Expanded Shale Question

larry mac

Still have not found a source for Turface here in the DFW area. The turface.com site says that their home consumer products are sold by Shultz as a soil improver. The stores here carry some Shultz products but not that one.

I ran across this expanded shale at a local nursery. They sell it in ordinary 5 gallon plastic nursery containers for $2.50. It looks like small dark brown/dark gray rocks, lightweight. Size varies from about .1 inch to .4 inch, with the majority averaging around .3 inch. A little large I would think but maybe could be used as part of a mix. The kid at the nursery said it is "popped" like popcorn and absorbs and holds water.

Does anyone have opinions on this?

Thank you, lm

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TreeBay

Just give them a call and they will get back to you with a distributor, or more than one. Ask for the MVP product.

Expanded shale is really dirty stuff. You will need to sift or rinse it twice, so many fines will pour out of the pores.

Regards,

Matt

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pdbbonsai

I use expanded shale or "haydite" in my soil mixes...I love the stuff.

Yes ya have to sift the fines out of it, but you will be pleased if you use this.

I get my haydite from the local cement plant. They send me back to a large pile of it, tell me to load all I want for 10 bucks.....I bring about 5 five gallon buckets.



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