My concern with the granite is that a lot of it may be too fine and you will lose a lot of it when you screen it. I may be wrong. The pellets are not like Turface, They seem to be pelletized gypsum. Don't buy it. Turface a a type of heat treated clay.

Thanks Vladimir, I appreciate the help! So at this point I'm willing to have a lot of waste ( it was only $3/large bag) if that is the only downside of using this over gran I grit (as continuing to look for gran I grit will also require time/effort / gas cost- and I've already spent hours looking at all of the closest places) my primary concern is the "decomposed" part and if that made the make up of this granite product different/ not preferred? Do you know?

I Googled decomposed granite and learned that this type of granite is more fragile and crumbly than regular granite. Gran-I -Grit, as far as I can tell, is not crumbly, so I would hesitate using the decomposed granite. I bought my Grani-I-Grit at a farm supply store and Turface at a landscape supply store and Agway. Instead of Turface, some people use NAPA 822 which is used to absorb oil spills and is sold at NAPA auto supply stores.

Somehow I think Al posted a source or sources of the ingredients in the Houston area. I cannot seem to locate it now. Do a search in this forum and you may find it.

For the grit you can look at feed (as in animal feed) stores. The grit goes into feed for raising chicken and turkey. You want the Growers size. The smaller one is the Starter size. Granite grit can be replaced by Cherrystone #2. There are brownish in colour whereas Gran-i-grit is is white. Again feed stores carry them. Not available to me where I live though.

Some feed stores in my area have Manna-Pro instead of Gran-I-Grit. If you locate it, be sure to specify the one with crushed granite and NOT oyster shells. I saw cherry-stone on-line - one charged $10.00 shipping and product was very inexpensive, the other distributor charged more for product and offered free shipping so they ended up being comparable in cost. Turface can be purchased through irrigation supply companies, just be sure to specify the MVP one.

Re: cherry-stone on-line. What are the two distributors?

Hey!

According to my google, there were about 3 Tractor Supply Companies distributed around Houston. They carry chicken grit, which is pretty much the same material you are trying to find. You will have to screen it though... But I guess it is worth it.

~palmsandsnow

Yes I have been to two Tractor Supply Stores, one had never heard of it ( maybe as Gibson suggested that was because I mentioned gran I grit not chicken grit and threw him off asking for crushed granite for a soil component), the other one was out of stock and couldn't tell me if or when they would get more. I didn't think to inquire specifically about order some but saw people mentioning growing that for pine mulch and as it is listed on their website I plan on trying that. I really have spent hours searching these forum feeds trying to find alternate names people have listed or places to try to locate them as farming fields are just miles from me here so I never thought I would have this difficulty once I branched or from big brand lawn and garden stores( which is where I got the idea to meandered into the hydroponics store across Houston as suggested but to no avail- that's when I realized maybe I didn't know exactly what alternate names others might call it). Problem with these feeds is they hold so much great information but I just end up getting lost in the links within links within links and mostly find myself rereading the same information and posts/ or reading things people say is similar then hours reading arguments against the case like with floor dry, Diatomaceous earth, kitty litter, aquarium rocks ...I've tried to follow along even though most arguments are way over my head and came to the conclusion none of these are good substitutes for Als ingredients/ esp if I'll be leaving my finicky fiddle fig tree in the medium for 1-2 years... Wish some of the info was in one of the original posts by Al and not lost in the comments... Honestly I gave this all 2 wks break as it was frustrating me and taking so much of my time but obviously I'm back at it with a deadline of a few weeks left to repot my trees whose surface circling roots stare back at me in despair daily...

There are many equivalent names: chicken grit, turkey grit, gran-i-grit, cherry stone, etc. What you should be looking for is any stone like material less than 1/4 inch. Those grits above for feeds are more like 1/8 inch or so. Also you want sharp stone not smooth like river rock/pebbles.

Thanks n13... Do you mean like a rock yard? (Haven't tried looking there yet).

You could try a rock yard... I guess you might as well..... I can't really think of anywhere else you might find it... Good luck....

yes like a rock yard.

Manna pro chicken grit - specify the crushed granite and NOY oyster shells.

Hi Elissa! I am also in the Houston area and trying to collect the ingredients for the gritty mix for repotting two fiddle leaf figs. I found this discussion on the topic Where to find gritty mix ingredients, Houston

The post is from two years ago so you might want to make some phone calls to make sure the supplies is still in stock to save your gas money. I am going to give it a shot this weekend! Good luck!