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[IBC] collecting
Is there anything wrong with using a good quality potting mix,
maybe even one specifically made for trees and shrubs, for newly collected specimens? i'll be digging a few big guys this spring and i'm not sure if i can afford to buy enough supplies to make the necessary amounts of bonsai soil. The plants are getting ripped out if i don't dig them up so waiting longer isn't an option. thanks everybody. It's going to depend on what you mean by "good quality potting soil." That dark, powdery, vermiculite-filled stuff you buy packaged in 10- or 20-pound bags at Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart, or your typical Mom and Pop nursery is the absolute WORST thing you could plant a tree in. (It's OK for African violets, bulbs, and others of that ilk.) If you have a GOOD local nursery that mixes its OWN potting soil with gravel in it it should do for a while. You always will be better off with bonsai soil. _I_ use screened old soil for this kind of stuff (I know, people are shuddering, but I solar sterilize all of it, and have not lost anything to disease yet). If you cannot get a good potting/bonsai soil, you should plant the trees back into the ground. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Ken Rutledge++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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