On top of that, there are the differences in the way that people are using it:
- Size/depth of container
- Watering method/amount/frequency
- Repotting frequency
- Repotting techniques - how much chopsticking is happening?
- Climate: Freeze/thaw cycles, rain/storms
- Moss/no moss?
- Fertilizer type/strength/application method
- Species
Etc. I absolutely believe that given the same unsifted bag of the same product, some people will get concrete and other people will get roots.
I do not believe that!, as far as given the same product from the same lot! (I almost said absolutely LOL!
Climate conditions ie freeze/thaw is the only thing I have NO experience with as far as 8822.
I have used with:
-all kinds of soil mixes
-All sizes and types of container
-watering in every fashion from spray to immersion
-long instances between repotting, or not
-chop sticks or not
-moss or not
fertilizers lots of methods
lots of species
I have been using it for years, even the odd bag that seems finer than most has never turned to concrete or mush.
Freeze/Thaw conditions and the extreme weather the NE experiences every winter could be very different.
Remember, I live in SW Oregon in a mild to moderate climate.
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even when things are very wet here have never had concrete or mush from the 8822