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[IBC] sifting soil components
Yesterday I started sifting soil components, Turface and sand.
For an experiment I bought three bags of all-purpose sand at Home Depot to see how it sifted out. Cost me $9. I had three bags of turface left over from last year. After sifting all three bags of sand I came out with a ratio of 1:4--3/4 of the sand sifted out as too fine. The Turface came out to about 4:1 -- only 1/5 sifted out. The Turface, at around $10 a bag, proved to be a much better deal. So much for trying to stretch the Turface by buying "cheap" sand. Yes, but Turface and sand don't do the same thing in your bonsai soil. Turface granules hold water. Sand grains don't. (Both hold a little interstitially, probably about equally.) Depending on tree and climate, you may need both. In my wet climate, I should use more sand that Turface, but do not because I discovered that HD's all-purpose sand most definately isn't ALL purpose and I have no good sources for coarse enough sand. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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