MiguelMC
Yamadori
Hello everyone
Hope all of you had a nice Christmas and had quite a lot fun at the new years celebration
I'm in need for some advise for some pre bonsai soil. Since the repoting season is about to start where I live I have some tree's that will be needing to go on some training pots.
Since some o these can be quite large Akadama seems to be an expensive solution so I was wondering what a good substitute would be.
First I thought about nursery soil but I don't like that soil, IMO doesn't allow for good root development, holds too much water making it difficult for air to circulate in the roots.
What I have available at the moment is:
Perlite (maybe lack water retention and its quite light)
Lava rock (maybe the best choice, since its heavier but lack a bit of water retention as well)
Pine bark (holds a lot of water, maybe too much)
What I was thinking was maybe a mix of pine bark with either perlite or lava rock, but I'm not sure about the ratios and which might be better as an option.
any thought?
Hope all of you had a nice Christmas and had quite a lot fun at the new years celebration
I'm in need for some advise for some pre bonsai soil. Since the repoting season is about to start where I live I have some tree's that will be needing to go on some training pots.
Since some o these can be quite large Akadama seems to be an expensive solution so I was wondering what a good substitute would be.
First I thought about nursery soil but I don't like that soil, IMO doesn't allow for good root development, holds too much water making it difficult for air to circulate in the roots.
What I have available at the moment is:
Perlite (maybe lack water retention and its quite light)
Lava rock (maybe the best choice, since its heavier but lack a bit of water retention as well)
Pine bark (holds a lot of water, maybe too much)
What I was thinking was maybe a mix of pine bark with either perlite or lava rock, but I'm not sure about the ratios and which might be better as an option.
any thought?