Having read so many posts both recent, and old from PR-Giants, about success with sand, AND seeing a post about using a window screen to sift the fines...
Here is today's experiment. I took some sand from some course plaster sand I have on hand, took it into a stream, and went to work sifting, cleaning and filtering all the fines out. I was left with what I would actually call "fine gravel", but it sure looks like the sand I have seen in PR-Giants post?
I have also tried to work with the sand actually IN the stream - that works great for spawning trout, but it appears to be larger than I would want, more like small gravel. This would need to be sifted the opposite way - sifting out the small rocks, and I can't find the right gauge (tried various sizes of hardware cloth, wire and screen)
The next step, is get some corms planted into the stuff, and see what happens? I have some Dwarf Cavendish corms that are a no risk experiment, as they were headed to the compost pile anyway. I will be watching the moisture levels, and activity from the corms very carefully.........
Here's a couple of pics. First is, rinsing and filtering it in the stream - the little pile on the upper right is what I started with.
The second pic is what I am left with when filtering through window screen to remove the fines.
Anyone have any thoughts? Had I not read all the posts here, I would have initially thought this stuff was TOO coarse......
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