Dear Karla We use swimming pool filter sand and that works well. Regards Rachel Saunders Silverhill Seeds and Books Tel: +27 21 762 4245 Fax: +27 21 797 6609 PO Box 53108, Kenilworth, 7745 South Africa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chandler, Karla" <karlachandler@bbg.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:57 PM Subject: [pbs] washed river sand >I am propagating my own SA bulb seeds this fall. Could someone suggest > the grade or particle size that has worked the best for them? I am > having trouble finding "river sand" and the industrial sand comes in > different sizes. > Thanks, > Karla > > ******************************************** > Karla Chandler > Curator of Helen Mattin Warm Temperate Pavilion > Brooklyn Botanic Garden > 1000 Washington Avenue > Brooklyn, NY 11225 > > phone: 718-623-7200 x 6400 > fax: 718-622-7847 > http://www.bbg.org/ > ******************************************** > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/ > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.5/1619 - Release Date: 8/18/2008 > 5:39 PM > > >