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[IBC] Black Pine & Soil
About a month ago I received three 6-8 year old Japanese Black Pines, and at the time I didn't have
my regular Ed & Randall's Premium fast draining soil so I had to put them in regular bonsai soil. It seems this regular soil stays wet for days and one of my trees is turning yellow. I'm trying to keep them a little on the dry side. My question is should I, this late in the season, get them out of the regular bonsai soil and put them in fast draining soil or should I keep them in the regular soil and try to keep them as best as I can and hope they make it until spring? Thanks for any and all help. I've also read in some places that Black Pines like it a little on the wet side and I've read they like it a little on the dry side. Any insight in that too would be appreciated. Gary R. Huff bonsai student since 2004 Virginia/Zone 7a ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Romano++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Black Pine & Soil
Gary,
First of all, you should determine if the yellowing you see isn't just normal needle shedding. Your black pines will shed their three year old needles each year. However, if all the needles on the tree are yellowing you have a problem. It does sound like you are keeping the trees too wet, and it may not be a bad idea to repot them now into a fast draining mix. Japanese Black pines do like a lot of water, but they must also have free draining soil -- they don't like to stay wet. If you repot now I would try to remove the poor soil as much as possible, but I wouldn't do any trimming on the roots unless you detect rotted roots, then you should trim back the rotten sections until you see white cores. You should probably give these trees some extra protection this winter. Regards, Roger Snipes Spokane, WA. Zone 5-ish ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Huff" To: Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 6:48 AM Subject: [IBC] Black Pine & Soil About a month ago I received three 6-8 year old Japanese Black Pines, and at the time I didn't have my regular Ed & Randall's Premium fast draining soil so I had to put them in regular bonsai soil. It seems this regular soil stays wet for days and one of my trees is turning yellow. I'm trying to keep them a little on the dry side. My question is should I, this late in the season, get them out of the regular bonsai soil and put them in fast draining soil or should I keep them in the regular soil and try to keep them as best as I can and hope they make it until spring? Thanks for any and all help. I've also read in some places that Black Pines like it a little on the wet side and I've read they like it a little on the dry side. Any insight in that too would be appreciated. Gary R. Huff bonsai student since 2004 Virginia/Zone 7a ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Romano++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Romano++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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