GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
I switched
I make a nursery mix of Coarse Silica Sand, Fine Black Compost, and Perlite for many of them. I modify it with Fine Canadian Peat for acid lovers. For Fruit, Elms, and the larger trees I skip the perlite and sand but I add a lot of Pine Bark Mulch. All plants get a drainage layer of PermaTil.
I also have been watching positioning of plants closely as well as rotating them 360 weekly for more even growth except cascade projects.
The downside is yearly inspection and loosening up of the soil mix to alleviate any compaction problems but I have time so I think it is worth it.
Edit: I forgot to add that I have been doing a Sulfur drench of the soil on a lot of the plants and it most certainly breaks the Cedar Rust Cycle over time on Fruit and appears to yield greener robust foliage on several plant types so far. I have been slowly trying it with a few a year and so far I haven't killed anything
Grimmy
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