Specialty Gardening: Hoffman bonsai soil mix, 0 by tapla

tapla wrote:
FWIW - Sports Fields, Inc. in Monmouth (207-933-3547 * 45 miles) carries Turface MVP, and the John Deere Landscapes dealer in Portland (207-772-7173 * 75 miles) has or can get Allsport - same product as Turface MVP.

I'll leave you to figure out the granite, but try rural feed stores. Ask for Gran-I-Grit in grower size or #2 cherrystone.

If you're into orchids, hit up your suppliers for 1/4" white fir bark.

Equal portions by volume of the screened Turface, granite, and fir bark would make a VERY good soil that costs a fraction of what Hoffman's will cost.

With fir bark instead of pine bark, it looks like this:

Al