[IBC] Crushed Lava
 

There is a product called "Drystall" that is used to
keep horse stalls dry. It needs a lot of sifting, but
is usually available in feed stores.

Kits

--- Blake Wilkins wrote:
Could anyone (particularly those in the Hosuton, TX
area) have any ideas
where to find crushed lava for use in potting mixes.
I've checked most of
the horticultural and stone/gravel/sand supply
places around town and no one
has any idea. I can find large decorative chunks -
do I just have to crush
it myself? YIKES!

Thanks!
Blake in Houston


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Kits

Drystall is actually pumice. I used it for awhile and didn't like it
much. I prefer more porous stone like the cinder type lava rock. I think
that is what Blake is looking for. Roofing companies sometimes have it
for stone covering of flat roofs.

Brent
EvergreenGardenworks.com


Kitsune Miko wrote:

There is a product called "Drystall" that is used to
keep horse stalls dry. It needs a lot of sifting, but
is usually available in feed stores.

Kits

--- Blake Wilkins wrote:


Could anyone (particularly those in the Hosuton, TX
area) have any ideas
where to find crushed lava for use in potting mixes.
I've checked most of
the horticultural and stone/gravel/sand supply
places around town and no one
has any idea. I can find large decorative chunks -
do I just have to crush
it myself? YIKES!

Thanks!
Blake in Houston







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Blake,

I got some from a place called RedDome. They have a website at
www.reddome.com and they sell crushed lava for bonsai on Ebay -
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZreddomelava Or email Lee Miller
directly, he'll bend over backwards to get you
what you want.

-Don
Just north of Austin


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] On Behalf Of Brent Walston
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 6:05 PM
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Subject: [IBC] Crushed Lava

Kits

Drystall is actually pumice. I used it for awhile and didn't
like it much. I prefer more porous stone like the cinder type
lava rock. I think that is what Blake is looking for. Roofing
companies sometimes have it for stone covering of flat roofs.

Brent
EvergreenGardenworks.com


Kitsune Miko wrote:

There is a product called "Drystall" that is used to keep
horse stalls
dry. It needs a lot of sifting, but is usually available in feed
stores.

Kits

--- Blake Wilkins wrote:


Could anyone (particularly those in the Hosuton, TX
area) have any ideas
where to find crushed lava for use in potting mixes.
I've checked most of
the horticultural and stone/gravel/sand supply places
around town and
no one has any idea. I can find large decorative chunks -
do I just
have to crush it myself? YIKES!

Thanks!
Blake in Houston







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Blake: Not Houston, but in Austin, Terry Ward of Persimmon Hill Bonsai Nursery has lava for bonsai soil. I've also ordered from Monastary Bonsai in GA, but shipping will cost half again what the product does.
Alan Walker
Lake Charles, LA, USA

From: Blake Wilkins
Could anyone (particularly those in the Hosuton, TX area) have any ideas
where to find crushed lava for use in potting mixes. I've checked most of
the horticultural and stone/gravel/sand supply places around town and no one
has any idea. I can find large decorative chunks - do I just have to crush
it myself? YIKES!
Thanks!
Blake in Houston

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Hi,

I use crushed lava here in Mobile, Al. The key to it being used successfully is to rinse it with fresh water. This gets rid of the dust. I put regular window screening in a plastic milk crate and run water over it till it runs clear. I turn the stone over by hand while doing this also. If you don't get rid of the dust it will settle in the bottom of your pot and harden, blocking drainage. Good luck.

Joe
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Subject: [IBC] Crushed Lava


Blake: Not Houston, but in Austin, Terry Ward of Persimmon Hill Bonsai Nursery has lava for bonsai soil. I've also ordered from Monastary Bonsai in GA, but shipping will cost half again what the product does.
Alan Walker
Lake Charles, LA, USA

From: Blake Wilkins
Could anyone (particularly those in the Hosuton, TX area) have any ideas
where to find crushed lava for use in potting mixes. I've checked most of
the horticultural and stone/gravel/sand supply places around town and no one
has any idea. I can find large decorative chunks - do I just have to crush
it myself? YIKES!
Thanks!
Blake in Houston

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Joe Kuhn wrote:

Hi,

I use crushed lava here in Mobile, Al. The key to it being used successfully is to rinse it with fresh water. This gets rid of the dust. I put regular window screening in a plastic milk crate and run water over it till it runs clear. I turn the stone over by hand while doing this also. If you don't get rid of the dust it will settle in the bottom of your pot and harden, blocking drainage. Good luck.

Joe
even Akadama has to be sifted and free form "dusts" and
particles of 1-2 mm i