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Hi Tom:

My only beef with using sand as a rooting medium is that it did not
drain as well as I expected.  The bottom 4" (100mm in Canada) was
saturated.  There are obvious workarounds:  Coarser sand .or. perelite
in the bottom of the container .or. some way to wick the water out of
the bottom (strongly suspect capillary action/surface tension is what
kept water in bottom).

Objection does not apply to beds outside.

tolenio@sentex.net wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> Hope everyone had a nice Easter, or passover.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how you determine if sand is suitable for
> aricultural purposes, such as a rooting medium component?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Tom Olenio
> 
> 
> 
> 
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