Best substrate for Pinguicula?

I use '' canadian '' cat litter for mexican pings. The clay does build up and becomes a thick crust, not easy to water your pings. It's not the same kind of clay with European cat litter.
 
Oil absorbent clay can be a decent substitute for cat litter and relatively inexpensive. They use to sell a brand at Canadian Tire and it was called oilsorb or something like that.

I think they just call it "certified all-purpose oil absorbent" now at Canadian Tire.

Contains a natural blend of diatomaceous earth and montmorillonite clay.

I haven't tried the new brand so I don't know if the clay goes soft after a while, but a smaller bag is only 10 bucks so it might be worth a try do a little bit of a test beforehand.
 
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Oil absorbent clay can be a decent substitute for cat litter and relatively inexpensive. They use to sell a brand at Canadian Tire and it was called oilsorb or something like that.

I think they just call it "certified all-purpose oil absorbent" now at Canadian Tire.

Contains a natural blend of diatomaceous earth and montmorillonite clay.

I haven't tried the new brand so I don't know if the clay goes soft after a while, but a smaller bag is only 10 bucks so it might be worth a try do a little bit of a test beforehand.
I didn't throw away the cat litter but add more perlite, pumice, sand, used stratum and turface in the mix. Still in '' hit or miss '' trial period. Not a single ping dead yet !!! but the emarginata is flowering...
 
I have always used cat litter for all my calcareous pings, it must of course be non-clumping and unscented to see their composition on the bag.
I do not use it alone:
cat litter 50%
river sand 12.5%
oolitic limestone sand 12.5%
vermiculite 12.5%
pozzolan 12.5%
 
Oil absorbent clay can be a decent substitute for cat litter and relatively inexpensive. They use to sell a brand at Canadian Tire and it was called oilsorb or something like that.

I think they just call it "certified all-purpose oil absorbent" now at Canadian Tire.

Contains a natural blend of diatomaceous earth and montmorillonite clay.

I haven't tried the new brand so I don't know if the clay goes soft after a while, but a smaller bag is only 10 bucks so it might be worth a try do a little bit of a test beforehand.
Is it qualisorb?
 
 
Looks like it's just diatomaceous earth

Specifications
Vendor Part #:CANDRYPREM
Grain:Fine
Environment Use:Indoors and Outdoors
Material: Diatomaceous Earth
Absorbency:100% of its Own Weight
 
Looks like it's just diatomaceous earth

Specifications
Vendor Part #:CANDRYPREM
Grain:Fine
Environment Use:Indoors and Outdoors
Material: Diatomaceous Earth
Absorbency:100% of its Own Weight
So i cant use this, it needs to have a clay?
 
This is ok to use as part of a mineral mix.
I wouldn't use it all by itself you'd have to mix it in with other things. There are a few recipes posted on the forums here for mineral mixes that include diatomaceous earth.
 
This is ok to use as part of a mineral mix.
I wouldn't use it all by itself you'd have to mix it in with other things. There are a few recipes posted on the forums here for mineral mixes that include diatomaceous earth.
Planning to put a mix of 1 part perlite, 2 parts oil dry, peat 20% and 1 part pool filter sand for the whole pot. Cause currently i have been using 70/30 perlite/peat and on top is pumice and perlite. But not much too pumice and i think the water retention is not enough as perlite doesnt retain much water. They are doing fine but some of the other pings is shrivelling i think and the leaves are not the thick or strong see pics below. Setup was not change except for the temp 18-22 as winter is here in canada and i think there is heater direct much too it. Humidity is around 50% before it was 80%
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HI All, with regards to my previous question may i know which is better can dry or the certified brand from canadian tire? Any experience of either of the two? Hope to see pics from your outcomes on pings. Thanks
 
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