Turface Regular Mvp Model BFMVP5004P

I was expecting having to sift out my bag. Almost no dust compare to last bag I had from another distributor. I lucked out and got a bag that has not been tossed around to much thank you.

I use this in soilless and nearly soilless potting mixes. Has a high CEC, meaning it holds nutrients well. Holds a lot of water, too. Turface All Sport is the same product.For potting soils, this stuff is fantastic, but should NEVER be used as-is. It will smother your beloved plants' roots, and possibly screw up the pH of the root environment. This is because of the high percentage of dust and fines, and the variable acidity of the clay deposits that go into this product.I screen this with a screen set I found online, with a 9 to 10 wires per inch screen. Standard window insect screen is a bit too fine, for my purposes. At 9 to 10 wires per inch, almost half the bag will be waste fines. You can use that in a garden, but not a good idea in your pots.After sifting, Turface should be rinsed, to clear most of the dust out of it.Turface is always acidic. The pH range preferred by a plant changes with the growing medium, i.e., hydroponic, soilless, soil, but I can make a broad generalization here. Essentially, Turface can be at 4.0 pH, and plants, BROADLY speaking, need growing mediums between 5.5 and 6.5.Moral of the story: Construct your mix, let it rest a few weeks for the pH to stabilize, test the pH, and if needed, adjust it - before you put your plants in it.Oh, and since you can only use half of each bag of Turface MVP or Allsport in your potted mix, DON'T PAY THIRTY OR FOURTY DOLLARS A BAG! For less than forty dollars, you can get two fifty pound bags at a landscape supply store, if you pick it up. I don't mind paying a little more online to have it shipped to me, but most of these online vendors as way too expensive.So, why bother using Turface?It holds nutrients and water extremely well, and after screening out fines and rinsing he dust, it won't smother roots. Also, you can reuse it. After a repot, dump the old mix onto your screen, rinse through all the decomposed organic bits and fines, soak/disinfect/rinse/pH balance the old soilless component, and it's ready for reuse.

Good for bonsai or improving heavy soil

Kinda overpriced. Overall ok product.

I use about 50% Turface for my Bonsai soil, I have quite a few and this size is much much cheaper than purchasing it at a bonsai shop online or in person, they tend to get about 4 dollars a pound ... this is cheap and works great. There has been some babble on the 'net concerning this not attracting but repelling water when completly dry. I have used this on Bonsai and in my Garden Plants for about 30 years and have never seen this.... possibly when used at 100% it might repel, but with any normal mix I have never had a problem (and it doesn't break down like cat liter and such tends to do)

Great product for bonsai 5/5 stars

We have a wet weather spring. The real test will be March and April.

I use in to make bonsai soil, and I,m limited in alternatives so I bought it but It's expensive. thanks