clay

For the growing pots, I am looking for a cheaper alternative to akadama . Unfortunately, the smallest pine bark size I can find here is 5-15 mm. Can I use a mix of perlite, clay beads (3-8 mm), zeolite ( 3-5 mm 100 % Clinoptilolite) and coco peat instead of akadama? I will be using them with a...

So I'm pretty new to bonsai. I have a few trees that are bonsais in the making and I'm just starting to get a little more experimental. This is something I was going to try as a soil component. It's stoneware clay fired to bisque temperature so it will absorb water. Any thoughts on what else to...

I have been experimenting with terra cotta lately. I have performed numerous tests using varying dry/wet filtration methods relying mostly on particulate sizes and impurity concentrations of clay from different areas.

Can anyone ID the maker of this pot?