Pumice, semi-bulk supplier?

[Cidermanrolls]

Since Brexit I’ve been running down my supplies of pumice, which I used to buy from naturstein-garten in Germany.
Continental prices are a fraction of UK prices (I found an Italian supplier at €0.3 per litre) but the issues of phyto certificates make import a non-starter for individuals.
Has anyone found a semi-bulk supply of pumice grit (I like the 1 to 4mm range) that they are willing share with us? I’m quite happy to buy 100 to 200L if the price is attractive.

[Admin]

Since Brexit I’ve been running down my supplies of pumice, which I used to buy from naturstein-garten in Germany.
Continental prices are a fraction of UK prices (I found an Italian supplier at €0.3 per litre) but the issues of phyto certificates make import a non-starter for individuals.
Has anyone found a semi-bulk supply of pumice grit (I like the 1 to 4mm range) that they are willing share with us? I’m quite happy to buy 100 to 200L if the price is attractive.

I get mine from Specialist Aggregates https://www.specialistaggregates.com/ad ... ce&x=0&y=0. They do three different grades. I buy a half pallet to save on carriage and then split it with other people.

[Acid John]

Cider, why do you need a phyto certificate for inert materials?

[Cidermanrolls]

Cider, why do you need a phyto certificate for inert materials?

You’d need to ask Boris that, but it counts as a soil and soils need to be shown to be phyto sanitary I presume.

This caused cricket clubs in Ireland, north and south, real problems in the years immediately after Brexit. The cricket square loam suppliers are pretty much all based in England. Irish clubs (and Dutch) used to import it pretty freely. Along came Brexit and suddenly all of the old systems stopped working. I guess that’s now sorted as a typical cricket club uses over 2 tonnes of fresh loam each year and it will be imported by the lorry load. Those quantities justify the paperwork, but for 100 litres of pumice, it isn’t cost effective.

[Acid John]

I can understand soil needs some kind of checks but pumice can be used in the building industry and for other things which have nothing to do with horticulture, it's all very strange.