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Substrate for Kokedama Europea with Sakura Terra

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Description

Introducing our exclusive European Kokedama Blend, a unique blend of Sakura Terra, Blonde Peat and Perlite, designed so you can create your own kokedama at home. Although the process of making a kokedama can be challenging, the result is a living work of art and a unique decorative element for your home or office.

Main Features:

  • Sakura Terra: Our crushed expanded clay, an eco-friendly substitute for akadama, provides excellent water retention and pore structure.
  • Blonde Peat: Used in place of sphagnum peat moss, it improves moisture retention and provides an airy base.
  • Perlite: Added to optimize aeration and drainage, essential for the health of the plant's roots.

How to Make your Kokedama:

  1. Preparation: Mix the European Kokedama Mix with water until you obtain a moldable consistency. It should be moist but not soggy.

  2. Ball Forming: Take an appropriate amount of the mixture and form a compact ball with your hands. This step requires patience and finesse to ensure the mixture does not crumble.

  3. Planting: Make a hole in the ball and carefully place the roots of your chosen plant inside. Then close the ball around the roots.

  4. Moss Cover: Wrap the ball with live moss, securing it with thread or rope firmly but carefully.

Tips and Warnings:

  • Patience and Practice: Making a kokedama requires patience and practice. Don't be discouraged if your first kokedama isn't perfect.
  • Get to work: Get ready to get your hands dirty. Creating a kokedama is a manual process and can be a bit messy.
  • After Care: Once made, soak your kokedama in water when the moss feels dry to the touch and place it in a location with indirect light.

How much stone do I need?

How much stone do I need for the floor?

For boulders and gravel:
• ±80kg per m², based on a 5cm layer. *For grain sizes >32mm a thicker layer is necessary. • Consumption per bag: 1000kg = 0.625m³.
• Covering capacity: ±12.5m² with a layer of 5 cm.

For pine bark:
• ±70L per m², based on a 5cm layer.
• Consumption per bag: 1000L = ±1m³ = ±600kg
• Covering capacity: ±14m² with a layer of 5 cm.

For volcanic, slate and chamotte:
• ±50kg per m², based on a 5cm layer.
• Consumption per bag: 1000kg = ±1m³
• Covering capacity: ±20m² with a layer of 5 cm

How much stone do I need to fill a gabion?

Density of ±1,650kg per 1m³.

The calculation is very easy to understand with an example, if you have a 100x50x30 cm gabion. you have to do the following accounts:
1x0.5x0.3= 0.15m³
0.15x1.650= 247.50kg. of stone.
*It is always good to calculate an extra 5%, since when the gabions are filled they widen a little and there is always a little more stone included than in the theoretical calculations.

Clarifications

ATTENTION!

Granulometries are sieve sizes

The actual sizes may vary slightly, since when we talk about a 60-80mm stone, for example, it means that the stones pass through a 80x80mm square mesh. and they do not pass through a 60x60mm one.
A 100mm stone can pass through that 80x80 mesh. long and 65mm. wide so there may be a percentage of stones greater than 80 and less than 60mm.

stone breaking

On the other hand, in stones larger than 60mm. There is a percentage of up to 10% of stones that can break during classification, washing, loading and unloading. Today we do not have machinery that prevents these breakages.

In the photos you can see, you only see real products, no broken parts have been removed.

Dust and sand in products

This product is not washed, so it contains dust, sand and even traces of other products due to processing and transportation. This is not a problem when using it; The stone will wash itself over time or you can pour water on it before using it.