Yes, akdadama dust is great. I save all my sifted dust when making
soil. Unfortunately, there is never enough around for a large slab
planting, etc. Kev Bailey was right on about potters clay. However,
don't get the slabs of pliable clay at crafts stores - this WON'T work.
You have to find a supplier of powdered clays for ceramic use. I find
it at an Art School supply store. This stuff is great to mix with
akadama dust, peat moss, etc. I also mix a bit of cheap potting soil -
get the cheapest, spongiest stuff you can find.
John Romano

Rhode Island, USA

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Persiano
To:
Sent: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:30:15 -0400
Subject: [IBC] rock planting question

Susan:

If you can acquire powdered Akadama soil and chopped spagnum moss, the
two in
equal combination form a superb muck for use in all rock and slab
plantings.

Cordially,

Michael Persiano
http://members.aol.com/iasnob/pinebook.html



-----Original Message-----
From: Kev Bailey
To:
Sent: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:48:21 +0100
Subject: [IBC] rock planting question


We use potters clay mixed roughly 50/50 with peat in the UK. That would
be
called peat moss in the USA.

Sphagnum moss is the same thing but fresh rather than rotted down for a
few
hundreds or thousands of years in a peat bog. I'm sure either would
work equally
well but the fresh moss, if kept damp enough, would regenerate a
coating of new
moss more rapidly.

I think your proposed mix wouldn't be sticky enough. It would probably
work with
the addition of some clay.

Cheers

Kev Bailey
Zone 9
N Wales, UK

What's the best thing to use to make muck for a rock planting? I read
peat,
but the only peat I've found is peat moss- do you just chop it up real
fine? I
was considering buying some of the Jiffy Pots and taking them apart,
and then
mixing it wil the pieces of rock I chipped off (am using
featherstone)... would
that work?
Susan Marsh

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