sand in soil?

[mndovrmtr420]

Any soil growers out there ever tried adding sand to the bottom portion of your soil mix to help with keeping the drain and drying "even"? I know the bottom of my pots always stay moist even if the top has already dried. What kind of sand could I use if I did this?

 

[berserker]

Any soil growers out there ever tried adding sand to the bottom portion of your soil mix to help with keeping the drain and drying "even"? I know the bottom of my pots always stay moist even if the top has already dried. What kind of sand could I use if I did this?

IMHO,I dont like to use sand or sand based soil.The main reason I didnt like it was thae soil always tightened up to much,got kind of hard.Which I dont like.But everyone has there own type of soil that they like.Keep it GREEN:hubba:

 

[cjf2612]

I use Silver sand in my soil mix ( the entire pot mixture ). Its very fine, washed and is superb for drainage. I usually add the same ammount of perlite as sand. Grow on !!!!!

 

[HOMEGROWN_N_KY]

When I was using sand it seemed to keep the soil to moist. I didnt want to risk it, so I went out and got some miracle grow potting soil with peat moss in it. Now I dont believe the miracle grow soil has enough ferts in it, but I am keeping a close eye on that.