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Re: In praise of peat plates.



Hello,

Some time ago I seem to remember that someone offered Jiffy Peat discs
for sale. Are they still available? Where?

Best,

George


Guy Wren wrote:
> 
> Hi Wright,
>         I've been told that some garden centres over here do them but I haven't
> found one yet, but I'll give 'em a go if I do.
>         Cheers,
>                 Guy.
> 
> > Over here, we have a product called Jiffy Peat Pellets that are very
> > economical compared to the peat plates. Each pellet expands to be about a
> > cup of wet peat, when microwaved to boiling, and costs something like
> > US$0.10-0.15 each in small quantity. They too are stick free, and provide a
> > lot of fine stuff if you are doing small *Fundulopanchax* that like a lot of
> > that. I rinse most of the fines out in a fishnet for my true annuals, so it
> > stirs up less when they get overactive. For Fp. like FIL I just use a
> > brine-shrimp net.
> >
> > Removing the plastic mesh *before* boiling saves burned fingers, I found.
> > ;-)
> >
> > Wright
> >
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