One thing is in your favor - you've got enthusiasm. Now about the stuff you
bought. The soil is an ordinary potting mix: good for annuals and other
herbacious plants, but not good for bonsai. Why? Because it holds too much
water and has insufficient drainage. You need soil with large particulates
which will let the water drain away from the roots quickly.
As for the pots or trays, I see no holes in the bottom for drainage. You
could drill some holes, but they would still not do the trick when planting
seeds. They could be used much later, after the seeds have germinated and
developed good root systems.
Do yourself favor and start with mature nursery stock. Growing from seed is
fine, but takes forever to become a bonsai.
Your $8.50 purchase was cheap indeed, but one gets what one pays for. Good
luck!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tekmanx"
To:
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 7:31 PM
Subject: [IBC] Bonsai Newbie
Update! I went to walmart today, no I didn't buy a bonsai plant from
walmart, put away that flame torch..heh. Ok I went to the plant
section.. bought a few shallow pots, some rooting hormone product and
potting soil. I got a bit carried away and didn't read the section in
the book or get any advice from you guys yet about the "propper"
rooting hormone/potting soil if there is a such thing. What can I say,
I got excited...the good news is, I'm going to read it now! And I got
pics for you guys to see what I got so I can get some insite. Talk
about an inexpensive hobby, I got all this stuff for under $10! I think
it was like $8.50.
http://tekmanx.serveftp.com/~tekmanx/plant-stuff/
Also, I noticed some people send me emails direct and I see some
follow-ups there but not here on the groups page. Is it suppose to be
this way? I would prefer to see the reply to my post up here on the
groups page.
Tekmanx
-Zone 25
(Florida/Bahamas)
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