Winter seedling care

[loneroc]

Adam and other Midwesterners,

You can likely purchase Cherrystone grit, made of crushed quartzite out of
New Ulm Minnesota, at a farm cooperative near you.

I bought a hundred of them this fall for a rock garden I put in.  About $350
per 50# bag.

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI USDA zone 3


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt at HORT.NET>
To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: Winter seedling care


> > From: Adam Fikso <irisman at AMERITECH.NET>
> > What is Grani-grit and where can one get it?, or, what is a
> reasonable
> > substitute?   Is it granite?
> ----------
>
> It is granite grit. Sold as a poultry supplement.  I have found it at
> Southern States Cooperative but you may be able to find it at a local
> feed and grain store.  It's also called chicken or turkey grit; comes
> in several size grades; I prefer starter and grower.  There are other
> poultry grits out there; just be sure what you get has no additives.
>
> This product is (I think) a sideline from the North Carolina Granite
> Company who produce blocks of granite.  I have even emailed them
> telling them they need to market this for gardeners...got no
> response, so figure they aren't interested.  They do have a web site
> with a page listing 3 distributors, so if you can't find it, you
> could contact one of them and see who might carry it near you:
>
> http://www.ncgranite.com/lawncurbing.asp
>
> Here's a page with information on its composition and use for
> poultry:
> http://www.jefo.ca/fiches_anglais/poultry_granite.html
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt at hort.net
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