In article <1c5.18365e72.2dceba16@aol.com>,
GOPHERHILL@AOL.COM (Billy M. Rhodes) wrote:
> I guess I missed something here. A lot of things can condition soil. It
> depends upon what you want it to do. Usually I mean an organic component when
> I
> refer to soil conditioner, such as composted pine bark.
>
> This material sounds like it would be a substitute for gravel. Ceramics
> usually don't hold water, which of course makes sense if it is meant to hold
> plants in a pond.
>
> I think your answer is no.
I felt I missed something too. Indeed, I think of a wide variety of
organic amendments when I think of "conditioner", what a good lab will
tell you to add after a soil test for example, from alfalfa meal to
boron. Ceramic "gravels" are widely used in aquaria (another developing
passion of mine) and are designed to be inert and non-porous. They don't
condition a thing, except in aquaria where they are used as a substrate
in which benefical bacteria can develop.