read that some nurseries have washed silica sand.


https://www.gamma.nl/assortiment/gamma- ... /p/B432351

https://www.zandcompleet.nl/zand-kopen/brekerzand/

its in dutch so maybe some google translate will help :p, but the description says that it drains water very well.

gkjr wrote:

Aozora wrote:i tried to look for some pool filter sand, but it seems almost non existent here. but i did find some other types of sand, would they also be useable? also what does the #20 stand for?

I have never heard of that sand before. The #20 is the size. It is the bigger size grains. I have heard that you can use sand blasting sand as well if you can find it.
The savage garden said you can you use washed play sand as well. I know there have been some mixed emotions on useing play sand. I never wanted to take the chance. I read that some nurseries have washed silica sand.


https://www.gamma.nl/assortiment/gamma- ... /p/B432351

https://www.zandcompleet.nl/zand-kopen/brekerzand/

its in dutch so maybe some google translate will help :p, but the description says that it drains water very well.

dutchplantlover wrote:I have brekerszand too and i think it is safe to use for carnivorous plants, but i think you can test it by adding some vinegar and see what happens

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Aozora wrote:

dutchplantlover wrote:I have brekerszand too and i think it is safe to use for carnivorous plants, but i think you can test it by adding some vinegar and see what happens

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im just going to give brekerzand a try, and if it works for you im pretty sure it should also work for me

but about the vinegar, i used it on some stones before and saw those bubbles which ment they were bad for carnivorous plants. but how do i use it on sand? seems to me that with such a small surface area there will hardly show any bubbles