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From: "Bart Thomas"
Subject: [IBC] Repotting- Newbie question
1. The famous Hardware cloth, also sold as screening, get it in the 1/8"
mesh. Probably easier to get in the quantity you want at a small hardware
store.

This is "most excellent" and all I use on my bonsai in either 1/8" or 1/4"
mesh. Comes in rolls either 2ft or 3ft wide, as long as you want. Lasts a
long time in pot.

The galvanized steel is said to inhibit root growth through the mesh.

Not sure about that Bart. Sounds like a point for 30 reply-discussion, but
in 24 years I've had NO problems with it in any way.


2. Craft shops sell a plastic mesh for use in needlework. A sheet of this
should cost less than a dollar. (This is the one I use.)

Yep, cheap, but tears and moves and puckers in or out. And the holes are
actually pretty small. This is a COMMON product to see in mass-potted
imported trees however. Pretty quick to use.


3. There is a fiberglass mesh tape used in repairing drywall. A roll will
last you for years.

Ditto on the above , but WORSE. However. This is an EXCELLENT product to
take on collecting trips where you'll be digging and popping stuff into
nursery containers in the field. You can quickly cut off pieces and stick
them over nursery can holes.

Regards,
Dale Cochoy, Wild Things Bonsai Studio, Hartville, Ohio
http://www.WildThingsBonsai.Com
Specializing in power wood carving tools.
Yakimono no Kokoro bonsai pottery of hand-built stoneware

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