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| Author: | ruth9 [ Jul 21st, '10, 16:55 ] |
| Post subject: | hanging strawberry plastic tubes growing media? |
Hi i am building a system and i bought some "flowerball"s which are hanging plastic bags with holes for plants, i thought they would be good for strawberries but i am not sure what growing medium to use cause i dont want them to be too heavy and pull my structure down and i dont want something that will break down either, would hydroton work and can i get it in Perth regards Ruth 
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| Author: | faye [ Jul 21st, '10, 19:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: hanging strawberry plastic tubes growing media? |
Hi Ruth, I think you need vermiculite, becasue it is light weight and does not compact like potting mix. At the very least potting mix combined with vermiculite would suffice. The flower balls are not designed for expanded clay. |
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| Author: | ruth9 [ Jul 23rd, '10, 20:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: hanging strawberry plastic tubes growing media? |
Thanks Faye I will get hold of some vermiculite, that sounds ideal thanks for the help regards Ruth 
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| Author: | earthbound [ Jul 24th, '10, 21:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: hanging strawberry plastic tubes growing media? |
Or perlite, thats generally easy to get hold of as well. |
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| Author: | jessy [ Jul 25th, '10, 06:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: hanging strawberry plastic tubes growing media? |
this is a cool idea....simular to the towers in the USA...I love it ...I hope it works for you Ruth , and PLEASE post picture of the trials and error you go through so we might all learn from you 
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