Beth

That is great. We get the excitement :) Happy repotting, I am sure your plants will love the new mix. (Hope to find some in Ontario too...:)

I like pumice so much more over perlite. I hate how lightweight and dusty perlite is, but better then nothing:). I guess I'm lucky to live a in Cali I can always find it. Happy planting:)

I've literally been keeping an eye open for years... unwilling to pay crazy shipping costs from US. Asked at this place before, but no luck..

I do not know why it's so hard to find in other places. Pumice can be found all over California. I don't even think pumice is easy to find on the east coast. It's like pumice is illegal but here;).

No pumice to be found here, and I don't even want to bother shipping it in through General Pumice Products, when I can get perlite cheap and easy.

Anyway, enjoy the storm (and repotting!)!

We're getting hammered here with snow, too, Beth. So happy for you - I shall do the Blizzard Pumice Dance (with Cat Ensemble) for you.

Kara,

It's location, location, location.

palms

Same here. I have no problem using perlite :)

I've been using perlite too, but the floatiness is annoyng. Curious to see how this works!

Brenton that is the #1 reason why I don't like perlite it always floats to the top;)

I'm in agreement with Jeff - pumice is really quite an improvement over perlite!

Beth - Take photos of the bag for me (in case I can try to get some) and your newly potted plants! Bonus point if you include the raging blizzard in the background (stay safe).

Kara, where do you get your pumice? I dislike perlite, it blows all over and is a mess to sift or rinse. I think I used the end of the last bag, finally.

I'm in california too... LOVE pumice. everything sits nicely in place. :)

I'm in agreement with Kevin, too - we need a repotting blizzard pic. I'm off to shovel snow myself, otherwise....besides, none of my stuff needs repotting. Really.

Haha, I actually left the bag of pumice in my car after work... Not sure I want to venture out for it now! But I better do it soon if I am going to do it!!!

Socks I get it at a local nursery. Don't usually find it at BBS. I usually can find it at "real" nurseries. I wonder if Orchard carries it? Honestly have never looked there. I've heard you can go to feed stores and get Dry Stall which is pumice. I think there is also something called Stall Dry which is something different. How confusingly stupid.

Pumice is amazing so glad you found some locally :) ! Make sure you have a mask of some kind on when handling it so you dont inhale the dust (its quite bad).

Pumice > perlite, doesnt float or crumble, and the roots love it!

I can check Orchard and Armstrongs too next time I'm in those places. Also have other independent nurseries around to check. Don't need it at the moment but would like to get some because there might be some repotting this spring and summer. Thanks, Kara.

What is it about this blizzard that seems to have triggered our repotting instinct. I just poured out my glottiphylum because it was annoying me.

Good thing I have pumice pumice pumice.

Pags, I find that not true in my case, but I did pour out a glass of wine so I am there with you. We just had another 1/2-hour of monsoonal-type snowfall JUST after I had shoveled the area the second time today.

Perlite is what I imagine clogging up a glass when someone says filthy martini. Is it possible you're getting better perlite than I normally see, Rina? id est, a bag of mostly dust that will leave me with about a cup of usable granules after I sift it and thus comes out more expensive than a bag of sifted pumice.

Jeff, I...er..actually love shoveling snow.

Pagan

I buy perlite in huge bags, it is quite large and I still sift it. Last few bags I got were quite good, with not so much dust. I sift it in warm weather, just over the grass or compost heap.

I sure would be using pumice f it was easy to get.

Rina - I sifted my perlite on the grass and it left a big white patch!! I just hoped all my neighbours wouldn't see that. It was a very large bag admittedly from Homegrown Hydroponics. Took a week or so to 'disperse'. The final size is perfect for cuttings and seedlings.

Well I ptted up a bunch of plants in my grit/pumice/ turface mix, finally! Sorry no pix yet! I tried to sift my pumice through a piece of window screen and nothing came through, so that was nice! Also, I dicovered that my local brick/ stone place sells bags of what they call 'silage' for cheap. Silicone aggregate I assume, it also did not fit through window screen but is less than 5 mm particle size. Much easier to obtain than chicken grit! Supplier says they sell out of it for sandblasting applications.

and I think I jinxed myself grumbling about the 'blizzard' last week, which totally wasn't. Now the forecast is for A real blizzard...

next few days could be interesting....good thing I can work from home!!

Happy growing, everyone!

Awww... I feel sorry for you about the snow... I totally related. Busted forecasts are the worst.