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Whatever you call it, this is what we're talking about in today's on the Ledge podcast.

I speak to listener Kimberly Black about her experiences with this substrate and share some

fascinating lakeaker facts including

what happens inside a Laker production kiln, how to keep your Laker clean and what you can use it

for in the house plant world.

Thank you for all your feedback on last week's Thrips episode. Oh, I've heard some horror stories,

but it's great to know that you are finding Professor Kirk's advice useful in terms of controlling infestations from here on out.

Just a reminder also that I'm still looking for festive questions for the festive

Q&A coming up.

You will need to get those to me by December the hurriedly scrambles for diary.

December the 6th at the latest so that I can try to answer as many as possible, I will accept

Poinsettia questions, but I will have a sour look on my face while I answer them.

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