Re: Vermiculite diffusions whatsit-business

• To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
• Subject: Re: Vermiculite diffusions whatsit-business
• From: Nick Livingston <nickliv at halcyon_com>
• Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 10:58:42 -0700 (PDT)
• In-Reply-To: <199508260739.DAA02400 at looney_actwin.com>

> uprooting via underwater erosion. As to fresh vermiculite being
> loaded with "un-bonded" sites; this should not be a problem after
> the first few days after water has a chance to penetrate the new
> substrate. The largest ion concentration is NH4+ and then probably
> K+ and Ca+ and Na+. The percentage of each ion type at CE sites is 
> in dynamic equilibrium with the concentrations of those ions in the 
> aqueous solution. CE substrates simply provide a higher local 
> concentration of those nutrients.

If it's not too much trouble, could someone translate this into English 
and tell me whether or not it will make my plants grow better? =)  Most 
of this stuff was not covered in chemistry class!

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