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Leca Garden 4–10
Horticulture & green roof

Leca Garden 4–10

Product code ALG-0410

Washed and dust-free, for growing media and hydroponics.

Washed 4–10 mm with a neutral pH and no soluble salts; reusable after sterilisation.

Grain size
4–10 mm
Loose bulk density
300–380 kg/m³

Description

For hydroponic culture, potting media, surface mulch and the drainage layer beneath potting soil. Being chemically inert, it does not shift the EC of the nutrient solution.

Packaging & shipping

  • Sack 50 L
  • Big bag 1 m³

Standards

  • EN 12580

Technical data

Technical data — Leca Garden 4–10
Grain size 4–10 mm
Loose bulk density 300–380 kg/m³
Particle density 620 kg/m³
Crushing resistance 1.4 MPa
Thermal conductivity 0.096 W/m·K
Water absorption (24 h) 17 %
pH 7
Fire resistance 1150 °C

Values published in datasheets are typical production values within the stated tolerance band. They do not replace engineering design, mix-design trials, or the requirements of a project specification.

Applications

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Green roofs

Green roofs

The drainage course and part of the growing medium, at the lowest saturated weight available.

Applications

Green roofs

The drainage course and part of the growing medium, at the lowest saturated weight available.

What limits any green roof is the slab's capacity when everything is saturated. A gravel drainage course is heavy wet; expanded clay at the same depth weighs a fraction of it.

At the same time the granule's porosity retains part of the rainfall and releases it between waterings — which cuts both irrigation demand and the peak load on urban stormwater drainage.

Engineering benefits

  • The lowest saturated weight among drainage materials
  • Stores moisture and releases it gradually
  • Frost-resistant and non-degrading
  • Reduces peak stormwater runoff

Applications

Horticulture & hydroponics

An inert, disease-free and reusable growing medium.

The granules are fired above 1,100 °C, which leaves a medium entirely free of weed seed, fungi and nematodes with no initial sterilisation.

Being chemically inert, it does not shift the EC or pH of the nutrient solution — decisive in hydroponics. At the end of a crop cycle the medium is washed, sterilised and used again.

Engineering benefits

  • Free of weed seed and pathogens
  • Chemically inert: does not shift EC or pH
  • Root aeration together with moisture storage
  • Reusable after washing

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Horticulture & green roof

Leca Green Roof 8–16

The green roof drainage layer: light and frost-stable.

Grain size
8–16 mm
Loose bulk density
280–340 kg/m³

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