I for one use Kiryu a lot.
New yamadori-material from the Alps go in a 100% Kiryu for a few years till
they are stable. My other repotting I do in a mixture of Akadama-Kiryu and
if necessary with addition of some split. Depending on the tree-species.
Percentages vary from 50-50 to 80-20 Akadama-Kiryu.

For me this works quite good.The only other thing I use is the Kanuma for my
azalea's.
But then again I think it is just what you are used to and feel comfortable
with.

Try and keep them small (and even more important alive)
elize.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Rutledge"
To:
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: [IBC] Kiryu


----- Original Message -----
From: "Theo"
could someone supply me some personal opinion/ experience about Kiryu?
thanks in advance
Theo
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Kiryu is not a good bonsai soil component, in my opinion. It holds too
much
moisture and there are other kinds of sand/grit that are cheaper, easily
obtained and do not keep the soil too wet.

btw, for those who asked, kiryu is a river sand from Japan. It is
supposed
to function as a grit or aggregate in bonsai soil (except that it holds
too
much water).

Kind regards,
Andy Rutledge
www.bonsai365.com/ :: living bonsai every day
zone 8, Texas


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