anyone use roots organics? or other soiless or soil mixes?

mellokitty

mellokitty

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hey wet, i ran out of dolomite when i was working on my outdoor garden and borrowed some off my neighbour but hers looks different - i always get the white powdery stuff (like what you put down outhouses) but this stuff is gray and granular... (she gave it to me in a ziploc so i don't have the package to look at either).
got kind of creeped out by it and ended up not using it anyway but do you know what the difference might be?
 
Wolverine97

Wolverine97

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mellokitty said:
hey wet, i ran out of dolomite when i was working on my outdoor garden and borrowed some off my neighbour but hers looks different - i always get the white powdery stuff (like what you put down outhouses) but this stuff is gray and granular... (she gave it to me in a ziploc so i don't have the package to look at either).
got kind of creeped out by it and ended up not using it anyway but do you know what the difference might be?
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I know this wasn't directed at me, but the espoma brand of dolomite lime is a grey granular form. It works fine, but doesn't release into the soil as quickly or easily.
 
mellokitty

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Wolverine97 said:
I know this wasn't directed at me, but the espoma brand of dolomite lime is a grey granular form. It works fine, but doesn't release into the soil as quickly or easily.
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thanks, will look them up...
maybe it's time-release? (*boooo*)
i was afraid maybe it had something else in it (like one of those lime/fert lawn treatments). (not that that matters too too much with my ornamentals but i'm kind of a dirtnerd these days...)
 
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It's just the 'pelletized' version. It's good, just a little slower.

I have both, from the same company and the powdered is almost white and the pelletized is a dark gray/brown. Like, WTF???, but no problems with it. I mainly use the pellets in my garden, easier to spread.

I also use both in my mix. The pellets seem to kick in about the time the powdered is depleted and I also recycle my mix and that's mainly what their for, the next go round.

Wolverine, I can't say from experience, but I've heard that the Espoma pellets dissolve easily in water. Like they are powdered, but shaped into pellets with a binder. Like I said, IDK. A 5# bag of Espoma cost almost as much as 2-40# bags of what I do use.

MK, I'd go ahead and use the stuff.

Wet
 
Wolverine97

Wolverine97

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Wetdog said:
It's just the 'pelletized' version. It's good, just a little slower.

I have both, from the same company and the powdered is almost white and the pelletized is a dark gray/brown. Like, WTF???, but no problems with it. I mainly use the pellets in my garden, easier to spread.

I also use both in my mix. The pellets seem to kick in about the time the powdered is depleted and I also recycle my mix and that's mainly what their for, the next go round.

Wolverine, I can't say from experience, but I've heard that the Espoma pellets dissolve easily in water. Like they are powdered, but shaped into pellets with a binder. Like I said, IDK. A 5# bag of Espoma cost almost as much as 2-40# bags of what I do use.

MK, I'd go ahead and use the stuff.

Wet
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Meh, doesn't dissolve very well for me. Or didn't I should say, I don't use it anymore. Neither did their epsom salts...
 
mellokitty

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"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Wetdog again."

gak. i'm over-repslutting myself out again.
thank youuuuu
 
mellokitty

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Cannabis Krew 420 said:
Where is the best place to buy pro-mix in Canada, im in ontario. what large chains carry pro-mix / should my local greenhouses have it?
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rona has it (at least mine does).
idk if home de pot does, but i think they carry sunshine mix?
my local nursery has both, but we're in farmland and they're kind of a crazy eclectic place...
it's a common enough product that most big nurseries should have it. get a compressed bale (3.8 cub.ft. or promix has a 1/2 bale that's easier to handle); it's waaay cheaper weight for weight and you know you're gonna end up using it... ;)
 
mellokitty

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LOL, BOTH made in Canada. i'll smoke to that. *puff puff*

EDIT:sunshine is made with Canadian grown peat, in plants all over n. america. my mistake.
 
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