Seed for seedex 2004 & sources of seed starting material

[Adam Fikso]

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Check it out!  There are a number of products which are fired clay, and =therefore vitirified, i.e., ceramic, like glass.  . Kitty Litter is not =one of them. To my knowledge it is not fired, merely dried, and has been =used for oil spills in garages for years.  It is simply dried clay.  =When it absorbs water, it tends to disintegrate.  Turface absorbs water =and does not break down..     .    From the little I've been able to =check on the Internet in about 20 minutes,  There are equivalent =products to Turface,  sold under different names.

Slate may have been clay at one time, but it is metamorphosed, and no =longer the same .  
In any case, Check  out the Walmart product  by adding water and doing =the necessary experiment.  Kitty litter turns to mushy  non-draining =stuff fairly soon. like a lake bed, absorbing water, but not draining =well, and cracking in the summer.  Turface keeps its granular shape, =allowing water to flow between the granules.  

Above all, don't believe me.  Check me out. I make errors too.  Adam in =Glenview ZOne 5a 





----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jim McClements, Dover, DE z6 
To: ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL 
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: Seed for seedex 2004 & sources of seed starting material



In a message dated 12/11/03 12:53:40 PM, irisman at AMERITECH.NET writes:

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