PumicePlus

Benefits of Suståne PumicePlus

• Reduces soil compaction and loosens heavy soils, increasing aeration and drainage. This allows oxygen to enter the root system and carbon dioxide respirated by the roots to exit. The exchange of gases in the root zone is critical to having healthy and vibrant plants. 

• Contains millions of micropores that allow it to store water, nutrients, and microbiology and releases them slowly back into the soil. This creates a water and nutrient bank that will prevent runoff and save valuable resources for when they are needed most. 

• Supplies humic acid: Humates increase nutrient uptake, drought tolerance, promote beneficial microbial activity, and buffer soils.

• Contains an optimal balance of primary, secondary, and micro-nutrients needed for optimal plant growth.

• PumicePlus is pH Neutral and improves buffering against changes in soil pH. 

• Increases the soil’s cation exchange capacity and improves soil structure, porosity, and stability leading to greater root development.

• Safe for plants, people, and the environment. As a naturally occurring, and easily accessible material, pumice has a 1300% smaller carbon footprint than other mined soil media. No water, no heating, and no chemicals.

Why Pumice Stone?

Pumice (right) is the cornerstone component of PumicePlus and provides many advantages: 

It is highly porous and holds both water and air— critical to well-conditioned, aerated soils. 

Pumice has a naturally lightweight structure which provides an excellent platform for microbial colonization. This creates an ideal balance between drainability, moisture retention and gas exchange in the root zone. 

Pumice has a rough surface texture which provides the benefit of creating stable installations that might otherwise be prone to compacting, contracting, shifting or swelling - keeping landscapes true to form.

Always Safe for Plants, People, and the Environment

• Pumice has a 1300% smaller carbon footprint than other mined soil media.
• Manufactured by Suståne in the USA at an EPA permitted facility.
• Pathogen and weed-free, no blood or bone products. Allowed for export to over 60 countries worldwide.
• Aerobic composting eliminates animal and rodent attraction to the application site.
• Contains naturally occurring beneficial bacteria and fungi that are necessary to begin the nutrient life cycle in poor soil.
• Suståne is fully composted eliminating the need for sterilization, permitting a healthy environment for beneficial microbial populations.