JH>will pack down very hard causing poor drainage.
DD>Hey, Chris, you know I didn't use sea sand.....
I know, I know, you're nowhere near the sea (until global warming 
kicks in ...)
At Reeves garden centre yesterday (Eglinton/Royal York) I was 
checking out the piles of, well, stuff. 
They have Limestone Screenings that look as if they would be 
*ideal* for cuttings - slightly clayey (would adhere to and 
protect the roots) with grains up to 2mm in size, somewhat 
angular. My guess would be that the material is non-acidic, 
coming from limestone. Yellowish-gray in colour.
They also had a sand they said was ideal for sand-lot play-bins 
and as bedding for paving, but warned that it compacted well. 
Maybe the compaction is a quality of builders sand, and that's 
why so many people advise against it.
I spent $30 (me!) on six $1.99 tubs of rex begonia, croton, 
polka-dot, english ivy, monkey plant, pepperomia and TILLANDSIA. 
I bought seven of the latter, the bromeliad family. Air plants. 
Obtain their moisture through white fuzz on their leaves.
I rinsed out three large (ten inch tall) pickle jars, loaded two 
inches of lake Ontario gravel into each, and a half-cup of water, 
then plonked two or three Broms into each.
I figure that I can leave the lids off for ever, but placing a 
cover over a jar will induce moisture to settle onto the leaves. 
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