Haydite. your take

[Bonsai Nut]

Last time I talked with them they would sell you individual bags sifted to under 1/4” but as I said that was at least 5 years ago. So is the 50 bag pallet sifted to the smaller fraction or is it the standard 3/8” size? Maybe we could buy a pallet and distribute it at the December show.

From Chuck Friedrich @ Stalite:

Yes we have washed CA# 9 for Bonsai, we have available in 40 lb 0.75 cuft bags, 50 bags per pallet. Wadesboro NC
$7.50 per bag = $375.00 per pallet plus freight & tax or pick it up there.

For reference, CA#9 means 3/32" - 3/16"

CA#9 sample photo. The product comes in these white landscape poly bags, not the retail plastic bags.



Note - at different locations you can also buy super sacks or dump truck loads. (No pick-up loads)

 

[Paradox]

I've never used it since I've been able to source lava, pumice and akadama without much issue.

I know lava has been harder to come by the last couple of years. If I can't get lava, I'll double up on pumice

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Atlantic landscape supply on hwy 16 used to be the local distributor of by the bag and bulk here in charlotte. Sadly, they closed, the owner retired.

The price I quoted was directly from Stalite (the manufacturer) for pickup at their Wadesboro, NC, facility that has the ability to bag and palletize product - minimum one pallet. If you want to buy bulk, you can get it from Gold Hill, NC for $70/ cubic yard plus tax plus freight... or pick up in a dump truck or trailer (no pickup trucks). Gold Hill also has the ability to fill super sacks 2300 lbs (approx 1.5 cubic yards) $208 without a pallet, $228 with a pallet plus tax.

 

[WNC Bonsai]

The price I quoted was directly from Stalite (the manufacturer) for pickup at their Wadesboro, NC, facility that has the ability to bag and palletize product - minimum one pallet. If you want to buy bulk, you can get it from Gold Hill, NC for $70/ cubic yard plus tax plus freight... or pick up in a dump truck or trailer (no pickup trucks). Gold Hill also has the ability to fill super sacks 2300 lbs (approx 1.5 cubic yards) $208 without a pallet, $228 with a pallet plus tax.

I sift the commercial bags and anything bigger than 1/4” goes in the garden. We have moles and voles that are a constant issue. And now that I am recycling my old soil I have pretty much reached steady state with respect to permatil and pumice. So all I need to do now is adjust the composted pine bark content. Does Brad at BLC stock the sifted version?