bug identified:Lithobius forficatus

[Mazer]

Been using 8822 for 7 years or so.

Dear hillbill,
does 8822 holds its structure like pumice or breaks down like rice hulls?
Structurally yours,
M

 

[hillbill]

It can be crushed but it is a mineral and I think more durable than perlite. Been thinking of collecting horsetail plants, drying and chopping them up and see what might happen for aeration. Just for fun.
Just horsin' around.

 

[Mazer]

Been thinking of collecting horsetail plants, drying and chopping them up and see what might happen for aeration. Just for fun.
Just horsin' around.

Dear hillbill,
Horsetail (Equisetum arvens usually, Equisetum hiemale sometimes, less frequently Equisetum japonicum) is great. but will breakdown. Not too quickly but fast enough. I would not count on it for long term aeration.

Horsingly yours,
M

 

[hillbill]

Dear hillbill,
Horsetail (Equisetum arvens usually, Equisetum hiemale sometimes, less frequently Equisetum japonicum) is great. but will breakdown. Not too quickly but fast enough. I would not count on it for long term aeration.

Horsingly yours,
M

I won't use horsetail indoors at this point but curious and it has a lot of silica which may keep it slow on breaking down and I would like to see. I tried par boiled rice hulls and they were good for 1 run but only 1 run. Still find a few hulls in my recycled mix. If I had a local source I might use them but freight is rediculous. I will feed my worms some.