I noticed in Ryan’s videos that the acadama he uses is more fine the the brand I use which is what I would prefer. Where does one find a good brand of acadama? The brand I used is attached.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Where did you source your bag?
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Its not the quality, its the size.
It appears your akadama SIZE is large… or medium.
You probably want medium or small. I buy the small.
Sift it and see.
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Way more to it than that. Watch the appropriate repotting videos on Mirai. Dont let the depth of info disuade you. I didnt use akadama for the first 20 years. Got along just fine.
Good luck.
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Bonsai On!
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I agree, that does look like the large grain size. A big portion of that bag will be larger than 1/4 inch. That is great for your airation layer but as @Kurt said the next size down will have much more in the preferred particle size range of greater than 1/8in or 3mm and smaller than 1/4in or 6mm.
Good akadama is crushable between your fingers with some applied pressure and force, it shouldn’t just disintegrate without some effort.
Your bag appears to be good quality. I do not see a bunch of dust, and the bag looks like it has not settled a whole lot.