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"jw 111" wrote:

"Don" wrote in message
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"jw 111" wrote in message
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Is there really any reason why builders sand should not be used rather
than
the more expensive horticultural sand, in making up a soil mixture for
pots?

I wonder if builders' sand sometimes might contain lime in it? It need not
have a neutral pH but might be quite alkaline.

regards
Don


Guess I could wash it in water small lots as needed for use, do you think?



If it is limestone sand, I can't see that that would make much of a
difference? :-)

Have you asked the quarry what the source will be?
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K.