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Bonsai Master, in my mind
Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Back Home in Northern California
Country: USA
Posts: 2,105
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I would suggest that your soil may not drain freely enough...
Here in the Southern Arizona desert, some of my bonsai have lived through 10 monsoon seasons in a fast draining soil...Turface and Pumice, with 5%, or less, Orchid Bark. Rain fall could be 6-10" in a week's time...although not constant for 2-1/2 months.
Generally my bonsai are not protected from rain...and nary a bonsai lost due to over watering...10 years and counting.
Pat
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BONSAI isn't about surviving in a storm, rather, how to dance in the rain.
THE ONLY WAY: Always remember, and don't ever forget, that whatever you read here is not cast in concrete... the intent of any advice is to help. In no way should you feel that I’m saying that my way is the only way…heaven forbid! I've seen far too much of the "my way or the highway" attitude in bonsai as well as in other areas of life.
Pat Patterson...Bonsai in the Greater Bay Area, Northern California
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