Published Soil Substrate Article

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oh gee thanks Sean.
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80+% humidity makes it REALLY difficult to dry things.
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FYI: Aaron's article has been reposted, and will remain available on GWAPA's website here:

http://www.gwapa.org/articles/soilsubstrate

Thanks Aaron!
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Question for Aaron and/or Sean.

Can you use the dry powdered clay instead of wet clay?
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Yes, you can. You can also take the wet clay I gave you, dry it and then crush it into a powder.
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I planned on using the clay you gave me BUT I need more and wanted to check because dry clay is MUCH cheaper it seems.
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I think I paid about $15.00 for 13 lbs. of the wet clay. It wasn't exactly pricey. :D

The dry stuff should be fine too though.
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Post by ingg »

Where, Aaron.

I went nuts trying to find that stuff.

I never found dolomite.

I never found the muriate of potash.

I could only find clay in michael's and the like.

Where are you getting the stuff?
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I used to get dolomite from fish stores (back in the day).

Muriate of potash comes from the potash store on Rt. 7, just drive West until you find it. :lol:
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Dave, IF I can find it I will let you know, there a few garden stores around so I will find it (or order it online).

The muriate I am stuck on finding so far..

I had an idea, buy a pound of ferts from Aq. Ferts.com and mix it in with the clay. I wouldnt use the full pound but it might work in place of the muriate.
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