Bonsai Outlet Premium Bonsai Soil - Tinyroots 2.25 Quart Soil Blend for Finished Bonsai, Ideal for Water Retention and Root Development, Made from Genuine Akadama, Red Lava Rock and Pumice

Fine quality

I received this shipment from Amazon, sold by Bonsai Outlet and commenced to repot a little juniper I bought at the Chicago Botanical Garden spring bonsai show. I took a workshop aimed at design of nursery stock juniper. Mine happened to be the winner of the workshop judging so I wanted to get it established in a nicer training pot. I bought this soil and repotted yesterday. The soil is nicely uniform with a perfect mix for conifers. It won’t compact which ensures great drainage which is critical with juniper. Pumice, slate, lava rock, and horticultural charcoal…very satisfied. Highly recommend if you are working with conifers (juniper, black pine, white pine, larch, cedar, etc.)

I am grateful to Bonsai Outlet for consistently providing the best soil mix. By combining their premium blend with their all-purpose blend, I’ve been able to maintain my bonsais’ health and vitality for years. Their quality products are the only ones I trust for my bonsais.

This is overall a good mixture for bonsai and looks nice in the pot. However the Akadama seems too soft and crumbles easily, which may make repotting more often. I also sifted and got a lot of fines out of each bag which makes good use for other projects. Cuttings, Mame, etc. I would still recommend product. Will continue to use.

I really like the content and grain size of this soil. It stays put, stays moist enough but not wet and integrates with the plant roots very well.I’ve used more coarse soil and have issues with it staying in place especially in smaller pots with smaller plants.It contains Lava, pumice and akadama. No orchid bark and other junk that holds excess moisture of impedes even root growth.Root growth season is almost upon us and we’ll see how prolific the growth is with this soil vs a more coarse soil.

Does the job

Happy with product no complaints. Repotted my Fukien tea tree. Didn’t experience any leaf dropping or loss. My tree immediately took to the soil. The soil is like rock pebbles, which made me hesitant at first. I didn’t remove all of the original soil the tree was in which was your typical indoor plant soil. I did see in one of the other reviews to add Bosnia fertilizer to the soil since it’s inorganic. Which I did. The tree has been planted for two months and begin to sprout flowers this week. Maybe u can see them in the pic. I don’t plan to use this soil for my ficus and juniper bonsai. I plan on trying some of the organic soil from this store. Hope this review helps 😊

Good product. Highly recommended.