Anyone using Turface or something similar?

FlipTX · March 29, 2007

This is my first year using Turface in containers. I think it's clay that's been fired at very high temperatures. It's supposed to fight compaction, help with aeration, while holding its weight in water, all that good stuff. Last year I had problems with compaction due to overhead watering twice a day in hot weather. So I thought Turface might help reduce the need to water as much, or at least help keep the soil from compacting if I still had to water as frequently.

It's too early in the season to tell if it'll make a big difference, so I was wondering if anyone else has been using it, successfully or otherwise. I use about 3-4 cups of the granules per 5 gallon container and twice that in my 10 galon containers. It's not cheap, but I figure I'll compost the rootballs this summer and end up re-using the granules in the in-ground garden next spring.

March 29, 2007	#1
FlipTX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 271	Anyone using Turface or something similar? This is my first year using Turface in containers. I think it's clay that's been fired at very high temperatures. It's supposed to fight compaction, help with aeration, while holding its weight in water, all that good stuff. Last year I had problems with compaction due to overhead watering twice a day in hot weather. So I thought Turface might help reduce the need to water as much, or at least help keep the soil from compacting if I still had to water as frequently. It's too early in the season to tell if it'll make a big difference, so I was wondering if anyone else has been using it, successfully or otherwise. I use about 3-4 cups of the granules per 5 gallon container and twice that in my 10 galon containers. It's not cheap, but I figure I'll compost the rootballs this summer and end up re-using the granules in the in-ground garden next spring.