Good morning/afternoon/evening, green thumbs

I'm trying to individually pot up my haworthia seedlings and I plan to use a completely gritty mix. I'd like to use pumice (with added coco coir or potting soil - or regular fertilizing), but I have no idea where to get it. Often, it can be purchased under the title "dry stall", as a bedding for farm animals. Unfortunately, searching for dry stall also results in "Stall DRY" products, which are a completely different medium with undesirable attributes. I was hoping to find it in a hardware store or something of the sort, but I may have to resort to purchasing it online. Does anybody know of good, affordable sources of large-particle pumice, or other lava rock/medium to use? Thanks

PlantsRFriends said:Good morning/afternoon/evening, green thumbs

I'm trying to individually pot up my haworthia seedlings and I plan to use a completely gritty mix. I'd like to use pumice (with added coco coir or potting soil - or regular fertilizing), but I have no idea where to get it. Often, it can be purchased under the title "dry stall", as a bedding for farm animals. Unfortunately, searching for dry stall also results in "Stall DRY" products, which are a completely different medium with undesirable attributes. I was hoping to find it in a hardware store or something of the sort, but I may have to resort to purchasing it online. Does anybody know of good, affordable sources of large-particle pumice, or other lava rock/medium to use? Thanks

You can always sub for gravel. The preferably coarse textured pea sized one(that isnt limestone). It works well when mixed with a bit of soil and perlite(70:15:15) Its not ....essential for most plants(even needy ones like lithops). You can even slap some sand half that size if you cant find perlite. Up to you.

Do you have hydroponic stores in your area? Look for Leca - it may have a different name but its the little baked clay balls used in hydroponic systems. Its wonderful stuff.