Bald Cypress Soil Difference

BillsBayou

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Attached is a photo of the pine bark mulch I mix 50/50 with Turface. It's not the big chunks but I don't believe it's as fine as soil conditioner.
Is there any reference chart available showing the relative water retention of the various inorganic soils?View attachment 117627 ?
I use a 1/16" window screen to sift out the fine particles. Otherwise, this looks good.

This is a good page to use as a reference for my organic source material: LINK HERE
Look at the "Soil Conditioner". That's what mine looks like before I've sifted out the fine material.
The "Pine Bark Mulch" on that page is an example of what you don't want for bonsai soil

Attached you'll see a photo of my soil after I've blended it with haydite:
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Here is a video of how I sift my soil conditioner. Please note that this is a quick and dirty video edit from poor footage. I'll be putting together an actually good looking video when I rebuild my sifting table.
Sifting Video:
 
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