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Sharp sand ?
When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building
grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ? -- Regards Ted |
Sharp sand ?
sharp sand is no longer used on football pitches as it creates poor root
growth "Ted" wrote in message et... When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ? -- Regards Ted |
Sharp sand ?
pied piper wrote:
sharp sand is no longer used on football pitches as it creates poor root growth "Ted" wrote in message et... When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ? -- Regards Ted Odd Our local club has just taken a couple of lorry loads for it's pitch, this is what prompted me to ask the question. -- Regards Ted |
Sharp sand ?
Ted wrote:
When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ? I was always told not to use builders sand as it can contain lime and kill some plants. I've not been able to find any sharp horticultural sand here in France so I use builders (yellow) sand - but it has been standing outside in the rain for a long while, so any lime should have leached out. Not had any problems with it. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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wrote Ted wrote: When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ? I was always told not to use builders sand as it can contain lime and kill some plants. I've not been able to find any sharp horticultural sand here in France Builders sand ('soft') and sharp sand from a builders merchant are different sands. Probably the only difference between sharp sand from a builders merchant and a horticultural grit is the price. A builders merchant will supply a cubic metre of sharp sand for the same price a gardening centre will supply a 1Kg bag of 'specialised' grit :) -- Alan news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com |
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from Alan contains these words: Builders sand ('soft') and sharp sand from a builders merchant are different sands. Probably the only difference between sharp sand from a builders merchant and a horticultural grit is the price. A builders merchant will supply a cubic metre of sharp sand for the same price a gardening centre will supply a 1Kg bag of 'specialised' grit :) Quite right too! -- Rusty Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk |
Sharp sand ?
On 29/03/09 17:50, Ted wrote:
When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ? Builder's sand and sharp sand are different products. Builder's sand (often referred to as soft sand) has very fine particles and is used by builders in combination with cement to make up a mortar mix which might be used, say, for laying bricks. You might also come across it in children's sand-pits. Sharp sand, on the other hand, has larger (though still small) particles and offers good drainage as water can easily percolate through. For this reason it is often used in a horticultural sense to 'open' up claggy clayey soils or added to a potting-up medium to assist drainage. Builder's soft sand will not do that. Horticultural grit.. now what is that? Suspect that it might in reality be just ordinary sharp sand (or similar) but which will cost you 3x the price!! Just go to your local diy store and buy plain ordinary sharp sand. If you are worried about contaminants then just wash it several times in a bucket of water decanting between each wash. Ed |
Sharp sand ?
In message , Ed
writes On 29/03/09 17:50, Ted wrote: When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ? Builder's sand and sharp sand are different products. Builder's sand (often referred to as soft sand) has very fine particles and is used by builders in combination with cement to make up a mortar mix which might be used, say, for laying bricks. You might also come across it in children's sand-pits. Sharp sand, on the other hand, has larger (though still small) particles and offers good drainage as water can easily percolate through. For this reason it is often used in a horticultural sense to 'open' up claggy clayey soils or added to a potting-up medium to assist drainage. Builder's soft sand will not do that. Horticultural grit.. now what is that? Suspect that it might in reality be just ordinary sharp sand (or similar) but which will cost you 3x the price!! Just go to your local diy store and buy plain ordinary sharp sand. If you are worried about contaminants then just wash it several times in a bucket of water decanting between each wash. Ed Hort grit, silver sand are larger particles and hence better fro breaking up heavier soils and improving drainage. You pays your money ...... -- hugh It may be more complicated but is it better? |
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writes hugh;836121 Wrote: In message net, Ed lid writes- On 29/03/09 17:50, Ted wrote:- When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ?- Builder's sand and sharp sand are different products. Builder's sand (often referred to as soft sand) has very fine particles and is used by builders in combination with cement to make up a mortar mix which might be used, say, for laying bricks. You might also come across it in children's sand-pits. Sharp sand, on the other hand, has larger (though still small) particles and offers good drainage as water can easily percolate through. For this reason it is often used in a horticultural sense to 'open' up claggy clayey soils or added to a potting-up medium to assist drainage. Builder's soft sand will not do that. Horticultural grit.. now what is that? Suspect that it might in reality be just ordinary sharp sand (or similar) but which will cost you 3x the price!! Just go to your local diy store and buy plain ordinary sharp sand. If you are worried about contaminants then just wash it several times in a bucket of water decanting between each wash. Ed - Hort grit, silver sand are larger particles and hence better fro breaking up heavier soils and improving drainage. You pays your money ...... -- hugh It may be more complicated but is it better? I've used builders sharp sand for years bought from the D.I.Y stores. Never had any problems, but I suppose there could be a first time. Bigal How would you know you had a problem? - it just doesn't work as well in some situations as hort grit/silver sand. -- hugh It may be more complicated but is it better? |
Sharp sand ?
In message , Ed
writes On 29/03/09 17:50, Ted wrote: When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ? Builder's sand and sharp sand are different products. Builder's sand (often referred to as soft sand) has very fine particles and is used by builders in combination with cement to make up a mortar mix which might be used, say, for laying bricks. You might also come across it in children's sand-pits. Sharp sand, on the other hand, has larger (though still small) particles and offers good drainage as water can easily percolate through. For this reason it is often used in a horticultural sense to 'open' up claggy clayey soils or added to a potting-up medium to assist drainage. Builder's soft sand will not do that. Horticultural grit.. now what is that? Suspect that it might in reality be just ordinary sharp sand (or similar) but which will cost you 3x the price!! The horticultural grit that I've seen looks like it has been more carefully graded, it has usually seemed to be more larger particles, not so much of the smaller ones, than builders grit or sharp sand, which seems to have a wider range of particle size (Though what you get from a BM varies around the country -- Chris French |
Sharp sand ?
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:50:18 +0100, Ted
wrote: When the book calls for Horticultural grit or sharp sand. Will building grit and sharp sand do instead ..I know it seen ms to be frowned on but ordinary sharp sand is used on football pitches...Wondered if the horticultural label was just to relieve us of more money ? I was looking sharp sand in Wickes - and was hovering. An elderly gentleman next to me asked me if I could not make my mind up. I said I wanted it for gardening - he said he had used it for years - no problems. I bought three bags and I am now using it. I dug some in to improve drainage for garlic - they are all OK (at the moment!!) |
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