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Where can i get Diatomite in Tasmania, Launceston.

getting harder to aquire i believe. i got 40L the other day from a source but that about it for me getting anymore atm. I have no idea in Tasmania but anyone feel free to chip in if they know .

Bonniemay wrote:Where can i get Diatomite in Tasmania, Launceston.

do not know any local suppliers there, but Enfield Produce in Sydney will ship to anywhere in OZ.

check the local Garden / horticultaural suppliers.
Another option is to send an email to Mt Sylvia and ask them if they have a local supplier near you. That was how I found about Enfield produce

Ken

Earlier this week I contacted Mt Sylvia Diatomite in regards to their distributers in Sydney.
customerservice@mtsylviadiatomite.com

Maybe you can request information from them for Tassie?

For Sydney they suggested Enfield Produce. Question: Is this 2-7mm type suitable?
AND.. would a 50% mix of this and regular potting mix (for training pots), be suitable for a starting bonsai noob?

Many thanks!

evenings

Quit copying what I have to say, before I say it Ken!..

Bonniemay wrote:Where can i get Diatomite in Tasmania, Launceston.

Hey Bonniemay I searched all around tassie last winter looking for diatomite could not find it anywhere ,
in the end i had to get some from Sage Horticultural in Melb quite an expensive exercise ,Maybe we can get a group together and get a pallet delivered from the mt silvia directly,
any one keen ,it still would be an expensive exercise Me thinks

Greetings,
Just thinking out side the square. Why not organize a convention in Tas and then the mainlanders can all bring a bag or two over. Maybe give them cheap registration? Would save on the transport.
Happy bonsai,
see you in Bell City,
Bruce.

evenings wrote:Earlier this week I contacted Mt Sylvia Diatomite in regards to their distributers in Sydney.
customerservice@mtsylviadiatomite.com

Maybe you can request information from them for Tassie?

For Sydney they suggested Enfield Produce. Question: Is this 2-7mm type suitable?
AND.. would a 50% mix of this and regular potting mix (for training pots), be suitable for a starting bonsai noob?

Many thanks!

evenings

Yes Evening your 50% will be great.
I use the 2-7mm sized Diatomite myself.

Ken

I was going to buy some from Enfield Produce, but the freight came up as much as 140 for 5 bags to Melbourne

Any one looking for a few bags or more can PM me and we can perhaps go halves or as a group buy more than 10 bags and split the freight ??
I am happy to organise, but pick will be at a mutual point near the northern suburbs

Regards.

Thanks Ken!

Yes, freight is a killer! I'm only 15minutes from their store, and delivery is more than the cost of goods.

I've suggested to my wife a visit to IKEA on the weekend.. little does she know of our detour to Enfield.