peh3
Yamadori
To put it short: I repotted my small ~12cm chinese elm into rather fine 100% pine bark, did I do bad?
I had to repot my chinese elm spontaneously because I noticed that the soil started to grow mold. (No need to lecture me on overwatering, I got deceived by a dry surface. It was never repot before and the soil was totally clogged up.)
As I didn't have anything but some leftover orchid-soil laying around, which is basically just pine bark, I just used that.
So I broke down the pine bark to be smaller with my fingers, put some rough pieces at the bottom of the pot and it seemed to hold quite well after putting some dust at the baste of my small tree. (Big mistake, I already know...)
This happend about a week ago, the tree seems to do okay but I am wondering wether or not I did a good thing. When I look up bonsai soil, it seems like people always mix pine bark with other types of soil.
However I keep seeing people using 100% pumice or akadama or whatever else.
I don't know if I should worry or maybe even repot again, hope someone could give me their opinion on this. Thanks for any answer.
I had to repot my chinese elm spontaneously because I noticed that the soil started to grow mold. (No need to lecture me on overwatering, I got deceived by a dry surface. It was never repot before and the soil was totally clogged up.)
As I didn't have anything but some leftover orchid-soil laying around, which is basically just pine bark, I just used that.
So I broke down the pine bark to be smaller with my fingers, put some rough pieces at the bottom of the pot and it seemed to hold quite well after putting some dust at the baste of my small tree. (Big mistake, I already know...)
This happend about a week ago, the tree seems to do okay but I am wondering wether or not I did a good thing. When I look up bonsai soil, it seems like people always mix pine bark with other types of soil.
However I keep seeing people using 100% pumice or akadama or whatever else.
I don't know if I should worry or maybe even repot again, hope someone could give me their opinion on this. Thanks for any answer.