Jamie and my friends in S,
There is a better alternative! Being a bonsai enthusiast, we've gone through
the debate of using kitty litter (NO-NO-NO!!), oil dri (no-no-no!) and all
kinds of soil amendments to increase the water flow through out bonsai pots.
All of the items above are LOW-FIRED clay products and will break down (some
rather quickly) in the presence of water.
What you want is a HIGH-FIRED clay product, like the stuffed used to condition
atheletic fields. Several brands come to mind, Turf-Face MVP, Terra Green or
Mule Mix (depending on your locale). Here is the UpperRightCorner of
Louisiana, a 50-pound bag of TurfFace MVP costs about $12. I sieve the
material through a window screen and use what is captured by the screen in my
bonsai pots (usually 70% to 80%). The material that passes through the screen,
could be rinsed and kept for later use as ballast, gravel, etc. on my railroad.
It is light tan in color and I don't how it would die, but it does darken with
time in the bonsai pot. This stuff will NOT turn to mush!!!
There is a generic material, called haydite, that we also use. It is the
matrix used in casting cinder blocks and is grey.
ENJOY!
Keep in touch!
Don Munsey, Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Living in the UpperRightCorner of Louisiana.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jamie Bothwell
To: S-Scale List
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:31 PM
Subject: {S-Scale List} Kitty Litter Ballast
On Sep 19, 2007, at 3:42 PM, raleigh wrote:
> BTW - has anybody tried kitty litter for ballast? I've seen some
> pretty fine stuff.
>
> Raleigh in Maine
Raleigh,
I've never tried it. I have a cat.
Jamie Bothwell
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