On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:28:59 +0000, john west wrote:

We want to put some bamboo plants and also some Conifers in large
buckets (holes drilled for drainage).

Would wood chip (or anything else) be useful to add to the bottom of the
buckets to provide future nutrition when it has rotted down?

I tend to mix some farmyard manure, Growmore, chicken manure in with the
potting compost for future feeding.
Alternatively a layer of this could be added to the bottom of the pot.
This is not particularly a recommendation because sometimes it works
better than others.
However it does provide some extra nutrients.

Careful with the holes in the bottom of the pot with bamboo.
Roots can get out through the holes and some bamboo are very invasive.

Cheers



DaveR



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