I hear you about the cold part, it was cold as heck here in Pennsylvania as
well. I lost very few trees (in training) and I use a 1/3 turface, 1/3
medium pine bark, 1/3 turkey gravel which is about 1/8". This has worked
well for me over the years.

hth
Robert
"Quental, Antonio" wrote in message
hemdc.net...
I have a question on bonsai soil. I understand the concepts of the soil
you would use in a "bonsai pot", good drainage etc. I buy my bonsai
soil pre-made, it's cheap when you're only using it in small bonsai
pots.

What do you use on your pre-bonsai? Large containers, 5 gallons or
more. Five gallons of pre-mixed bonsai soil is expensive. I was using
potting soil, but I lost a lot of trees this winter. We had a VERY cold
winter in Connecticut. A lot of other things other than the potting
soil may have contributed to the death of my plants in training. What I
started using this spring, after the harsh winter is a 50/50 mix of
turface mvp and pine bark mulch, do you think that's fine for LARGE
training pots?

Antonio Quental


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