Hi Ben,

I really like rotted oak leaf as an organic soil component to bonsai soil.

- It is ridiculously cheap and easy to prepare.

- Of the common organic components used in bonsai soil it is by far the
slowest to break down, thus a longer lasting component.

- Oak leaf mold acidifies the mixture (@ 4 parts Terragreen/Turface, 1 part
oak leaf) to about 6.20-6.25. I can further acidify the soil if required by
the particular subject easily, using an acidifier like aluminum sulfate,
Miracid, or Hollytone fertilizer.


David J. Bockman, Fairfax, VA (USDA Hardiness Zone 7)
Bunabayashi Bonsai On The World Wide Web: http://www.bunabayashi.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Internet Bonsai Club ]On Behalf
Of Ben Griffin
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 2:38 PM
To:
Subject: [IBC] Soil Products


Do any of you have experience using Oak Leaf Mold in
your soil mix. If so do you recomend it or is their a
better organic to replace this. Also have any of you
ever experimented with hemlock bark rather then pine
bark, if so is there any advantage using it over pine
bark. Finally I have seen allot of conflicting info
on whether or not spagnum peat moss is good to use in
soil or dangerous in soil "which is it???".

Thanks
Ben

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