[IBC] Soil Mix for Cuttings
Does it matter what soil mix to use for cuttings? I read that pourous
potting medium, like shultz perlite, or multi purpose soil conditioner...and some say clay soil. What are your thoughts and suggestions? Tony Busko Redondo Beach Zone 10 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Soil Mix for Cuttings
Tony:
I use coarse builder's sand. Have had pretty good results. The problem is that I still haven't learned to just throw away cuttings!!! :-( Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7 http://bmee.net/rosner http://www.jamesbaird.com/cgi-bin/Ja...d=00000068 48 Tony Busko wrote: Does it matter what soil mix to use for cuttings? I read that pourous potting medium, like shultz perlite, or multi purpose soil conditioner...and some say clay soil. What are your thoughts and suggestions? Tony Busko Redondo Beach Zone 10 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Soil Mix for Cuttings
At 02:30 PM 4/27/03 -0700, Tony Busko wrote:
Does it matter what soil mix to use for cuttings? I read that pourous potting medium, like shultz perlite, or multi purpose soil conditioner...and some say clay soil. What are your thoughts and suggestions? Tony It depends, in part, upon your cutting growing arrangement and the species with which you are working. If you are using a low tech cloche type of environment, any good bonsai soil mix should be fine. I would avoid clay in the mix, and not use native soil if you are doing this in containers. In general it is best to use clean or disinfected media such as sand, perlite, bark, etc. Planting in the earth may be used for hardwood cuttings. Brent in Northern California Evergreen Gardenworks USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 14 http://www.EvergreenGardenworks.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 05:25 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter