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Old 28-Dec-2006   #5
Vance Wood
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Originally Posted by bonsaial1
Out here in California, bentonite is used in a slurry form and sprayed on the walls of bare dirt to form ponds. When the stuff dries it is fairly waterproof and keeps the water from sinking into the soil. I can only imagine how this would perform in a bonsai pot in which we try to encourage free draining.

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That sounds like a no to me. It also suggestes that possibly the product has a good deal of lime in it, which could be a big deal for most bonsai, and not in a good way.
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