Product Data Sheet Substrate “Rockery Type Plants” Technical Data System Substrate “Rockery Type Plants”
System Substrate for extensive green
Substrate consisting of Zincolit® Plus (sorted high quality crushed brick with selected mineral aggregates), enriched with Zincohum® (substrate compost enriched with fibre materials). Particularly suitable for extensive green roofs with plant species of the ZinCo plant selection “Rockery Type Plants”, which can be established by planting plug plants (e.g. ZinCo Root Ball Plants FB 50). Also suitable for extensive green roofs with seed mixtures (e.g. ZinCo Seed Mixture “Meadow scents”, “Grassy Pasture” or “Country Colours”), which can be established by seed sowing by hand or by hydroseeding. For optimal plant development the use of an appropriate slow release fertilizer (e.g. ZinCo Plantfit® 4 M) is recommended (as shown in a special data sheet). Available in 20 l bags, in Big Bags, as loose material in lorries, and in silo trailers. Please calculate with a compaction factor of 1.2. That means for every square metre and 10 mm of substrate you order 12 l. Delivery options 20 l bag in Big Bags 1.5 m³ loose on lorry in silo trailer
high-quality recycled product
Chemical and Physical Properties Parameter
Reference Value
Volume weight - dry - at max. water capacity
1000 g/l (+/- 100 g/l) 1400 g/l (+/- 100 g/l)
Maximum water capacity
ca. 40 vol. % 0.6–70 mm/min
suitable for pumping
Water permeability mod. Kf
basic component Zincolit® is
pH value (in CaCl2)
6.5–8.0
Salinity (water extract)
< 2.5 g/l
Organic content
< 65 g/l
Compaction factor
ca. 1.2
excellent water retention high air content - even at max. water capacity
frost resistant and stable in structure
under constant quality control
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Subject to technical alterations and printing errors • First edition 05/2000; Revised 01/2012
Features
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