Description
Peruvian White Pumice
Peruvian White Pumice is used in terrariums to create a lightweight and natural looking terrarium background, perfect to grow sensitive plants.
The highly porous nature of the pumice stones will hold water and slowly release it back into the terrarium environment.
This is largely beneficial when growing delicate orchids, carnivorous plants, ferns and other epiphytic plants.
How Much Pumice Do You Need?
Most white pumice stones weigh between 100-300gm
a 200gm stone is about the size of a grown mans fist
1kg of white pumice is 3-5 stones
To build a typical 18×24″ terrarium background with pumice and sphagnum moss, youll need about 6-7 kg of white pumice. This will be approx 20-25 stones of various sizes.
The more you order, the more selection of stone sizes you will receive. If you prefer to have more larger or smaller stones, please make customer note at check out. Otherwise, we will select a mixed variety from what we have available at the time of your order.
How to sterilize grey pumice before use.
1) Allow to soak in clean fresh water (fully submerged) for 24-48 hours.
2) Bake in oven at 300 F for 45-60 minutes or boil the stones for 10 – 15 minutes.
3) if you are going to silicone them to a terrarium background, allow the stones to fully dry prior to applying silicone.
Following these steps will help ensure the rocks are sterile before adding them to your terrarium environment.
Due to the nature of the product, each stone will vary in looks, size and weight.
Check out our Peruvian Grey Pumice for another great option.
Peruvian White Pumice is available for sale and shipping in Canada only.
