Any potting soil is too much IMO. I am unsure if I interpret this correctly but you may not be clear on what we refer to as 'organics'.sailfins wrote:I repotted the trees.You were right about the organics.Way Too much potting soil.I am uploading a bunch of pictures.I will show you what I did.
IE: The bark in your pot is an organic component of your soil, The Pearlite is inorganic.
For bonsai 'soil' purposes consider anything that was once living as organic {IE: Bark}, While things that were never alive are inorganic {IE: Lava rock, Haydite, Akadama, Grit, etc..}
I just wanted to clarify that.
Can you possibly resize that picture that is MASSIVE and causing the need to horizontally scroll please.
I am glad you dumped out what was in there, It does look like a soupy messOk here we go.After thinking it over I decided to repot.I used alot more potting soil and peat than I should have and never screened and sifted it corectly.This is what I dumped out.
and you can see what happens wrt drainage and the drainage holes.ynot
No need for that