Importance of mineral components in Bonsai soils
1. Good drainage.
2. Oxygen-rich
structure
3. To add 'body'
and stability.
Akadama
is entirely unique and can't be fairly compared to any other mineral,
Akadama is sold in India by POWERCLAY
Akadama
is a naturally occurring clay-like (but not clay) mineral found only in one
region in Japan.
It is
surface mined, dried, graded and packaged.
No
baking or firing is involved. When wetted, it does not form a slurry like clay
but forms a gritty paste.
Akadama
is without any doubt the absolute best growing medium for Japanese maples and
many other broadleaved species, and is arguably one of the best ingredients to
incorporate in smaller proportions for moist other species.
The big advantage of Akadama is that roots can grow through the parcels as well as between them, which vastly increases the amount of space in the pot that is available to the roots. Once roots penetrate Akadama particles they become fine and highly ramified, forming a dense pad of functioning feeding tips. When you foist use Akadama the result is really quite astonishing compared to most other media. Although Akadama has a relatively low cec (around 18-20 meq/100g) the fact that the roots are so prolifically generated means that this is not a defect.
The big advantage of Akadama is that roots can grow through the parcels as well as between them, which vastly increases the amount of space in the pot that is available to the roots. Once roots penetrate Akadama particles they become fine and highly ramified, forming a dense pad of functioning feeding tips. When you foist use Akadama the result is really quite astonishing compared to most other media. Although Akadama has a relatively low cec (around 18-20 meq/100g) the fact that the roots are so prolifically generated means that this is not a defect.
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