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Great show I can see when trawling the Facebook feeds. And seems like everybody enjoyed a good friendly atmosphere. As it always should be.
Be sure to keep them from freezing because it will set them back in development pretty much. But I am sure you know that 🙂
Also, Hawthorn shows signs of growth, despite being outside. Spring may arrive early but hopefully without any sudden hard frosts arriving late as we experienced before.
It will be tricky if we get a sudden cold, so safe storage on those days is recommended. Hassel is showing early blooming around the neighbourhood here. And some deciduous buds are moving. Way too early.
Hi Jacob
I stopped using organic soil for my established bonsai some time ago now as I didn’t find a positive effect adding it.
If you watch the last Live Q&A recorded we deal with it.
Shortly here: Organic soil is cheap and great for growing young material and plants fast where it isn’t an issue that roots grow long. It is actually a good thing that roots grow long and strong because it speeds up growth, and thickens branches and trunks.
Using harder soil types (like Akadama) is great for trees we want to have a dense ramification and slow and compact growth. Akadama divides the roots when they grow into the soil and split. That slows down growth, giving a dense root ball, leading to shorter branches and ramifikation.
Adding a bit of organic soil to the free draining Akadama soil in theory will hold water a bit better. But I have so far not noticed any difference, so I simply stopped doing it anymore.
A bit of moss at the surface during mid-summer to prevent humidity to evaporate too fast, and placing small trees in a shallow water basin does the trick in very hot weather.
Best regards
Morten
