meee wrote:
so just any old coarse sand will do? Is beach sand ok? would it be ok if i
wash it, or would it contain too much salt??

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Do not use beach sand, get some proper propagating mix from your local
nusery, it will have been sterilized to destroy pathogens such as
fungi, bacteria and nemotodes.