Is this burnt soil usable??

[kentosaurs]

Hey everyone....I just bought quite a heavy pack of burnt soil from ace hardware but i am wondering if its the one you guys use....I tried to find the bad which has the biggest particles and least fine particales and i found one...I really hope this is usable..Quite cheap compared to moss...Its RM2.50.. the tag says jun hong trading sdn bhd (if im not wrong) Here are 2 pics



The layers


Please help me know if this is usable...Thanks everyone..

Ken

[TranMinh]

Burnt earth not burn soil, I think that is wrong type.

[kentosaurs]

Hi tran....I thought they were just used as another name...Anyways in this thread it is mentioned as burnt soil...i'm so confused lol... http://www.forum.petpitcher.com/showthread.php?t=3253

[caseyhoo]

That is burn soil for sure.

[kentosaurs]

good ah...so relief...or not i have a bunch of wasted soil in my balcony..

Anyway there are some big chunks in it too...Was wondering are those suitable?? or should i break them down..Some are black in colour...But the pics i've seen of you guys using burnt soil are mostly orange and yellowish white...I have all 3 colours lol

[caseyhoo]

Im not sure why there is black color soil. The 1 that I use for my garden plant is just orange ~ yellow ~ white color. Not sure the black color soil will harm nepenthes or not. Since im just new to nepenthes.

[Wong]

I have been using this burn soil / earth for my cactus plant for many years. The burn soil / earth is a waste material from the brick factory. So far, some of the burn soil / earth are stable and some do breakdown and become very muddy. That is bad for cactus but I think it is still ok for neps.

[NepNut]

Please be aware not all burnt clay sold by nuseries in Malaysia are the same. The best ones are the ones originated from brick factory as by products, those are usually very well baked and won't crumble easily into dust.

[kit1212]

It is true that the dust and fine particles of burnt earth can clog up the drainage holes easily.I think it is best to sieve the burnt earth into different sizes before use.

[kentosaurs]

So far when i've used them they don't crumble...I don't know what you mean by crumble easily..Anyway so far i've used it on gracilis ventrata and mirabilis all responding well...