I love Eco Compete also. The clay will break down much faster and need to be replaced. I've found its really all about your water pH and the lighting.
Donna
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>On 02/23/2013 01:31 PM, Saxphil wrote:
>> I have had poor results with plants, so starting afresh. Substrat?
>> depth of gravei. Fullers earth or commonly known as non clumping clay
>> cat litter?. Garden soil, growbag compast?
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>I've tried a lot of different stuff for plants, mostly to save money.
>But if you can afford it, I've had the best luck with EcoComplete.
>Second was planting mix covered with gravel.
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>But your poor results may be for other reasons. Some have reported
>problems from using softened water, for example. And some plants show a
>definite preference for hard or soft water, low or high PH, and so on.
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>http://www.tropica.com/en/home.aspx
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>and then to "plants from a-z" you can click on any of the thumbnails to
>get more info on the plant. They used to give even more data - sorry to
>see them change.
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>Larry B
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