cowoman Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 http://www.fogsuwo.ca/trough_project/troughs.html I am hoping to make some troughs next time i am in France but wonder what perlite is called in France and where can I buy it? I dont even know what it is in England......................am I doomed to fail ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 http://www.plantes-carnivores.com/fiches_techniques/substrats/substrat_perlite.php (in Google English here)I have not seen it readily available in my local garden centres, but you can get it online:http://www.abccultures.fr/hydroponie/eshop/substrats-perlite-c-30_80.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I've got about 200 litres of a perlite substance (but brown) that was used as sound and heat insulation for our upper floors. The menuisier left me a couple of sacks when I asked (I had in mind using it as a perlite substitute, which I have used it for since) so I'm guessing it doesn't break the bank. Very light, airy bobbles of stone-like material just like perlite apart from the colour. I'll have a look for the name next time I go to the barn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Oh thankyou. Maybe you could make some troughs too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 If you do not have somebody to water anything in troughs and pots in the summer while you are not there, you could find that on your return a dried up bed of stalks particularly if we have another very dry summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Here it is:http://www.pointp.fr/catal/jsp/CataArticle.srvl?art_nat=1175490&p=122S229R229c1320It's called Placoforme. Usually used for levelling and insulating uneven floors before laying boards but I've found it a great perlite substitute.http://guidemateriaux.toutfaire.fr/product.asp?dept_id=214&pf_id=8190[quote]Une couche degranules d'argile expansée ou de roche volcanique appelée formed'égalisation Placoforme® est étendue sur le sol de manière à rattraperle niveau. En recouvrement, les plaques rigides Placosol® sont poséesjointives en deux couches croisées, collées et agrafées. L'ensembleforme une chape sèche flottante et légère, qui améliore lescaractéristiques acoustiques et thermiques du plancher.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 If left untended without an automatic watering system, then houseleeks (sempervivums) and echeverias, small varieties of phormiums and yuccas are tough as old boots and will survive drought without attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 hi ok you can get it from most of the brico`s its vermiculite sameish as perlite .Its bagged as vermex you will find it in the insulation section cost is about €12 for a 100ltr sack Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassis Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Another alternative is Fermacell. Again, a lightweight levelling and insulating material like Placoforme and Vermex.Point P seems to stock all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowoman Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Thanks so much for the replies.....I will get some and let you know how it goes, If it goes REALLY well maybe there will be some pictures as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 hi ok make sure you get the right mix it`s any thing from 15 - 30 to 1 depending on lightweight concrete or fire proof cement Dave ps I donot know the right mix for garden troughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Just in case: http://www.tandm-fr.com/seeds1/product/kww2302/1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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