Billy: Have you tried Roots 2? I've found it helps establish root
growth in bonsai which had been perennially poor at this,
irregardless of soil mix. In fact, I'm looking for a new source,
since I think my old source is no longer in business.
Alan Walker
http://bonsai-bci.com http://LCBSBonsai.org


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From: Billy M. Rhodes
I am repotting some recently purchased, collected buttonwoods.
I am always disappointed to see how few roots these plants have.
I have one that has been repotted by me to a 12 inch bulb pan
using Metro Mix 500 and I don't think the roots have spread since
I transplanted it a year or more ago. It is still alive and
putting out new growth, just no roots to speak of. Any other
tropical would have filled the pot with roots by now.
My normal fertilizer is Osmocote 14-14-14.
Another buttonwood I just repotted this afternoon was growing in
what looked like a mixture of Florida peat and bark. It had been
purchased from a vendor in South Florida. It had a few more
roots, but not many. I know it is over a year since it was
collected.
I have tried bonsai soil of 1/3 Turface, 1/3 gravel and 1/3
composted pine
bark. Those plants are dead.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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