Since I am newbee at bonsai, i wonder about "open ground" growing. I want to grow my seedlings in open ground for 1 or 2 years. I want to learn more about the soil in open ground. Is usually garden (clays,stones etc,) soil? or bonsai soil (mixing some loam, moss, akadama, granit etc)?
I prepared the ground frame by wood. But really don't know what kind a soil i must to use. Can anyone help me?
In adittion, I bought "RD HOME Bonsai hand book, Harry Tomlinson). In that book there is usefull advice for each plant about using soil mixing. This is very good. But i have a problem about it. As i am a Turkish living in Japan, i am having some problems about terms. i don't know what is "sphagnum moss" and "loam"? And if i cannot find these things (because of my language problem) Can you explain me what i can use as "sphagnum moss" or "loam". Or can you show me this things photos so may be i can understand
Cheers
Murat