It's also called Profile, Turface, Aquatic Potting Soil, Clay
Conditioner ... all the same stuff made by Schultz. It's just
finely crushed pieces of baked clay - the same as what is put
on baseball fields.
That said, I prefer Flourite for heavy root feeders like Crypts.
But, adding Osmocotes to Profile seems to have the same effect.
--- Jeffrey Fullerton <tcmajorr_at_westol.com> wrote:
> A couple months ago I started experimenting with a product from
> Shultzs
> called "Aquatic Plant Soil". It's a clay product sort of like a
> course
> grade of kitty litter- except that it does not disolve in water and
> get
> mushy but stays in a gravel like form. I've been using it in pond
> baskets for growing milfoils and other submerged plants and also as a
> soil amendment for terrestrial plants in the greenhouse!
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