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How To Make Bonsai Soil - 2008/04/02 07:06
How to make bonsai soil, you will need one cup or container depends on how much you want to make, now the soils you want to mix to make bonsai soil are Turface Clay , Organic Potting Soil, Aged Pine Bark, we are going to use parts that is where the cup or container comes in at, start with 4 parts Turface Clay, then add 2 parts Organic Potting Soil, then add 10 parts Aged Pine Bark and mix them there you have Ready to use Bonsai Soil put tree in pot add you new mixed Bonsai soil and add water, if you do not have or can not get Turface Clay, use Oil dri you can get about any where http://www.oildri.com/ if that is hard to get a hold of get cat litter, when using cat litter get cat litter that does not brake down, you can put the cat litter in a container of water for 2 or 3 days if it does not turn to mud it should be ok to use, most people use Michigan peat but i use Organic Potting Soil, because you can find it anywhere is also has soil nutrients like Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sulfur (S), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), boron ( , molybdenum (Mo), and chlorine (Cl) that plant/ trees need to live and also a lot of bacteria that trees/plants need, as for the Aged pine bark you if you can not find it you can use just pine bark try to brake it up with a hammer or blender even can use a food processor what ever makes the large pine bark smaller or it will not hold water to good to keep the soil damp, or could be to big to use in your Bonsai pot, Bonsai soil is not to hard to make and with the parts i showed you to use even hot weather you can use this soil in i will add some photos for you to see what it all looks like to make. I hope this helps out people so you do not get riped off with Bonsai soil prices.
Mike....:O)
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Very helpful indeed. Hope to get back to this when the times comes I can set up my own Bonsai "collection" 
