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It's hard to see from the very first picture, but was the twist in the trunk already present, or did you wire it?

I have a Chantry Scott's Pine that is in a similar situation and was wondering how to tackle it (I might start that as a separate topic though).

Nice work btw.

leatherback wrote: bims = dutch/german for pumice

thanks

Cronic wrote:
for my trees, placed under a clear cover to control watering but get enough sunlight i use

for conifers: a mixture of akadama and bims about (50/50) (and sometimes some organic)

for deciduous trees i mostly use pure akadama depending on the species.. some also get about 20% bims..

this very free-draining soil allows me to water and fertilise in a controlled way..

Interesting... Would you help me out some more here? The thing is sometimes 名媛直播 enthusiasts report that after a couple of years Akadama begins to disintegrate resulting in a clumped substrate that drains poorly and has practically 0 oxygen exchange. Have you experienced such issues? I?m asking because I?m tempted to start a pilot test using Akadama in, perhaps, a couple of my trees... I just don?t seem to finally make up my mind. Akadama is expensive and I don?t want to keep killing trees.

Thanks in advance,

Alain

[quote="alainleon1983" post=19530The thing is sometimes 名媛直播 enthusiasts report that after a couple of years Akadama begins to disintegrate resulting in a clumped substrate that drains poorly and has practically 0 oxygen exchange.[/quote]

This has been my experience. Do note that my trees are outside in the weather pretty much yearround. So my pines and junipers are very wwet in winter, and are exposed to numerous frost-thawing cycles each winter, which is what I think causes the quick deterioration.

leatherback wrote: This has been my experience. Do note that my trees are outside in the weather pretty much yearround. So my pines and junipers are very wwet in winter, and are exposed to numerous frost-thawing cycles each winter, which is what I think causes the quick deterioration.

Good, good to know... I believe that where you are residing supposes then a very humid weather? Being mine a rather hot and dry weather would you expect the same phenomena would replicate?

Thanks LB for your input,

Alain

Akadama does disintegrate, but according to Colin Lewis this is not a problem:

"Some growers complain that Akadama readily breaks down into much smaller particles and therefor impedes drainage, but they are not watching closely enough. Certainly it does break down, but this only means that the pore spaces become smaller, not that they disappear altogether. Since Akadama is not a clay, but a kind of cohesive sandy structure, it still drains efficiently after several years in use just as sand would"



Acoording to Lewis:
"Akadama is without any doubt the absolute best growing medium for Japanese maples and many other broadleaved species, and is arguably one of the best ingredients to incorporate in smaller proportions for moist other species."

I'm not convinced Akadama is suitable for evergreens. My juniper hasn't been doing well in (partly) Akadama. I'm pretty sure that's caused by a combination of fallen apart Akadama combined with organic fertilizer, clogging up the soil.

I don't have that problem yet since i repot my project trees at least every few years.. Shohin needs to repotted sooner that bigger size bonsai..

was wondering which kind of pot to use for this tree..

was thinking about a brown rectangular pot.. not too heavy..

any suggestions?