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Soilless products listed below are stocked in the PSL storage room and are ready for pick-up during normal working hours. Please be sure to fill out a PCF "Soil Request Form" for the products you take. If you don't see something you need, please ask See also our listing of custom soil mixes.

Soilless Products & Mixes	Cost
Coarse Vermiculite - A3 Used for seed germination, rooting cuttings, seed cover, or as a soil mix component.	$13.00 4 cu ft bag
Fine Vermiculite - C3 Used as a seed germination medium, seed cover, or soil mix component. Note: Bags are labeled "Medium".	$13.50 4 cu ft bag
Fafard Germination Mix * Fine germination mix with peat moss, fine perlite and vermiculite, but no bark. Best used for seed sowing and plugs.	$14.00 2.8 cu ft bag
SB 300 Universal Mix* Composted bark (½" screen), peat, vermiculite, perlite. Formulated for production in large (4" or larger) containers.	$14.00 2.8 cu ft bag
SB 500 High Porosity Mix* Composted bark (½" screen), peat, extra coarse vermiculite, perlite. Formulated to provide extra drainage and air porosity.	$13.50 2.8 cu ft bag
Sunshine Mix LC1* Peat, perlite. Comment: General purpose soilless mix, also used as a rooting medium. A substitute for Pro-Mix BX. Good for Arabidopsis.	$14.00 2.8 cu ft bag
Fine Silica Sand, Quartz	$8.00 100 # bag
Coarse Silica Sand, Quartz (Best Sand)	$13.00 80 # bag
Perlite, Coarse Comment: Used in media for growing and for plant propagation from seeds and cuttings. It contains no nutrients for plants.	$10.50 1.5 cu ft bag
Torpedo Sand+ Comment: Construction grade sand; combination of dine to coarse sand particles.	$25.00 1 cu yd cart

* Preformulated mixes are adjusted for pH and include a wetting agent.
+ Available upon request. Not stocked in PSL store room.

Please note: If you use soil or soilless mixes outside the PCF (in your lab, field sites, etc.), or if "Soil" charges are not included in your PCF Service Charges, you will receive a separate bill each quarter for the products you use.