In a message dated 5/16/2004 11:04:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, writes:

There is control in bonsai, but nothing is static. I used to use Osmacote regularly out here in California, and my plants did well, but then there was a move to organic fertilizers like rape seed cake. I tried that because it was fasionable at the time
, but my fertilizer cakes developed maggots, something I cannot tolorate. I still get those "she just doesn't get it" looks when I refuse to go with the croud, but I have been experimenting with a variety of other organic and inoraganic fertilizers. I
now do prefer short lived fertilizers one can flush through soil rather than the long lasting ones.

Kitsune:

Cakes are more essential when used Akadama, which does not do a good job at retaining and releasing chemical fertilizers. As for the maggots, adding a capful of Sevin to a large mix of fertilizer cakes eliminates the maggot problem.

Cordially,

Michael Persiano
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