ya that...... I will be looking for scentless,in no way is a scent in the medium gonna help growing my dopewhat about the fresh scent aspect. thats pretty sick but maybe it just rinses out. whats your experience with the fragrance.
ya that...... I will be looking for scentless,in no way is a scent in the medium gonna help growing my dopewhat about the fresh scent aspect. thats pretty sick but maybe it just rinses out. whats your experience with the fragrance.
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i find cats and their litter repulsive.
Price for 25lb?
mabe I led you down the wrong path... the kitty litter/oildri scenario is more dusty to start and continues to degrade and produce more dust as it is used and cleaned as it drys out...Guess the advantage with Kitty Litter is the reduced dust...almost all granules. So when the price is less than $10 for 75 lbs or so for calcined montmorillonite clay--I say we are good "bottom feeders" and deserve a reward for our frugality. Sculpin IPA time anyone?
mabe I led you down the wrong path... the kitty litter/oildri scenario is more dusty to start and continues to degrade and produce more dust as it is used and cleaned as it drys out...
oh i dont hate cats im just scared of them and they gross me out. i have nightmares about cats. i think i may have a mental illess.You sir, are dead inside.
are you guys including the clay for the CEC aspect? Its interesting, I have seen lots of talk about it for planted aquariums, but this is the first time I have seen someone use it in a soil mix, sorry if im late to the party, should have read the thread, on my way out the door, just thought it was cool.As most of us clay users know, calcined clay sourced from Montmorillonite is the preferred choice...but difficult/pricey to obtain. The next best alternative to Montmorillonite is Bentonite, which happens to be more available and real affordable--if you know where to look.
For the past several years, my source for calcined Bentonite clay was an oil absorbent (Oil-Dri) sold at Wal-Mart for less than $5 for 25 pounds. Well, this past week I discovered that Wal-Mart will not be carrying Oil-Dri anymore....and I don't need a pallet of Turface or ProChoice (minimum order $500) so I researched a new source for calcined clay...and found one, at Walmart (lol).
In addition to oil absorbent, Oil-Dri also packages calcined clay for kitty litter (100% calcined Bentonite clay) sold under the brands: Johnny Cat, Cat's Pride and Walmart's private label "Special Kitty".
I bought a bag of Walmart Special Kitty Natural Cat Litter http://www.walmart.com/ip/Special-Kitty-Natural-Cat-Litter-25-Lb-Cats/10293705 for $3.87 (cheaper than Oil-Dri) and compared the clay with Oil-Dri; it is identical and confirmed with Oil-Dri (owned by EP Minerals) that the kitty litter is 100% calcined Bentonite clay.
I add calcined clay to my custom grow medium at the rate of around 6% or so.
Hope this helps. Cheers!
washed and rinsed of dust do you all find this suitable for as an inert standalone medium for a flood and drain or top feed hydro? ive heard folks are using it but didnt know if they were chunking it up with some other bigger aggregate. ive also wondered about using lava or pumice too. i know its old school hydro and a little off topic but why arent people using pumice by the truckload. its hella cheap. why did that practice die off in favor of the manmade expanded clay.
are you guys including the clay for the CEC aspect? Its interesting, I have seen lots of talk about it for planted aquariums, but this is the first time I have seen someone use it in a soil mix, sorry if im late to the party, should have read the thread, on my way out the door, just thought it was cool.