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Shit, is that really what the coloured bits are? There was me thinking it was some kind of fancy beneficial additive.

It's mind blowing to read this here, thinking it's somehow just me buying always the wrong stuff.

But welcome to our reality where we complained about micro plastics so long without doing something that you cannot actually buy earth/compost without macro plastic anymore.

If you’re referring to the shiny pieces in soil you buy from a garden shop, that’s actually perlite - a natural volcanic glass that’s added to improve soil drainage.

I don't think so, it's smaller multicoloured specks. All sorts of interesting colours.

It's not perlite. It's colorful plastic and also smells like that when burned.

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