maroun.c
Omono
Couple years back I had a lot of issues with soul and all I could find was pumice and clay balls in different sizes. There was a discussion about crushing the clay balls or not, and arguments were:
- Round clay ball will leave some oxygen space in between them.
- Air between clay balls might be too much.
- Crushed clay balls might make it too compact.
- Sharp edges from crushed clay balls might injure soft roots.
Fast forward 2 years were mid summer and I'm cleaning some weed that sprouted in some of the pots and many of the weed I pulled came out attached to clay balls where the roots went through the balls. All of these were crushed clay balls ( I had crushed only 20 percent of clay balls I used). If I remember correctly media that allowed roots to penetrate is well desired in bonsai soil. I will conform.in 1-2 years when I repot some of the trees to see if round clay balls allowed roots to go through as well but as I have a few trees to repot in few months do u think I should crush more of the clay balls?
- Round clay ball will leave some oxygen space in between them.
- Air between clay balls might be too much.
- Crushed clay balls might make it too compact.
- Sharp edges from crushed clay balls might injure soft roots.
Fast forward 2 years were mid summer and I'm cleaning some weed that sprouted in some of the pots and many of the weed I pulled came out attached to clay balls where the roots went through the balls. All of these were crushed clay balls ( I had crushed only 20 percent of clay balls I used). If I remember correctly media that allowed roots to penetrate is well desired in bonsai soil. I will conform.in 1-2 years when I repot some of the trees to see if round clay balls allowed roots to go through as well but as I have a few trees to repot in few months do u think I should crush more of the clay balls?