Brazilian Rain Tree Soil

Morris

Could you share with me the soil mixture you would use for a BRT? I live in a dry climate (Utah :-(), so I imagine I would have to alter it a bit to hold more water?

Would it be ~50% aggregates (lava rock, sand pebble) and ~50% fir bark OR peat moss?

Thank you,

Justin

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Bart Thomas(deceased)

In NJ and Eastern, PA, at Chase Rosade's recommendation, we use this Hollow Creek Professional Mix (27% pine bark) for my BRT. So far, so good, in our damp climate,
see photo, below.

Note caurion on organics in soil in Live and Learn thread (Answer #76)

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Bone-sigh

My BRT lives in central florida...very humid and lots of rain. So he is planted in mostly lava rock with some pine bark and even less peat moss. for a while after I air layered him he lived in pure sphagnum moss. When he was planted in the pure moss he could withstand full florida sun...but now with the mostly lava rock soil he likes to be in shade during the hottest part of the day. I will post a picture soon

Ryan

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Bone-sigh

Here is a couple views of the same BRT

Ryan

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Pill_Man

I'm quite the newbee, but I've never seen a BRT done in cascade. Very nice!

Morris

What is air layering? I've seen this term used.

Bone-sigh

Pill man,
Thanks! yeah I've never seen one before either. That is why I decided to create one out of roughly styled pre-bonsai material. I thought it would look nice with the dainty foliage hanging over the pot and the contorted trunk and branches...nice contrast.
It has taken about 5-6 years to get it to where it is now.


Morris,
To answer the question of airlayering you could probably find it in the wiki. But, in short it is a process of stripping bark off a tree, adding some sort of wetting agent, secureing it around the stripped part of the plant, and then waiting for roots to grow. Once the roots grow into the weting agent, you can romove that portion of the plant from the mother plant.

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Bart Thomas(deceased)

Bone Sigh:

I like it enough so that I may try to copy your idea!

Congratulations!

Bone-sigh

Thank you Bart. I take that as a complement!
I'm assuming that the BRT you posted earlier on this thread is yours? Maybe some one could do a virt to see how it might work as a cascade.

I started with an informal upright tree and airlayered it to get the nebari closer to the first branch and just redeveloped all the branch structures. Good luck!

Ryan

P.S. I'd try a virt but I don't have the slightest idea how!

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