I have a gardenia about to bloom for the third time. I bought it just because they were my mom's favorite. It's in a regular flower pot and regular potting soil. I'll have to bring it in for the winter I imagine, do you think it would be beneficial to repot into kanuma or maybe add some to it's current soil? Not trying to hijack your thread @Shaolo sorry.Gardenia like a mildly acidic soil, much like azalea and citrus. Read up on potting media for azalea if you want. Try kanuma if you can get it.
Thanks, but my gardenia is just an homage to my mom. Not really using it for bonsai, just want to keep it alive over the winter.Did you mean then it won’t be a good home for mites?
it’s beenpretty hot and dry here lately. 90-100. I’ve been watering every other day. I have been watering inter water comes out the bottom then I stop. I have two trees. One looks great and the other is 80% dead.
As said above, I sprayed with avid and hope to have the mites under control. If anyone has additional suggestions I’m open to the feedback.
Carol, I’ve done a lot of research on soil in the last few days. The makeup of your soil will depend on where you live. I would google bonsai soil. There’s a lot of good info in the first 3-5 hits.
I found this to be informative:
https://kusamurabonsai.org/Newsletters/2017/March/Soil.pdf
Good to know that gardenia doesn’t need winter dormancy. Our winter is mild so maybe that’s why I don’t notice much difference in appearance in winter.I put mine in my shop near the window. The shop is probably 45-55 degrees all winter. The window is very large, but tinted. Only needed to water them every 3-4 days and they looked great all winter.
Thanks, but my gardenia is just an homage to my mom. Not really using it for bonsai, just want to keep it alive over the winter.
I have a gardenia about to bloom for the third time. I bought it just because they were my mom's favorite. It's in a regular flower pot and regular potting soil. I'll have to bring it in for the winter I imagine, do you think it would be beneficial to repot into kanuma or maybe add some to it's current soil? Not trying to hijack your thread @Shaolo sorry.