Ive never kept mothers before and I now have about five that Ild like to keep around for the long haul.
Ive read the bonsai mother thread, and Im familiar with pruning and root pruning.
More specifically though, Im curious about the in-between maintenance.
Im using a super soil of sorts, and the moms all recently went into 1 gallon containers of it.
I have several questions that I could use some help with from the knowledge base here at IC.
1) My tap water PH is about 8. Since Im using soil I realize I dont need to worry to much about water PH, however.. for the long haul... will the water pull it up over time? My soil has lime added of course... but how often should I add more lime to the mix to keep the PH bufferred properly? (See question two).
2) Ferts. Of course the super soil will get depleted over time. Im planning on giving a tablespoon of epsoma plant tone 5-3-3 and a tablespoon of lime once a month for maintenance feed and to buffer PH. In between they'll get left over liquid nutes from the flowering ladies. Does this sound like it would be fine?
Ill prune and root prune as necessary but I never hear people talk about the interm maintenance.
Ive read the bonsai mother thread, and Im familiar with pruning and root pruning.
More specifically though, Im curious about the in-between maintenance.
Im using a super soil of sorts, and the moms all recently went into 1 gallon containers of it.
I have several questions that I could use some help with from the knowledge base here at IC.
1) My tap water PH is about 8. Since Im using soil I realize I dont need to worry to much about water PH, however.. for the long haul... will the water pull it up over time? My soil has lime added of course... but how often should I add more lime to the mix to keep the PH bufferred properly? (See question two).
2) Ferts. Of course the super soil will get depleted over time. Im planning on giving a tablespoon of epsoma plant tone 5-3-3 and a tablespoon of lime once a month for maintenance feed and to buffer PH. In between they'll get left over liquid nutes from the flowering ladies. Does this sound like it would be fine?
Ill prune and root prune as necessary but I never hear people talk about the interm maintenance.
