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sharp sand
Alan4711
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Is the sharp sand (not building sand )from Homebase/Wicks etc the same as the Garden Centers stuff please
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Hi Alan, yes mate - I always buy sharp sand from builder's merchants as it's much cheaper than GCs.
I've got some sharp sand from the builders merchants - seems fine.
Alan - how are you doing?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
just the answer i was hoping for Bob , many thanks matey,Cheers
Hi Dove ,im out the wheelchair now on one or two crutches depends how i feel, and after 7 weeks the neck collar comes off next Tuesday,( i Hope ) manage to get to the greenhouse sometimes as well,its mostly getting there now bit by bit, and i think a new Halls greenhouse might be in the offing the one with the workers sitting on the top in there advert, a nice 10x8 hopefully , hope your doing ok,
PS and talk about wind weve had to add more stakes to the new trees Kates planted its blowing like agooden Cheers Alan
I live in a non-English speaking country. How would I know if my sand was "sharp" or not?
Sharp sand has lots of different grain sizes and bits of small grit and looks like this:
Builder's sand is much finer, more uniform in grain size and usually a darker brown colour.
Thanks. I think I have the right thing then…. probably.
Alan - glad to hear things are going well - keep it up
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The two main types of sand sold by builder's merchants is red sand (for making mortar) and concrete sand....I suspect the latter, is the one (which is coarser) is the type being referred to above.
Some builder's sand is from sea-dredging - you may want to get 'washed' sand to ensure it's not too salty for your plants.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.