Silica Sand

Re: Silica Sand#395667

By TrapsAndDews -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:28 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:28 am #395667

@thepitchergrower did you rinse your silica sand before you used it?

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Re: Silica Sand#395671

By TrapsAndDews -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:50 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:50 am #395671

The sand looks a bit funny to me. It looks much like regular sand. I want to use the sand for my pygmies. If it isn't good, I can just crush some perlite.

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Re: Silica Sand#395672

By thepitchergrower -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:54 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:54 am #395672

Sorry for the late reply. The @ thing does not seem to work. At least not on this forum.
Yes, just pour vinegar on the sand. If it fizzes it's NOT CP safe. If it doesn't It is CP safe.
Yes, I wast the sand. There is a lot of dust in it. Its a good way to get silicosis. WEAR A DUST MASK.

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Re: Silica Sand#395679

By TrapsAndDews -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:06 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:06 am #395679

The sand just has lots of large grains. It has a grey color. It won’t kill my pygmies if I rinse it, will it?

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Re: Silica Sand#395684

By thepitchergrower -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:30 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:30 am #395684

No, you rinse soil before you plant your pygmies. I hose it, and wash it until the water runs pretty clear.

Re: Silica Sand#395685

By TrapsAndDews -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:31 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:31 am #395685

So I use a hose until the sand the water is clear, and then I wash it with distilled water?

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Re: Silica Sand#395690

By thepitchergrower -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:42 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:42 am #395690

If you guys are getting as much rain as we are getting in CA, just let the rain do its thing

No, I don't actually flush it with distilled water. But then again, we only have 159 ppm water.

Re: Silica Sand#395694

By TrapsAndDews -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:51 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 2:51 am #395694

Is that the TDS for the water coming out of the hose? I don't know the TDS of our water. We don't get much rain. The climate here is cold-semiarid (similar to a desert, except sagebrush instead of cacti).

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Re: Silica Sand#395701

By thepitchergrower -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 3:43 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 3:43 am #395701

Yeah, its the PPm of the tapwater. I think you should just google the ppm of your town's water. We also don't get much rain, just during the winter. And we are having a drought.

Re: Silica Sand#395709

By TrapsAndDews -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 5:35 am
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 5:35 am #395709

I assume you're talking about the hardness of the water. The hardness is between 54-90 ppm. We get our water from wells. Each well has a different ppm. The hardness can also change based on the water level in the water towers.

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Re: Silica Sand#395712

By IoanAdam -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:09 pm
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:09 pm #395712

Can silica sand be used without any onther soil (peat for example)? Also, is compost bad for CP's beacuse I saw a forum on FB (for CP growers) where someone said that a soil with compost in it was good for CP's.

*sorry I said "CP" so many times in one sentence*

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Re: Silica Sand#395724

By thepitchergrower -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 3:51 pm
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 3:51 pm #395724

See this thread, its about growing CPs in pure silica sand. growing-carnivorous-plants-in-pure-sili ... 50889.html

In the UK "compost" refers to any soil. So I could say I grow CPs in compost. But in the US compost refers to soil that is made via composting, and is not safe for CPs.

Re: Silica Sand#395728

By IoanAdam -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 5:33 pm
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 5:33 pm #395728

Thank you very much!

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Re: Silica Sand#395764

By TrapsAndDews -  Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:56 pm
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- Sat Dec 25, 2021 11:56 pm #395764

@thepitchergrower I finished rinsing the sand with a hose. (I couldn’t find a good mask to use, so I had to use a gas mask.

I wonder what the neighbors thought.)

Does the sand look good?

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Re: Silica Sand#395772

By thepitchergrower -  Sun Dec 26, 2021 2:09 am
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- Sun Dec 26, 2021 2:09 am #395772

It looks good! Now just mix it with peat moss.

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