Well . . . If Michel is using something like Akadama, which has a low cation exchange ratio, the presence of organic matter, such as cakes, works quite well.

Cordially,

Michael

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From: Jim Lewis
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Sent: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:19:55 -0400
Subject: [IBC] Cottonseed


Michel Bourgeois wrote:

I am completely desespered! I am from Canada and I cannot find anywhere
cottonseed to make cake fertilizer. Does anyone knows where I can find
someone who will ship me this to Quebec, Canada?

Or any other suggestion?

I want to grow my trees (pines, juniper...) into a non-organic soil, put
some cake on it and fertilize with fish fertilizer once a week.

All we can find here is grey pellets 13-13-13. will it make the same than
cake?

Almost any ground seed -- rapeseed, soy, etc. -- will do as well. But for the life of me I can't understand why anyone would want to go to the trouble. Cakes are NO better (or worse) than any other fertilizer. If for some reason you _must_ go all-organic, use your fish emulsion regularly, and occasionally (monthly) add something like MiracleGro that has the trace elements that fish emulsion (or cakes) does not have, and grow fine, healthy bonsai.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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