Over Rock Design

early summer in Brasil and my kaede over rock design from scratch is thriving. only 1 aplication of kioryoko in late spring (when repoted) and a lot of directional prunning. today i used a guidewire to reposition the leader of the trunk design and removed the gems between the top and the point where i desire the new curve.

here in Brasil we dont have akadama lava or pummice, so im using a peter adams modified soil recipie from his book

late winter

early summer

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Nice. and as for substrate, see if you can find diatomaceous earth. In any case, whatever mixture you get as long as it is free draining, water retentive and has a high CEC you’re ok. Maybe you don’t get the scaling properties attributed to Akadama but beyond that your trees will happily grow.

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