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Commented: Container Soils - Water Movement and Retention 8/26/21 Hi Al, everyone, I've a kinda ignorant question: what would happen if I tried to grow plants in 100% bark, leaving the perlite and peat out. Would the bark simply collapse without the perlite adding...
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Commented: Container Soils - Water Movement and Retention 4/11/20 Hi Al, I'm in Toulouse (France, and probably the same latitude as you!). We're a couple of weeks into the long summer days here and have until mid-October when minimum temperatures start going below...
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Commented: Gritty Mix Porosity FWIW, here are my very rough numbers for LECA (light expanded clay aggregate) graded between 3-8mm (1/8-1/3 inch). I'll post more numbers once I check more samples... Total porosity: 47% of container...
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