florida_bonsai
Yamadori
My intention with this thread is not to start a fight over whose soil is better I'm just attempting to gain some knowledge so I can prepare an adequate mix for my own trees.
For a while now, I've been thinking about making my own soil so I wouldn't have to buy premixed any more. I have a bag of turface that I've been using as a base underneath my soil to elevate the trees in the pot and enable them to drain better. From what I've read, it seems like adding lava rock and some sort of bark to turface is the best way to go. For my area, what would be an appropriate mix ratio for those 3 components? Am I missing anything that should be added to that mix? Am I totally off base with this idea and should I revamp the components of my soil mix?
My trees include a shimpaku and several other junipers, a Chinese elm, several tigerbark ficus and multiple brazilian raintrees.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
For a while now, I've been thinking about making my own soil so I wouldn't have to buy premixed any more. I have a bag of turface that I've been using as a base underneath my soil to elevate the trees in the pot and enable them to drain better. From what I've read, it seems like adding lava rock and some sort of bark to turface is the best way to go. For my area, what would be an appropriate mix ratio for those 3 components? Am I missing anything that should be added to that mix? Am I totally off base with this idea and should I revamp the components of my soil mix?
My trees include a shimpaku and several other junipers, a Chinese elm, several tigerbark ficus and multiple brazilian raintrees.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.