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ferrel_human
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: Blind fool]
#20078946 - 06/03/14 04:16 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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Blind fool said: Interesting recipe, but is it the granite in 1 and mica schist in 2?
Looks like granit. Mica is way brittle. I need to get more though.
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Blind fool
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: ferrel_human]
#20078984 - 06/03/14 04:22 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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You mean I should get more specimens and take some more pictures?
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MalEncachado
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: Blind fool]
#20079039 - 06/03/14 04:34 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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Has anyone used the stone they sell at Home Depot?
I picked up lava rock and another bag of smaller rocks,
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ferrel_human
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: Blind fool]
#20129399 - 06/14/14 02:12 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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Blind fool said: You mean I should get more specimens and take some more pictures?
No specimens but look. Rock sand FTW. im gonna buy some seed and plant them directly on it.

I sifted the mix with the pots I use. Just added more holes of the same size.
The mallacht asked me if, when it dries out, does it act like cement and no it does not. After it dries it just crumbles back to fine rock particles. Also works perfect to fill in the cracks as the some the pieces are really big.
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ferrel_human
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: ferrel_human]
#20129510 - 06/14/14 02:43 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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2 ready to go. Shoot me a for free sample.
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ferrel_human
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: ferrel_human]
#20135097 - 06/15/14 04:04 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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ferrel_human said:

2 ready to go. Shoot me a for free sample.
1 left. USA only. Sorry to my international brethren.
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: ferrel_human]
#20136195 - 06/15/14 07:56 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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I want!
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ferrel_human
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: MalEncachado]
#20188802 - 06/26/14 11:19 AM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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Its been almost half a year since these were replanted in rock. Can you please rate them on a scale from 1 to 10?

Only the big loph degraft have been flowering all others, as Dag has said, will likely not flower in the first
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: ferrel_human]
#20189672 - 06/26/14 03:05 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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This party's just getting started. I assume it will be very prudent to not disturb the pots too much so that the fine roots may stay firmly attached to the minerals in order to extract the most nutrients from their surroundings. I can hardly wait to see the progress on this in another 6 mos to a year. Good stuff.
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Lemnaminor
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: ferrel_human]
#20189750 - 06/26/14 03:27 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well, they look pretty wild.....And that's exactly how they are supposed to look ! This is groundbreaking (stonebreaking maybe )
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LSoares
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: Lemnaminor]
#20189917 - 06/26/14 04:12 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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Around 8, Ferrel. Looking very good. 
(that Leuchtenbergia is pupping like crazy. Any particular reason for it that you know of?)
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ferrel_human
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: LSoares]
#20190263 - 06/26/14 05:26 PM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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LSoares said: Around 8, Ferrel. Looking very good. 
(that Leuchtenbergia is pupping like crazy. Any particular reason for it that you know of?)
Its a monstrose type. Pups profusely and thanks for the kind words.
Edit- I put the collection next to my tamarind tree. If you dont know these, they have little thin leaves that would serve the purpose of adding nitrogen to soil just like leaves from the surrounding brush fall around cacti in the wild. I just let the tamarind tree do its thing and it feeds my plant slow release food.
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Edited by ferrel_human (06/26/14 05:29 PM)
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Re: Welcome to the Stone Eaters- A Soil Revolution [Re: ferrel_human]
#20192101 - 06/27/14 12:06 AM (9 years, 7 months ago) |
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ferrel_human said: Edit- I put the collection next to my tamarind tree. If you dont know these, they have little thin leaves that would serve the purpose of adding nitrogen to soil just like leaves from the surrounding brush fall around cacti in the wild. I just let the tamarind tree do its thing and it feeds my plant slow release food.
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intelligentlife
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What is is rock? Just collected some outdoors. [Re: LSoares]
#20201725 - 06/29/14 01:32 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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There's picture from rocks I've picked from yard etc. Anyone know rocks better to tell what surface-layering rock would be?
 In my mind that rock is beautiful rough black-white coloration done by nature.
I've used to collect rocks but there is so much of different ones, this time I picked handful of these to get one pot surface filled, I use those rocks from my yard for lophophora plants in pots, few or so...
Thanks
Edited by intelligentlife (06/29/14 01:36 AM)
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POWAtrippin
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Re: What is is rock? Just collected some outdoors. [Re: intelligentlife]
#20202215 - 06/29/14 08:07 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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modern.shaman
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Re: What is is rock? Just collected some outdoors. [Re: POWAtrippin]
#20202487 - 06/29/14 10:24 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Doesn't the nitrogen come from the rain and rocks?
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Re: What is is rock? Just collected some outdoors. [Re: modern.shaman]
#20202590 - 06/29/14 10:56 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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modern.shaman said: Doesn't the nitrogen come from the rain and rocks?
Dunno, I use organic fertilizers for cactus plants. They do ok.
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TheMaster
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Re: What is is rock? Just collected some outdoors. [Re: intelligentlife]
#20202725 - 06/29/14 11:32 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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Those rocks appear to be granite.
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Re: What is is rock? Just collected some outdoors. [Re: modern.shaman]
#20202755 - 06/29/14 11:40 AM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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modern.shaman said: Doesn't the nitrogen come from the rain and rocks?
Nitrogen comes from the atmosphere. Nitrogen fixation is an amazing process.
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ferrel_human
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Re: What is is rock? Just collected some outdoors. [Re: TheMaster]
#20203101 - 06/29/14 01:26 PM (9 years, 6 months ago) |
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I had read about this but didnt really understand it. I assume most cacti in nature have leaves and debris scattered over their rock home and with time it dissolves to give them nitrogen.
Here is an interesting article I found. http://science.howstuffworks.com/nitrogen-fixation-info.htm
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