Soil Amendment and Conditioner

PUMICE IS WIDELY USED to improve the growability of soils—combating compaction and runoff, improving friability and aeration, and holding moisture and nutrients in the root zone. The porous, foamy nature of pumice also makes for an ideal environment for beneficial microbes to thrive.

Why SoilRox?

SoilRox™ works within the soil on two levels. The first is as a structural conditioner, physically amending poor soils—like heavy clay—to be less dense by holding the soil particles apart, creating elemental tilth and friability. This improvement in the distribution of the micro and macro spaces in the soil enhances root zone breathability and drainage.

The second benefit comes from the foamy, sponge-like nature of the pumice stones themselves: the stones—including the tiny fines—are riven with nooks and crannies and pockets that hold moisture and nutrients in the root zone and available to the root systems over a longer period of time.

Though lightweight, SoilRox is somewhat heavier than expanded perlite and vermiculite, and so does not tend to work its way to the surface over time and float or blow away. The irregular, grippy edges of the pumice stone also work to bind it into the soil matrix.