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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 223971" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>I use Coconut Coir that I buy from poundland. We have around 100 T's & it gives us no problems at all.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I would not personally use is topsoil. I used to drive HGV's & regularly did "soil away" jobs on tippers. Sometimes moving so called topsoil to locations that sold it on.</p><p></p><p>Top soil simply means it is the upper part of the ground that you walk on. It could come from anywhere & be of any quality. Some suppliers screen the soil, that is sieve it. But that does not remove unwanted bactarias or chemicals from sites of various qualities that are being cleared for development & that is the normal source for topsoil.</p><p></p><p>Assuming the soil comes from agricultural land & not an old commercial site. Would you want pesticides, herbicides & the many & varied fertilisers that are used in agriculture in your T's enclosure? Look up the common bactaria found in soil, it's not a nice list.</p><p></p><p>One job I did for a few weeks was driving a sewage tanker. Some of that sewage was moved to agricultural land & injected as a fertiliser. Practices have changed since then, but it is still legal to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 223971, member: 29323"] I use Coconut Coir that I buy from poundland. We have around 100 T's & it gives us no problems at all. The only thing I would not personally use is topsoil. I used to drive HGV's & regularly did "soil away" jobs on tippers. Sometimes moving so called topsoil to locations that sold it on. Top soil simply means it is the upper part of the ground that you walk on. It could come from anywhere & be of any quality. Some suppliers screen the soil, that is sieve it. But that does not remove unwanted bactarias or chemicals from sites of various qualities that are being cleared for development & that is the normal source for topsoil. Assuming the soil comes from agricultural land & not an old commercial site. Would you want pesticides, herbicides & the many & varied fertilisers that are used in agriculture in your T's enclosure? Look up the common bactaria found in soil, it's not a nice list. One job I did for a few weeks was driving a sewage tanker. Some of that sewage was moved to agricultural land & injected as a fertiliser. Practices have changed since then, but it is still legal to do it. [/QUOTE]
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