Peanut Shells for Breaking up soil?

Im living in a egypt currently and i can not find vermiculite or perlite for the life of me, could i use peanut shells that have been washed of salts to help with drainage.

I dont know,sounds hammered to me,you can use clean masons sand,NOT BEACH SAND,you can also get sheet stryafoam at a building supply,crumble it up & use it as a substitute but i'd stay away from peanut shells.

good deal man, i can do styrofoam here.

AveryPetrol said:

good deal man, i can do styrofoam here.

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styro foam has chemicals on it i thought. . .

Smoke2Live420 said:

styro foam has chemicals on it i thought. . .

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No it dosent,where did you come up with that info ?

Remember,millions of people every day drink from styrofoam cups.

panhead said:

No it dosent,where did you come up with that info ?

Remember,millions of people every day drink from styrofoam cups.

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I came up with that info on here when i left a thread asking if i could use styro foam pieces instead of perlite. and thats what i was told.

so is styrofome ok or not?

I dont see a problem with peanut shells.

AveryPetrol said:

so is styrofome ok or not?

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Not to be a smart ass but ask yourself this,have you had any one legged 3 eye'd kids after drinking out of styrafoam cups your whole life.

If its ok for us its surely ok for plants.

Smoke2Live420 said:

I came up with that info on here when i left a thread asking if i could use styro foam pieces instead of perlite. and thats what i was told.

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I think somebody was pullin your leg,theres nothing wrong with styrafoam,granted its not as good as perlite due to a weaker density & poor pouroisity but its not poisonous.

With the trend to "go green" the construction industry hes developed green roofing systems for commercial buildings,ive see these systems in person,the base layer is made of 100% styrafoam & all kinds of shit grows on top of it,grass,plants,small trees ect.

I wouldnt hesitate to use it if need be.

Thanks for the advice brothers.

wait so how many Styrofoam cups per gallon pot would you say? i wanna try this

Just crush them up till you get a big pile i guess,or you could just buy a sheet of styrafoam from Home Depot for like $5 & have piles of the shit.

i'm drinking coffee out of styrafoam right now.

is it organic styrofoam?

I'm not real sure about the styrofoam... check this link, has a lot of info. on the dangers of styrofoam, but i dont know if it's toxic to use in your soil... just thought i'd help! Earth Resource Foundation

styrofoam has a half life of something in the hundreds of years meaning it doesn't break down naturally, the only way to release the chemicals in stryofoam is to burn it. so in water and soil it is safe.

So far no problems anybody, my little guys are looving the new higher drainage environment. Haha i was try to figure out what was in my soil, and the guy i buy it from says it is beet, i thought that was just the word for soil, but o no, theres no p in arabic so p becomes b, i was like ooooooo, beeet. ok, Interesting fact the word for falafel is related to the word for silt.

dr.greenthumb85 said:

styrofoam has a half life of something in the hundreds of years meaning it doesn't break down naturally, the only way to release the chemicals in stryofoam is to burn it. so in water and soil it is safe.

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Your bullie has an awesome head.

Ya gotta love the look in their eye's.

So how much did you use? I get all the styrofoam sheets I wan't from work, and I'm always looking for new things to use.

How much would be too much?