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Old 02-05-2005, 03:06 PM
Rob Halgren
 
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Ray wrote:
Aliflor is fine if you're willing to water a lot. If you cannot do that, -
or just don't want to - but want the advantages of a non-decomposing medium,
you might consider semi-hydroponics, but with a different brand of LECA.
Aliflor is not the best for S/H, due in large part to its spherical shape.

Although I have debated the merits of taking a bag of it and running
over it with the truck a few times. That might result in a better mix
of round and not round shapes... Or break an axle.

Rob

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