|
bonsaiTALK ArchMaster
Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: Roseville Michigan
Country: USA
Posts: 2,372
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by mastajason
it is planted in a combination of oil dry, lava rock and a small amount of pine bark.
The guy i bought the plant from (he travels up to my area from Dallas every summer) was just in town and told me to put potting soil in the bottom 1/2 of the pot, so i have recently done that (contrary to what most pple would say on this forum im sure). but i bought the plant from him last summer and he has some VERY nice looking junipers and elms, so im sure he knows what he is talking about....
any other suggestions?
i am going out of town for the weekend, so we will see how this guy is doing when i get back...
|
That may be true, but he lives in Dallas and you live in Michigan; Dallas, hot, dry, Michigan not so hot (no pun intended), not so dry. Oil dry; not the best possible material for calcined clay, it tends to break down too fast. You could have a sever drainage problem, and I emphasize "could have" a drainage problem.
__________________
The only finished bonsai is a dead one; me 1992 MABA Des Moines Iowa
|