I have been taking bonsai classes

16 years ago

and the instructor tells us to put Miracle Grow on the bonsai. I have been using organic fertilizers and asked him about the content of Miracle Gro and I read the container. I can't tell however it does not say organic.

What are your thoughts.

Penny

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User
16 years ago
Bonsai are such an un-natural plant anyway that I think you should do what the instructor says.
sandhill_farms
16 years ago
Miracle Grow is anything BUT organic.

Greg
Nevada
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tapla (mid-Michigan, USDA z5b-6a)
16 years ago
"Bonsai are such an unnatural plant"?? They're the same plants you find in the landscape.

He told you to use/suggested MG because his concern is efficacy rather than ideology. It's very easy to use (practically idiot-proof - with no reference to you or anyone else), and soluble fertilizers are an excellent choice for plants in containers. I use soluble fertilizers in the 3:1:2 RATIO for almost everything I grow in containers, and the number of container plantings I tend, many of them bonsai in various stages of development, is rather large @ 300+.

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Al
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
16 years ago
What he said :-) There is no advantage to using organic fertilizers with bonsai plants or any other containerized planting and a good number of reasons why organic products are NOT advised. Like Al, I use MG or similar water soluble ferts on all my containerized plantings (many but not as many as he has!) including several bonsai plants - have for many years - and with consistent success.