Very interesting and also different from things that I have heard in the past. (As seems to always be the case with bonsai.)
The Elm is potted in a mixture of Miracle Grow potting soil and bonsai soil in a big pot. The juniper is in a 12" wide 5" deep bulb pot in miracle grow mixed with some bark.
Why is Superthrive overkill?
Why do you not like Old Gold Junipers? Is it the color you dont have a taste for?
Yes, I had planned on fertilizing aggressively for growing them out. I was planning on doing it at less than suggested strength but with every watering, and as I said switching from the fish goo to the Peters. Oh, and I forgot to mention adding more of this Garden-tone stuff to the soil every month or so. I had read that it is better to alternate fertilizers to give different trace elements and nutrients from the variety.
At first I had planned on just using the garden-tone and the fish emulsion and then switching to a no-nitrogen organic in the end of the summer. Then I decided to use the Peters as well to give it some extra ooomph.
Since I dont have two of the same tree, I cant really set up a controlled experiment, so that is why I was asking here.
I know you spoke about the phosphate which I have in the mix I put in the soil, but moving forward, do you think it is bad to start with the fish emulsion already?
I know it is a lot of questions and I thank you again for your answers.