Bonsaijack soil 221

[Giga]

Anyone ever use this? I got my hand on 65lbs of it cheap and never used but it's close to what I make myself - 40% pumice - 40% calcified clay (akadama whattobe?) and 20% sifted bark. I've been using 1-1-1 pumice/lava/sifted bark. anyone know what calcified clay is?

 

[petegreg]

...found this bonsaijacked... they have more soil articles on their blog, but recently lost in bonsai of the day articles.
https://www.bonsaijack.com/blog/introducing-monto-clay/

 

[Stan Kengai]

anyone know what calcified clay is?

Turface is calcined clay. That mix seems like it would be a little water retentive.

 

[Nwaite]

These guys sent me to free bags of there stuff to try out for posting on there FB page. seem like good folks. and the soil looks nice to. I can't wait for spring to put something in it.

 

[fh05]

Anyone ever use this? I got my hand on 65lbs of it cheap and never used but it's close to what I make myself - 40% pumice - 40% calcified clay (akadama whattobe?) and 20% sifted bark. I've been using 1-1-1 pumice/lava/sifted bark. anyone know what calcified clay is?

Where did you find it in VA beach?

 

[Giga]

Turface is calcined clay. That mix seems like it would be a little water retentive.

actually - I think it's the opposite as the only thing that really holds water is the bark and it's a low percentage - I'm most likely going to add akadama to it per species requirements.

Where did you find it in VA beach?

craigslist of all places - always keep an eye out for deals

 

[Stan Kengai]

actually - I think it's the opposite as the only thing that really holds water is the bark and it's a low percentage - I'm most likely going to add akadama to it per species requirements.

Turface holds a lot of water, even more than similarly sized akadama. Here is a study from another forum showing water holding capacity for common substrates we use.

 

[abqjoe]

That's their organic blend and I believe they recommend it for tree's that will be re-potted every 2-3yrs. I use the 221 but I mix it with their inorganic at 10%. All of their soil is extremely well draining and my tree's absolutely thrived last year with soil from Bonsai Jack....

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Turface holds a lot of water, even more than similarly sized akadama. Here is a study from another forum showing water holding capacity for common substrates we use.

Where?

 

[aml1014]

Bonsai jack is good stuff. I like the Calcined clay as it holds a fair amount of water, but doent break down in a season like kakadama does here.

Aaron

 

[markyscott]

Turface holds a lot of water, even more than similarly sized akadama. Here is a study from another forum showing water holding capacity for common substrates we use.

Here are some additional comparisons. Note that grain size is very important. Unsieved it is difficult to generate reproducible results. It seems like the gardenweb link used the soil components right out of the bag.

 

[mike sommers]

Anyone ever use this? I got my hand on 65lbs of it cheap and never used but it's close to what I make myself - 40% pumice - 40% calcified clay (akadama whattobe?) and 20% sifted bark. I've been using 1-1-1 pumice/lava/sifted bark. anyone know what calcified clay is?

I've been using it for a few years. It's good stuff.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Where?

I found it, you tricky devil.