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Old 15-10-2005, 01:46 AM
Jim Lewis
 
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Default [IBC] Top dressing

Billy M. Rhodes wrote:


In a message dated 10/14/2005 7:53:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

I would love to hear what others use to cover their soil to give a smoother
finished look


Well, I am not sure that anyone will approve of what I do, But.

For the plants in Turface/pumice/pea gravel/composted pine bark I might
use nothing. I actually that look.

Or, I have access to a very coarse sand used in sand blasting. It comes
from a quarry near Polk City, Florida. But, a sand blasting business or
monument company might have bags to sell or a source.

Or, if I am using Metro Mix I might just but on a fresh layer before
showing at work.


I always keep a small bucket with the not-dust fines sifted
from my Turface equivalent. I use that when I need a bare
pot with a smooth surface.

However, with our humidity, I usually can just let the moss
grow.

Jim Lewis -
- Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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