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What is grit?

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  • 1634 Racine1634 Racine Posts: 568
    I love a bit of grit.  I generally use the RHS grit which is crushed granite.  I’m on heavy clay so always digging it in whenever planting.  Christopher Lloyd yo was a big advocate.  Even talked about top dressing with grit 😮
  • WeaveyDaveyWeaveyDavey Posts: 575
    I'm currently 'recycling' eroded tarmac that flushed past my back garage after repeated heavy rains: when passed through a range of homemade sieves, it yields gravel >12mm through to fine grit (2-4mm). There's mossy bits too, so that ends up in the compost bin! Best benefit is that it's FREE!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I like grit for top dressing too @1634 Racine- especially things like Dianthus, or Sempervivums. Anything in a pot really  :)
    That's brilliant @David Matthews2. Are you getting enough to make it worthwhile though? 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • WeaveyDaveyWeaveyDavey Posts: 575
    @Fairygirl : Half a barrow load in under an hour *my time is my own/ Govt sponsored 'holiday' since May 2012!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
     :D 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Obelixx said:
    If you have well drained soil you don't need grit.  You need organic matter from well-rotted garden compost or manure.
    Hi @Obelixx,
    I've always wondered what stuff might be considered the equivalent of grit in French garden centers.  Do you know?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Haven't seen any Papi Jo but I haven't been looking hard either.  Would really like some for next year's sowings tho so will have to make an effort.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    I have never seen anything resembling grit over here. I have looked all over the place but have not seen any @Papi Jo and @Obelixx.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    That's not encouraging @floralies .  One or two of the bigger GCs at les Sables have fish tanks and all the doings so maybe they'll have some sort of usable grit.  Other than that it' sgoing to have to be a builders' merchant for fine gravel.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Would they call it fine river stone or pea gravel in France? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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