what's your recipe?

PatArizona

I use...all trees...

Equal parts of (Profile or Turface or OilDri), and Pumice...and, on rare occasions, a dab of Orchid Mix (bark).

Been working for me for several years...

Pat

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Ralph

50% lava

20% haydite

15% akadama

15% sifted landscaper's mix

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jbhayman

Maple growing beds

15% Sheep poopoo
15% Chicken poopoo
20% Mushroom Compost
30% small scoria
20% crushed granite/screenings - very small

You will need to lower the pH once all mixed as the mushroom compost has a high pH.

Grows on plants like a dream !!

rzeles

My standard soil mix is:

1/3 Grani Grit (Growers)
1/3 Turface MVP
1/3 Pine Bark

Will add a bit more grit and perhaps perlite for the conifers.

Nice thing, I can get them all from Agway. One trip and I am done.

Ron

Fred-4-U

Decidious:


4 parts Akadama
1 part Kiryu or Bims ( Eifel lava)
1 part Japanese split
1 part peat

For conifers : 1 part split extra

mike108

1 part perlite
1 part refined pine bark
and
1 very small part compost material;for organic propeties
mike

PatArizona

In my earlier post I neglected to mention I DO NOT sift.

Pat

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BONSAI isn't about surviving in a storm, rather, how to dance in the rain.
THE ONLY WAY: Always remember, and don't ever forget, that whatever you read here is not cast in concrete... the intent of any advice is to help. In no way should you feel that I’m saying that my way is the only way…heaven forbid! I've seen far too much of the "my way or the highway" attitude in bonsai as well as in other areas of life.

Joanie

mame:
1/2 "Japanese shohin soil"*
1/2 Aussie Gold fine**

shohin:
100% "Japanese shohin soil"

larger trees, deciduous:
1/3 Akadama unsifted
1/3 scoria (black or dark red brown lava rock) sifted
1/3 perlite or pumice, sifted

*bought a bag of this and love it! It seems to be very uniform particles of equal parts akadama and Japanese red pumice. Needs no sifting, use it right out of the bag. Particles slightly larger than kitty litter.

**this is used for planting orchids, and is coir fiber, diatomite, charcoal, and perlite. The fine size has very little perlite. No peat, but acts like peat to keep the roots of mame happy.

I prefer to use Akadama for good trees, having found a lot of difference in the way the maples and azaleas survive the dry summers in akadama. It retains enough moisture to keep them happy, and the roots can grow right through the individual particles. The scoria and perlite make a scaffolding of sorts that keeps the akadama from compacting.

Joanie

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Fred-4-U

What is japanese shohin soil ?