Advice going forward with a new Picea Abies (Norway Spruce)

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Add three drops of dishwashing soap to your soil drench, it will increase penetration into fine particle soil. That little soap should ot hurt the tree at all. I use it to wetten perlite for instance, because the pores in perlite are so small it's water repellent at first.

 

[Syltis]

Add three drops of dishwashing soap to your soil drench, it will increase penetration into fine particle soil. That little soap should ot hurt the tree at all. I use it to wetten perlite for instance, because the pores in perlite are so small it's water repellent at first.

Just to make sure, by 'soil drench' I assume you mean the persticide mix? That sounds great, thank you for the advice. I appreciate it.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Yes, I mean the pesticide mix. I have some rapeseed oil based pesticides that perform even better when a small amount of soap is added. It helps the stuff emulsify.

 

[Syltis]

Yes, I mean the pesticide mix. I have some rapeseed oil based pesticides that perform even better when a small amount of soap is added. It helps the stuff emulsify.

I see, that is interesting. Thank you!

 

[Izu Bonsai]

The whole process took three hours. I cannot say I'm not worried though. The bugs, all the white stuff, the extreme amount of the clay-ish soil, and the amount of roots I had to remove all makes me a bit unsure of it's survival ability. Right now I'm keeping it in the shade away from wind. I am also going to apply some weak organic fertilizer (NPK 3-0,3-1) within the first week. Then I will leave the tree until next winter. If it's in good health then, I will perform the trunk chop I mentioned previously.

Curious for an update as I'm considering a similar project!