Thread: How do you feed your trees?
View Single Post
Old 16-Apr-2005   #10
jguyett
bonsaiTALK Craftsman
jguyett's a bonsaiTALK supporter! Click Here to find out how you can be one too!
 
Join Date: Mar-2005
Location: Knox County
Country: USA
Posts: 90
Re Meal Cakes
Quote:
Originally Posted by ripssurf
ive used rapeseed cake in the past in varying amounts depending on the tree. before that i was using inorganic food. i made the switch because i wanted something more "natural" to use to feed my plants.

in my opinion, and of course it may not be true, but i perceived that certain plants (cherry and 5-needle pine especially) responded better to the rapeseed cake while others (satsuki, winter flowering jasmine) responded better to inorganics. i dont know why. i have no scientific evidence to back this up though other than observation.

jeff

Your water is probably hard. Try a tablespoon of gypsum in the Satsuki and other trops, then liquid iron to acidify the soil, then your rapeseed cakes will work very well.


jg
jguyett is offline   Reply With Quote