(And it's "worse" if you're slogging home through a swamp after a
day of digging trees out of 2-feet of water. Isn't it, Gary?)

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden


Hello to All,
Yes Jim,

I guess some swamps are simpler than others.Those
mangrove stilts are murder and one is never sure if
the prize is going to live.

Or you could hang on the edge of the island on the
Atlantic side,3 feet above 60 foot deep water,casually
collecting buttonwoods or oxys.

Ahh, the joys of Bonsai from seed,but then you wouldn't
have great memories to share,would you ?

A question Jim or anyone.

Do sharp ingredients in the soil mix [ crushed sifted
brick or crushed sifted silica gravel or other ] really
give one more root branching and better branching above
soil ?
[Because the root tips move around the sharp particles.]

I read this years ago and never questioned it.

Reason for asking I just lost a Grewia Caffra,because I
stupidly forgot to change the soil mix the plant came it
[high clay crap] and just potted on into a 2 gallon pot.
Was a 8 x 8 x 8 " pot originally.

Result after 3 years and much growth.I cut away half of
the root and didn't realise all the feeders were in my mix
not the original soil.The plant slowly dried.

Starting over,but wondering if a mix with sharp ingredients
would really make a difference ?
[ Starting over with a 1/3 of a 55 gallon plastic barrel,I have
3 years to make up for.Bah Humbug.]
Thanks for any responses.
Khaimraj
[West Indies/Caribbean,
Sempre Spring zone.]

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