thanks for reading, if this sucker survives i'll post updates here. i plan on overwintering in my parents 3 season porch where it will be protected from the worst of the brutal wind/cold that is a zone 3/4 winter. hopefully anyone reading can learn from my mistakes. anyone with more experience or wisdom to add or anyone who just wants to tell me what a Bad Man i am for my miserable crimes against bonsai, nature, and the world in general please feel free to chime in
Love the tips on mistakes you made! This is how we learn preferably from others making these mistakes!
I’ve learned the “snug” and “firm” thing is definitely not what I would call snug. More like just make sure it’s in contact.
Long fibered has been discussed before but I didn’t find out before I started experimenting either!
Reciprocating saws or pruning saws work so much better than circular saws for this!
Measure twice, cut once!
Measure twice, buy once, or buy in bulk! Never have too much soil on hand! As a side note I haven’t heard anyone mention it but I save my fines and add sifted composts, potting soils, nursery mixes etc to it to extend my soils and add amendments to it and it seems to make for an amazing blend. Are you or anyone else doing something similar or am I the inly
Build sifters! I haven’t done mine yet but I’m going to search
@markyscott posts to find his design because so far he always posts the best tutorials and lots of people have referenced them. I know I saw them once but can’t find them again of course. Lol. Also going to rip of
@BillsBayou design for motorizing and try to combine. If they aren’t good combined maybe I’ll do something different. I know I want one step multi grade sifting though 100% a long table that has various screens along it, or stacked I’m going for single step to grade out multiple sizes.
Ok by mill did you mean sift? Because going back to keep adding comments I noticed you said mill and I was like wait a sec. are you talking about rubbing it through a sifter to cut it up? Because I’d use a chef’s knife or the blender/food processor method to do it if that’s the case! Or make a chopper of some sort. Personally I just hand shred mine when I use it in soils setting aside long bits until I have handful then shred or chop them. or maybe I’m misunderstanding entirely. Lol.
Just because you asked you’re a Bad Man for your crimes against nature, bonsai and the world in general!