Was the pumice shifted and were the fines removed? I purchase from general pumice because it comes shifted with no fines and almost 100% the same size I ordered.
Yes. Their pumice at this time is very consistent between 1/4" - 3/8", rarely anything bigger or smaller. I contacted them about the possibility to make available 1/8" - 1/4" which is specific for bonsai and I guess succulent planting. They replied back, but my take is that there needs to be more requests directly to them before they actually take action. The size they sell goes out of stock often, so I don't see them catering to us unless there is more demand. Maybe we may need to get some
big guns from the East Coast involved... I know that
@William N. Valavanis is super busy right now, but maybe in the near future?
Today I decided to email Build a Soil to drop a small request... possibility of them selling 1/8" to 1/4" sized pumice. As of right now, to my knowledge and after looking at all the options posted here, they have the best price for shipped pumice. Their product is outstanding, while not...
www.bonsainut.com
The size is great for bigger trees, but not so much for shohin or smaller chuhin. For that I would buy either the smaller 1/8" or 3/16" 3 gal from General pumice, the small size pumice from Bonsai Tonight (Jonas), or Bonsai Jack pumice that is sifted to 1/4, and includes some 1/8" and very few 3/8".
I have bought from almost every supplier out there, all the ones I mentioned here are great, nut none can beat the price of Build A Soil 1 cuF bag shipped. Only way would be to live in a place that actually mine pumice, where you could get a yd for $50 or less...
2L bottle for size comparison, this bag is double the size of most 3 gal bags from competitors are close to the same price.
