Bara Clay makes the difference

Bara Clay - a game changer for professional growing

Bara Clay is a unique, clean clay for horticulture, found exclusively in the southern part of Sweden. It has been used by professional growers across Europe for more than 30 years. Thanks to Bara Clay’s unique composition and beneficial properties, it is trusted by renowned growers in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, the Baltic countries, and even as far away as Canada.

Benefits of using Bara Clay in your substrate:

Ensure access to nutrients for the plant and prevent nutrient leakage into the environment
Ensure access to water for the plant and optimize irrigation timing
Grow more compact plants, even without chemical inhibitors
Improve the plant's shelf life
Ensure nutrient access for the plant and enhance resistance to plant diseases
Produce stable cultivation plugs for replanting
Approved for biological cultivation

Our products

EASIER IRRIGATION AND IMPROVED WATER RETENTION

Bara Clay-enriched substrate promotes efficient water uptake, retention and absorption by ensuring rapid and even distribution, optimizing irrigation for growers.

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MORE COMPACT PLANTS

Bara Clay enables compact plant growth without chemical regulators, reducing available water, promoting efficient uptake, and ensuring rapid rewetting in dry conditions.

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BUFFERING OF FERTILIZERS AND REDUCED LEAKAGE LEAD TO COST SAVINGS

Bara Clay buffer essential fertilizer elements. Preventing washout of fertilizer and maintain an EC balanced root environment.

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INCREASE BUFFER TO A PEAT-REDUCED OR PEAT-FREE SUBSTRATE

Bara Clay maintains water in peat-reduced or peat-free substrates and aids in increasing the fertilizer buffer capacity.

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GLUING OF PLUGS AND PRESS POTS

Bara Clay and Bara Oxywet are mixed to bind peat and other raw materials in substrates, creating stable plugs and press pots.

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RHP & FiBL CERTIFIED CLAY

Bara Clay has been RHP certified since 1998. Bara Clay is heated 75°C. It is safe, dry and easy to handle, easy to distribute in substrates.

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Selected references for Bara Clay makes the difference

Arie Bouman Nursery BV

"Addition of BARA Clay provides an improved buffering of both nutrients and water and we see, for example, clear advantages with the combination of BARA Clay with organic fertilizers. By mixing in BARA Clay, the organic fertilizers remain more available and do not leach out", explains Marco Raterink, Site Manager at Arie Bouman Nursery BV.

Nursery Bloemendaal

"Bara Clay provides and retains the plant nutrients until the end of the season. The problem of brown tips in chamaecyparis columnaris ’elwoodii’ has been solved", tells Arie Trouwborst, co-owner of Nursery Bloemendaal B.V.

Splendor Plant

"We began incorporating Bara Clay into our peat-based growing substrates. We aimed to bind and buffer nutrients in the soil, increase the CEC, and ensure even water distribution. The clay provided excellent results, and over the past 20 years, we have used approximately 1,750 tons of Bara Clay," says Nils Andersen, CEO of Splendor Plant AB.

Sluiter Ellwoodii

“I need Bara Clay for my crops. I have tried many things over the past 40 years, including different types of clay. I know the differences between the clay types. Even though the potting soil suppliers indicate that they have their own clay, I want Bara Clay. If I change potting soil supplier, I demand that Bara Clay should be used”. Jan Sluiter

Lakei Tree Nurseries

"With BARA Clay we see that the crop is more compact, and the crop is less sensitive to disease. In addition, we believe that BARA Clay has added value for our customers. With this we relieve our customers. BARA Clay retains more moisture and nutrition in the sales phase, for example at garden centers." Hans van de Laak, owner of Lakei Tree Nurseries

Nursery van den Berg B.V.

"I use Bara Clay for all my products and for many reasons. The water is retained better, and the pots dry out less quickly. The experience I have built up with moisture sensors show that the moisture content in the pot remains higher when using BARA Clay. This gives a smooth course of water management." Tom van den Berg, owner of Nursery van den Berg BV.