Jim Lewis wrote:

Hey Craig,

That's interesting. I'd have to see the compost... but it
sounds like it
could fit the bill as well. Having only seen compost at
lowes/home depot I'd
not considered it for my mixes.

The compost at Lowes/Home Depot is little more than black talcum
powder. DO NOT USE IT WITH BONSAI (though it would be a good
muck component for root-over-rock). Make your own compost.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

Absolutely. The compost you're getting commercially seems to be composted manure,
many times. My compost has a certain level of fines, but a lot of it is partially
broken down wood or bark, leaf mold, bits of twigs, etc. Great stuff.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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