OUPENGCoarse Sand Stone - Silica Sand for Plants, Soil Cover Succulents and Cactus Bonsai DIY Horticultural Sand, Decorative Sand for Vases Fillers,Terrarium, Fairy Garden,Natural Sand Top Dressing

The stones are exactly what is pictured. Perfect for my needs.

I really like the products that they're selling. The items was delivered on time also.

I bought this for the same reason as reviewer Kim: $&&%^! fungus gnats. I started with jade pebbles which are just smurfy, but their size is a bit overwhelming for smaller pots, and I realized that the interstices are too large for this purpose. The first landscape sand I tried was too fine, sub-mm, and was prone to forming a crust and reflecting water.The product I received is visually attractive, even more so than the listing photo.To the reviewer who said their bag “looks” like two pounds. What does a pound look like? Do you weigh with your eyes and look with a shipping scale?Rocks by and large are, well, rocks. Not flour. Think about how much water filling the bag would weigh, then multiply by 2.65.Re the cheapness of pea gravel. Sure, if it meets your needs, be they for sharp or for smooth aggregate. Smooth isn’t going to have the same drainage dynamics. But you aren’t going to get #50 delivered to your doorstep for about tree fitty. And … why on earth are you using a seven gallon planter for oregano? Or is it really “oregano” (wiggles eyebrows).Yeah you can go to a store and look for cheaper sand, if you can see through the bag, like waiting in line and dusting up your car, and enjoy tenosynovitis far more than I do. But then, maybe you drive an F950 with an OreGUN sticker.I’m all good with $27 for #10 of attractive product delivered to my door, a product whose gauge and appearance I know without being Clark Kent. Time is what I have the least of. Also valuable to me is being able to use one product both to amend potting mix and as top dressing. Admittedly my home doesn’t say Fleetwood on it, so pea gravel would clash with the aesthetic.Lastly, the person who was concerned about sandstone crumbling: think about it. What is sandstone made out of? When crumbles, do you get …. sand? Best of all is the reviewer who expected tiny rocks not sand. What exactly do you think sand *is*???? Hint: it isn’t dandruff.

I grow quite a few veggies and herbs in my basement and am constantly researching the best way to grow them. I grow a couple of varieties of oregano and recently found out they grow naturally in in mountain areas that contain a lot of stone in the soil for drainage. The suggestion was to use 1/3 garden stone mixed with the soil for drainage. So, I found this stone and decided to try it.Honestly 5.7 lbs. of this stone isn't much when adding it to a 7 gallon pot. When I got this stone, the first thing I did is rinse it to remove dust and residue. This was quite the chore as the rinse water continued to be red. This stone would be good for small pots with cacti or other plants that need drainage and it is attractive, but it doesn't even make a dent in a 7 gallon pot of soil.I did find out after more research that pea gravel is also an alternative. It may not look as pretty, but when mixed with soil you don't see it anyway. Another possible option would be course aquarium gravel. Both of these options would be much less expensive and would serve the same purpose. I added a picture of some pea gravel I washed. I think it looks very similar to this silica sand. Pea gravel costs $3.29 for a 50 lb. bag.I hope this review was helpful for you.

I had to look long and hard to find this type of sand at a good price but here it is. The order was delivered on time and in good shape. Now I can mix this with my other ingredients to make healthy potting media for my lithops and other succulents.

Great quality, good size, and good price

Love this rock

Weighed 5 lbs precisely on triple beam and postal scales. Including bag. No loose sand in box so doubt any leakage. Certainly not 5.7 pounds.