Sand, Silt, and clay are terms used to describe SIZE of particles and not
composition.
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>> Sand
>> DG wrote:-
>> On bamboodirect, they suggest using Dyna-gro Pro-TeKt to supply the
>> plant with silica. Is there another product that will work the same?
>> I can't find it locally.-
> They only recommend it for container-grown plants in certain
> proprietary growth mediums.
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> Unlike most other plants, gr***** metabolise silica, and a lot of it.
> Sand, silt and clay are three of the four main components of soil, the
> fourth being organic matter. Sand is largely silica (but possibly not
> so easily available for metabolism); clay is hydrated silicate rock,
> (and probably therefore provides silica most easily available for
> metabolism, in general); silt is intermediate between sand and clay.
> So if you are are growing bamboo in a balanced soil in the ground, or
> in a soil-based growth medium, I think it has plenty of silica
> available.
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