Soil Aerator

Growstone Soil Aerator Substrate

Growstone Soil Aerator Substrate is an ideal soil amendment for growing a wide variety of plants including herbs, flowering and woody ornamentals, vegetables, tropicals, trees and shrubs. Growstones are engineered to enhance any potting soil or coco-coir mix creating the ideal environment for your plants’ root systems. They are a sustainable, engineered alternative to perlite or other soil amendments used to improve structure. Growstones help you build the best soil for water retention and aeration, resulting in healthy, thriving plants.

 Growstones Give You:

• Balanced ratio of air/moisture over time for healthy and vigorous plants
• Efficient absorption and release of water/nutrition for reduced plant care
• Optimum flexibility for different plant needs for consistent high yield

Recycled/Green Product

Growstones are manufactured using up to 98% waste materials. They replace strip-mined rocks like pumice and perlite, reducing environmental degradation. At the same time, since the product largely consists of recycled bottles, a large amount of waste is given a new life, keeping it from the landfill.

Growstones Soil Amendment. Ideal Balance of Water Retention and Drainage.

Growstones reduce the impact on a very precious resource–water. Growstones allow the plant to efficiently use both water and nutrients, reducing the amount of water needed in landscapes and container gardens. Growstones Soil Amendment can be used in containers and gardens.

• Use Growstones as part of your potting mix or in coco-coir, to help retain moisture and improve drainage
• Till Growstones into the soil in flower and garden beds to reduce water requirements
• Add Growstones to mulch around trees and shrubs to hold in moisture and limit weed growth

Growstones are a reusable plant-growing medium. To recycle, Growstones can be sterilized and used again or simply added to soil to improve texture, structure, and aeration.

 

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Getting Started

Nothing is more important to successful growing  than soil. Its condition and health can determine the condition of your plants. Growstones Super Soil Aerator helps soil breath making it less dense, less clumpy and more workable.

Directions

1. For first time use, rinse by submerging Growstones in a bucket of water.

2. Mix one part Growstones with 2-4 parts sphagnum peat moss, coco-peat or composted soil. Place the Growstones planting mix in your gardening container or bed.

3. Transplant by carefully setting the roots of your plant in a hole large enough to contain them. Cover the plants roots with Growstones planting mix, pressing gently with your hands. This will create good contact between the roots and their new environment. Water immediately after transplanting.  

4. Continue to irrigate regularly as needed.

Customize Your Planting Mix

Growstones was developed to enhance a wide variety of plants. For increased drainage, use more Growstones and for increased water retention, use more sphagnum peat moss or coco-peat when creating your Growstones planting mix.

Nutritional And Irrigation Needs

Consult your local gardening expert, extension service or master gardener for local fertilizer and water recommendations.

How To Reuse Growstones

To reuse the Growstones mix in a second crop, remove old plant material from the container; shake roots vigorously to free as much Growstones mix attached to roots as possible. Replenish container with new Growstones mix. Transplant the new crop by simply repeating steps 2 and 3.

Notes For Beginning Gardeners

Water and oxygen are essential for plant health. A plant, much like a human, is mostly water and needs ample oxygen. Roots supply water and oxygen to plants. In fact, up to 98% of the oxygen a plant uses comes through its roots.

Since both water and air (oxygen) move in, through and out of soil, water retention, drainage, and aeration are important considerations in any potting mix. The use of Growstones significantly increases air spaces, improving oxygen levels. It also helps store and move water through the soil.

If the soil is poorly drained or tightly packed due to fine particles, oxygen is cut off from the roots, reducing plant growth. Growstones help keep soil loose and aerated.

Whenever a plant is watered, air is forced out. In a loose, porous planting mix, as water drains out, fresh air is drawn in and ready to be used by roots. Growstones enhance the porosity of the planting mix, helping plants get the balance of air and water needed for vigorous growth.