I'm currently using fairly large river rocks to cover the cacti soil mix in a small circular area(4 feet wide) where I currently have 7 different cacti growing. My question is are river rocks an option to cover the soil, or would anyone recommend smaller pebbles as a cover?
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Rivers rocks for outdoor cacti garden
- fallout330
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Re: Rivers rocks for outdoor cacti garden
Those are good, but it would look more natural if you sprinkled some smaller pebbles among them - nature doesn't use uniformly-sized rocks. The smaller pebbles would also fill in the gaps and give more thorough coverage.
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Re: Rivers rocks for outdoor cacti garden
These are not very large, I use all sizes - from sand to small boulders or cannon balls. Remember: one day you should be able to remove those to uproot the weeds or cacti.
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- fallout330
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Re: Rivers rocks for outdoor cacti garden
Good advice, thank you both, greenknight and 7goerge!
Re: Rivers rocks for outdoor cacti garden
Do you have any pictures? We love pictures and cacti porn is always great.