Tinyroots Red Lava Gravel - Bonsai Tree Top Dressing + Great for Succulent and Cactus Design - Ph Balanced with No Chemical Treatment

After much searching, I came across this product and it was exactly what I wanted. I am happy with my purchase.

Use this as a top dressing for lithops and other succulents and it works great for that purpose. Love that i don’t need to worry about picking it all off the top when repotting since a little mixed in with my soil is beneficial for drainage and airflow.I do wish the particle sizes and color (ranges from dark black, to light black, with bits of red/brown)were a bit more uniform, and there’s quite a lot of dust, however this is to be expected and a very minor annoyance and one I’ll happily accept for a natural top dressing- definitely beats polished rocks any day!

I think this saved a few of my plants. Small bag and I believe it's aluminum and plastic; I'd transfer it to glass since it's probably absorbent which the plants then absorb and may emit, according to some articles. In any case aesthetically, it's aesthetically beautiful especially with contrasting colored plants like pink or white. It helped with keeping plants warm but not making the soil heavy. What I'm unclear about is of it should go on top or bottom of terrariums. Opinions are contrary. On top of regular plants they looked gorgeous and seemed to make most plants happy. I think the Pothos may not have reacted to it but that could be due to other factors.

These are even smaller than I expected, and I knew they were going to be pretty small. I used them as a top decoration, as well as to weigh down the soil for some bonzai jades that I'm working on, and it looks great. I do wish they were bigger though.

This works great. I have several bonsai where the sellers had not put any cover over the soil and the soil would pack down and the water roll off. I used a fork to gently loosen the soil and then placed the lava rock over the soil, just as I have on plants purchased from BonsaiBoy. Packed it down gently and watered. No more water running off😄. I did 4 medium to small plants and haven't even used 1/4 of the bag. Bag is resealable. Great product.

I bought this mainly to use as the bonsai gravel in my 12" x 9" humidity tray. This bag contains enough to fill my humidity tray and I still have about 1/2 bag left. I plan to use some more as a top dressing.+ Holds Moisture+ Looks Great+ Different Size Pieces+ Price/Value+ Resealable Bag- No Cons_Bottom Line_ Yes, I would recommend this to a friend for a humidity tray, top dressing, or both. It looks good, comes with a decent size bag, and holds moisture well.

The rock is of great quality for the price, I just thought the individual rocks would be larger than they were. The rocks are small enough you can kind of 'sprinkle' them around instead of placing them individually. This may be what many people need and the photo is not misleading, I just didn't research it close enough.

Bought this to use underneath a plant I purchased on a trip to Maui. It's a large lava rock with a hole having a small tree growing out of it. They recommended using lava rocks underneath to provide humidity and fits in with the theme. I only needed to use part of the bag and will save the rest for another project.