Bonsai Soil Turface

Shohin bonsai gets a mixture with up to 80 percent soil and 20 percent drainage pebbles or small stones like lava pebbles.
Bonsai soil turface. I ve used turface in a soil mix and as the only ingredient. Soil used in bonsai is a very widely debated issue due to every hobbyist having their own recipe mix for their 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. 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.
One person s soil composition for tropical trees may be too light or too heavy for a different hobbyist s tree. Our multipurpose bonsai soil mix combines our most popular bonsai soil mix components. Multipurpose turface bonsai soil mix information. Provides proper plant support moisture and drainage.
You don t have to use akadama. General bonsai discussion turface. Then came the turface era which was definitely an improvement on the earlier mixes. Turface absorbs its weight in water while decreasing soil compaction which is what you want from bonsai soil.
3 dry qt fills 8 10 pot. Ships is a 2 quart bag. Earliest was the potting soil sharp sand period decades ago. 3 lb bag about 7 5 cups dry.
Bonsai soil mix is ready to use. Turface resembles crushed terracotta pots so it looks great a dressing. 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.
Root growth in turface is erratic at best without the benefits of predictability seen in volcanic soils. I too had purchased it in 50 lb bags. Turface is also commonly used as top dressing to help improve water and air circulation. Then came the volcanic mixes preferred by the japanese the pumice lava and akadama soils one of which akadama needs to be imported.
Product description turface is a porous ceramic soil conditioner additive.