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| 2 | Anyone try Peppers and Tomatoes in Gritty Mix?
• Posted by: ideal2545 10a on Wed, Feb 22, 12 at 20:40
• 85 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, May 9, 12 at 12:59
Hi Everyone, I have a whole lot of Turface, Granite and Repti-Bark sitting in my garage right now and I was curious if I could just make up some extra gritty mix for some tomato/pepper plants, or if you guys think the 511 mix is just simply b |
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| 3 | Tapla - Is fully composted bark ok for the 5-1-1 mix?
• Posted by: organic_wonderful 10 on Thu, Mar 17, 11 at 7:45
• 68 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Apr 25, 12 at 18:03
I tried posting this with the image in my 'please critique my potting mix' thread, but it wasn't working, so sorry about having to open a new thread. Anyway, if you're reading this, tapla, I just received my composted bark through the post. Af |
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| 4 | Supplies by State/Region: Al's Gritty Mix
• Posted by: greyslate on Mon, Apr 6, 09 at 19:17
• 150 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Nov 16, 11 at 16:50
When starting out looking for the supplies for Al’s Gritty Mix, I ran into some walls. Aided by the indomitable tapla;), I was lucky enough to find everything needed. I thought that we could start a thread in which everyone who is using the Grit |
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| 5 | Gritty Mix + Citrus Plants + Foilage Pro - Questions
• Posted by: redshirtcat 6a on Wed, Feb 16, 11 at 1:45
• 72 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Dec 8, 12 at 11:17
Hi - I have some bare root plants on the way that I'd like to try in the gritty mix and I just want to be sure that I have things ready for when they arrive. I'm hoping al or someone more experienced than me can shed some light on the situation.. |
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| 6 | [Al / Tapla's Gritty 1:1:1 mix] Crushed Granite
• Posted by: gar_newbie 45040 on Sat, Apr 30, 11 at 19:14
• 19 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Jan 14, 12 at 18:07
Just For Your Reference / My Document purpose Gran-I-Grit (Insoluble) Growers size Weight: 50 lbs Volume:~ 9 of 5inch square pots (sorry couldn't find my measuring cup) Price: 9.90 (before tax) For people living in zip code: |
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| 7 | Tapla's 5-1-1 Container Mix in More Detail
• Posted by: goodhumusman on Thu, Feb 26, 09 at 12:44
• 53 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Mar 21, 13 at 11:22
I recently joined the forum and discovered Al's 5-1-1 Mix, but I had several questions that Al was kind enough to answer by email. I also found the answers to other questions in several different threads. I thought it would be useful to organize |
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| 8 | Screening gritty mix
• Posted by: asaund Cincy, oh on Wed, Feb 9, 11 at 9:22
• 49 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Apr 11, 12 at 9:59
Hello gardeners! I am new to forum but have lurked for a while. Came across Al's water retention posts and am sick at how I have treated my plants over the years. So off I went to obtain reptile bark fir, manna pro poultry grit, perlite, and sphag |
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| 9 | Pros and Cons of 511/ Gritty mix and peat based potting soil
• Posted by: olympia_gardener 5 on Thu, Aug 9, 12 at 10:55
• 76 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Jan 9, 13 at 13:40
I saw many discussion/confusion/misundertanding going on in the forum about Al's 511/gritty mix and store bought peat based potting mix. I may just open a can of worm post this thread, but I would like to know what are the Pros and Cons of using o |
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| 10 | newbie overwhelmed by gritty mix info
• Posted by: idabean on Tue, Dec 28, 10 at 2:37
• 91 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, May 8, 11 at 12:53
Gritty mix is new to me, and finding and mixing the ingredients seems like more than I can take on! It's the dead of winter in Massachusetts; there's a new 18 inches of snow, all the spaceI have a kitchen table to work on and my storage is in the |
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| 12 | Al's Gritty Mix -- A Learning Experinece
• Posted by: Jessicasgrowincitrus WA State Zone 8 on Thu, Mar 10, 11 at 10:28
• 57 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 9:06
I came to this forum a few weeks ago in an attempt to find out why my less than a year-old Meyer Lemon was dropping some of its leaves. The older leaves were turning yellow and falling off. Having never owned any plant other than the house plants |
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| 13 | What is this Al's gritty mix?
• Posted by: pippi21 on Thu, Feb 18, 10 at 10:35
• 43 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, May 2, 13 at 14:32
I read so much about this Al's gritty mix..exactly what is it? Follow-Up Postings: RE: What is this Al's gritty mix? Posted by: tapla z5b-6a MI ( My Page ) Return to the Container Gardening Forum | Post a Foll |
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| 14 | Container Soils - Water Movement & Retention XIII
• Posted by: tapla z5b-6a mid-MI on Thu, Mar 17, 11 at 16:06
• 151 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, Jun 5, 11 at 22:28
I first posted this thread back in March of '05. Twelve times it has reached the maximum number of posts GW allows to a single thread, which is much more attention than I ever imagined it would garner. I have reposted it, in no small part because |
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| 15 | Failure to thrive issues using Gritty Mix
• Posted by: tillygrower 7b on Wed, Jul 4, 12 at 18:51
• 35 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Dec 17, 12 at 12:57
In early spring, after reading much of the information that Al was kind enough to post here on Gritty Mix, I decided I needed to give it a try. I mixed up 1:1:1 rinsed Gran-I-Grit Grower size: screened orchid fur bark: screened Turface. I put diff |
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| 16 | African Violets in Gritty Mix or 5:1:1
• Posted by: lathyrus_odoratus on Wed, Aug 5, 09 at 0:47
• 31 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, May 29, 11 at 21:15
I mentioned this in one of the soil threads, but have more questions, so wanted to make it a dedicated thread. I am convinced that many of the problems that many growers have with AVs is because of the very wet peat based soil we all use to |
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| 17 | Container Soils - Water Movement and Retention XVI
• Posted by: tapla z5b-6a mid-MI on Tue, Dec 18, 12 at 21:34
• 135 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, May 18, 13 at 21:29
I first posted this thread back in March of '05. Fifteen times it has reached the maximum number of posts GW allows to a single thread, which is much more attention than I ever imagined it would garner. I have reposted it in no small part because |
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| 18 | Gritty mix water retention - sanity check
• Posted by: alan.oz z10a on Fri, Jan 27, 12 at 11:49
• 23 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Aug 3, 12 at 12:21
I started using gritty mix here in Australia over a month ago after being introduced to it by fellow GW member pkozul.We use diatomite instead of Turface, although it looks like we now have a local supplier of Turface MVP. So far I have over 30 |
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| 19 | Hey NYC - let's work together to make Gritty Mix
• Posted by: localtalent 6 (NY) on Tue, Jul 26, 11 at 17:26
• 28 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 22:52
I live in Manhattan, and don't have a need (or the space) to keep giant tubs of potting mix. Given that the ingredients are difficult to get here, I'd be open to renting/borrowing a car and splitting the ingredients for the mix if anyone's i |
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| 20 | nitrogen deficiency in gritty mix?
• Posted by: howelbama on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 21:33
• 26 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Sep 2, 11 at 20:47
Hi, I recently created my first batch of gritty mix using repti bark fines, sorted and screened, gran-i-grit, and turface all sport. All the ingredients were well screened to eliminate dust. The repti bark is fir bark fine that are uncompost |
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