Ray

LECA accumulates minerals and biofilm..It needs to be replaced periodically. What "periodically" means is highly variable.

Not "semi-peloric"; deformed.

Last time I saw him, Steve was using what I'd call a "medium/coarse" fir bark. After a year, there is no visible change in it at all...

Welcome from coastal NC

That’s just the same distribution map from the USDA.

That distribution map makes me wonder about the source of that info, or maybe its age. It shows it as being native. It could be that...

That is nothing short of spectacular.

I have used two - Inocucor Garden Solution, now sold as Synergro, I think, and Quantum-Total - but with good results and no negatives...

Welcome. What part of NJ? I have lived there 4 separate times, in Asbury Park, Linwood, Linwood again after a couple of years in...

When I had “the big freeze” in 1994, this was the first replacement plant, given tome by a friend’s father, who had collected it in...

Probiotics may very well help, but rather than picking a specific one and hoping it works, you’d do better to try a multi specific one...

The pathogen is in the immediate environment. Well, it’s likely in the entire environment around you, but if you periodically disinfect...

Welcome aboard.

Soaking in the same bath is the perfect way to spread pathogens.

Overhead watering, especially with a "water breaker" to simulate rain, in my opinion, is advantageous for three reasons - it wets...