Rock Sand (Para Podi)

Rock sand has surfaced as a viable alternative to Natural River sand and is being now used commonly throughout the world as fine aggregate in gardening and for concrete purposes. It is manufactured by crushing the quarried stone to a size that will completely pass through 4.75 mm sieve.

Demineralization occurs rapidly on intensively farmed and tropical soils. Thus Rock sand helps in –

• Rock dust can reverse this process, restoring life to the soil by adding a myriad of minerals to feed microorganisms and, given enough organic matter, helping to rebuild topsoil rapidly.
• Soil can benefit from the minerals found in rock dust.
• Help to rebuild topsoil rapidly.