View Single Post
Old 10-04-2018, 11:35 AM   #11 (permalink)
aruzinsky
 
Location: IL
Zone: 6a (10 miles east of 5b)
Name: Steve
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 498
BananaBucks : 160,611
Feedback: 0 / 0%
Said "Thanks" 15 Times
Was Thanked 784 Times in 316 Posts
Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times
Default Re: Rice hulls as soil amendment

Quote:
Originally Posted by sddarkman619 View Post
The issue with buying form a feed and tack store, which I just did, is they have seeds in them. now I have sprouts of one kind or another in all my recently planted pots. so I'm looking for par boiled or weed free rice hulls. Preferably local.
You can pasteurize it in a tamales steamer:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/IMUSA-Al...-301563011-_-N

The brand name is IMUSA (funny coincidence). You might have to cover the holes with window screening.


Or, if you are a millionaire, use one of these:

https://shop.durablegrowingequipment...-Tubes_c15.htm

Last edited by aruzinsky : 10-04-2018 at 11:42 AM.
aruzinsky is offline   Reply With Quote Send A Private Message To aruzinsky