Bonsai is chock full of convenient contradictions. This guy says this because he studies with this master so what I say is gospel, and this guy reads this guy's blog and what he says is gospel, and this guy watches this guys podcast, and since he studied in Japan, what he says is gospel.
That is so much bullshit. Everything we do in bonsai is simple and if one stops and reasons and applies some common sense to whatever we do in bonsai, THE way will soon present itself. And...it will be simple.
What I do is what I do. Don't do what I do. It works for me but might not for you.
I have been on forums for over twenty years so I have history and documentation on lots of forums. In fact if you go over to BSG, the last time I posted there my avatar shows me holding a 25 pound bag of Gro Power organic fertilizer. I swore by that stuff. It is good and should be used by those that swear by organics. It works.
What I noticed over the years that by using organic fertilizer and inorganic soil was that is seemed stupid to spend so much money on akadama and the rest of the inorganic components only to clog the soil up with messy, goupy, black organic fertilizer. If you want good stuff it will be messy, goupy and black.
I was tired of the mess, tired of adding more fertilizer, tired of the bugs under the fertilizer, tired of the animals and birds picking at the fertilizer, and tired of seeing the terrible mess at repotting time in the bottom of the pot with sludge there from a season of fertilizer, and that's only on the ones that need yearly repotting, Sorry, Grouper and Walter, I treat my plants with more respect.
Get a siphon injector and mix five gallons of cold water soluble fertilizer each week, (takes about five minutes) and fertilize each time you water, good fertilizer coverage and no mess. No smell, no bugs and no animals or birds. No clogged soil, and its very easy. You can fertilize year round if you want. There is no way to over fertilize if mixed correctly. Add liquid humus, I do, or vitamins or any other liquid supplements. easy peasy.
Good luck with whatever you do.....
Just remember that the nurse will inject your shot in your IV, not tape the poppy to your arm???? Think about that for a minute!!