Bonsai Soil Turface
It has unique ability to absorb moisture and prevent soil compaction which leave more room for air in the soil so that the plants can breathe promotes strong root growth and provide passageways for better water drainage.
Bonsai soil turface. Turface is also commonly used as top dressing to help improve water and air circulation. Turface resembles crushed terracotta pots so it looks great a dressing. Soil used in bonsai is a very widely debated issue due to every hobbyist having their own recipe mix for their soil. I too had purchased it in 50 lb bags.
Provides proper plant support moisture and drainage. Earliest was the potting soil sharp sand period decades ago. Ships is a 2 quart bag. Amazon s choice for akadama soil high fired calcined clay perfect for bonsai cacti and succulent soil mixes holds moisture while still providing great drainage rough edges create air pockets in soil for great root development.
Bonsai soil mix is ready to use. Product description turface is a porous ceramic soil conditioner additive. I have it in some trees for over 3 years without any degrading. For large trees that doesn t want a free draining soil a app.
One person s soil composition for tropical trees may be too light or too heavy for a different hobbyist s tree. Useful for all types of bonsai trees. General bonsai discussion turface. 3 dry qt fills 8 10 pot.
Then came the turface era which was definitely an improvement on the earlier mixes. Multipurpose turface bonsai soil mix information. Shohin bonsai gets a mixture with up to 80 percent soil and 20 percent drainage pebbles or small stones like lava pebbles. 50 50 mixture is used as basic soil mixture.
Our multipurpose bonsai soil mix combines our most popular bonsai soil mix components. Turface absorbs its weight in water while decreasing soil compaction which is what you want from bonsai soil. Given that the foundation of the tree is the roots and that bonsai training is by nature stressful to the tree having a marginalized root system is to be avoided at all costs. Then came the volcanic mixes preferred by the japanese the pumice lava and akadama soils one of which akadama needs to be imported.
Root growth in turface is erratic at best without the benefits of predictability seen in volcanic soils.