Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 07:34:47 -0500 From: "Sundew Sundew" <sundew@hotmail.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg248$foo@default> Subject: Re: silica sand
Ive always had an impossible time finding "good" sand. What was the brand
of this silica sand and does anyone know where I can find some of the same
stuff? In the past, all Id seen at Home Depot was play sand or construction
sand.
I've had to get "pool filter sand", first at a nursery which later closed
down and then at a pool supply store. From the results Ive been getting,
I'm starting
to thnk this sand is not ideal for CP so Ive avoided using sand in my mixes
lately. Any suggestions? Can anyone think of why this pool filter sand
might not be ideal? I did a pH test and it was either neutral or slightly
acidic.
Matt
usan Farrington" <sfarrington@ridgway.mobot.org>
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Silica sand
> Message-ID: <200001261327.HAA18627@vitis.mobot.org>
>
> I went to my local Home Depot yesterday to buy a couple of bags of
> white silica sandblasting sand for potting up a bunch of carnivorous
> plants, and was told that Home Depot no longer carries the stuff, as it
> causes cancer! I know, of course, that the stuff is dangerous when one
> is sandblasting with it, and that if you're dumb enough not to use
> proper protection when blasting, it will get into your lungs and
> certainly mess you up big time. But many things are dangerous if used
> incorrectly! And ALL sand is silica in it... the white stuff is just more
> pure. So shall they eliminate play sand, too, as dangerous?
>
> I started to panic anyway, wondering what I will use to pot my cp's if
> silica sand disappears off the market, but fortunately I found the same
> brand of sand at a local lumber store. I asked them if they'd heard
> anything about it being banned, and they said no, that probably Home
> Depot just doesn't want to carry it. I guess it's one more result of our
> litigious society!
>
> Anyone else know anything about this?
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