Tom, in a thread on TPT you wrote:
I have a stream running across my land, I have probably 600' of stream on my place and the spring is about 100' off of my property. the land has a heavy cover of trees and loamy soil, there are areas that are flat and the sediments grow great Skunk cabbage. Would you put this sediment in the same class as river loam? Do you think it would work in a tank?
Most of my tanks have my native topsoil for the substrate. how would the stream silt differ from the topsoil?
I have been thinking of trying it in a tank for quite a while, just haven't done it yet.
Thanks
Brian
Tom Barr said:Originally Posted by plantbrain View Post
River loam is far more natural and more effective than topsoil, which is rarely organic. Need a river and decent clean place to collect it though.
It's already mineralized and has the bacteria.
Regards,
Tom Barr
I have a stream running across my land, I have probably 600' of stream on my place and the spring is about 100' off of my property. the land has a heavy cover of trees and loamy soil, there are areas that are flat and the sediments grow great Skunk cabbage. Would you put this sediment in the same class as river loam? Do you think it would work in a tank?
Most of my tanks have my native topsoil for the substrate. how would the stream silt differ from the topsoil?
I have been thinking of trying it in a tank for quite a while, just haven't done it yet.
Thanks
Brian