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top dressing

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:48 am
by neckster1
can i use Bagged River Pebble Landscape Rock by Vigoro.To use for a top dressing so i can keep the squirrel's out of my pots when i put them outside.

Re: top dressing

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:18 pm
by Intheswamp
Maybe.

Be sure that it is silica, quartz, etc, and that there is no “soft” rock in it…like a limestone or something. The soft rocks can leach minerals into the soil…which is bad.

If you live in a hot climate the rocks *could* overheat the substrate beneath them.