Perlite substitute?
Ronald Redding (Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:43:02 PDT)

Dear John,

I thought I would throw in something that some people in this group may be
interested in and it is flyash or qloxinty. This is the bi-product from such
industry as iron smeltering and energy production from fossil fuels. I have
been using this product in my part of the world with many plants in my
collection for about three years and found it to be superiour to anything I
have tried on some plants. The growth rates that I have on my collection of
worsleya is second to none, that I have seen, since I started using a 50%
mix. I am fortunate in that I can purchase it already graded to between 4
and 10mm particles, anyone in my neighbourhood can drop in and see it for
themselves.

Kind Regards and Best Wishes
Ron Redding
Hervey Bay
Australia

From: "John T Lonsdale" <john@johnlonsdale.net>
Reply-To: john@johnlonsdale.net,Pacific Bulb Society
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To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Perlite substitute?
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:00:12 -0400

I'd love to use pumice, and would have done so a long time back, but we
have
no source within a reasonable distance. I envy those who can get it
locally!

Best,

John

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