You can go to Turface on line, get the phone number,
and find a local distributor. What I got was MVP used
for golf course greens at $8.20 50# bag.

Kitsune Miko
--- Craig Cowing wrote:
"Peter K." wrote:

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.

--
Peter Kulibert zone 4a/5b


Peter:
If you can find a Turface distributor (or some
retailers too) you can get Turface
for about $11 a bag, which is 50 lbs. For my big
guys I have in wooden boxes I
use the cedar mulch you can find at any Home
Desperate or Lowe's. The red stuff is
ugly but you can find it without any color added. I
use this and cut it with
Turface and grit, about 50/50. No problems so far
after three years. Remember
that if you have something on the big side (I'm
talking 5" or more trunks, trees
that will eventually be 2-3 ft tall) they're going
to be in those boxes for several
years--you won't be repotting every year. The cedar
mulch will provide plenty of
organic material.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37


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