Is this the same material sold commonly as Kitty Litter here in Australia? For putting in your cats litter box STUART ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Diamond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 7:53 AM Subject: [OGD] Maidenwell diatomite usage in oz
> I have used this on some plants. One was a Phrag. besseae seedling which > wasn't doing well, so was placed in straight, fine MD and the pot in 2-3cm > water (never changed, just flushed because of inorganic nature of MD & > laziness). The plant is doing better, but not spectacularly so - it's hard > to grow in our hot conditions. > > Others tried were a few vandaceous (no, at least in my conditions), paphs > and cattleyas. The important thing to realise is that, although the MD > opens the mix and absorbs a lot of water, it also dries out very quickly > and this is good for catts but makes it harder to keep moisture up for > paphs. Largeish perlite is better for the latter and also opens the mix. > > So, I'm not going over to it universally, but it does have its' place. > > Cordially, Phil > > ############################################################################ ### > Dr Phil Diamond [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, Brisbane,AUSTRALIA 4072. > Tel +61 7 3365 3253 Fax +61 7 3365 1477 > > > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
