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pemphis
Posted: September 27th, 2015, 8:48 pm
by tgward
Re: pemphis
Posted: September 27th, 2015, 9:30 pm
by Truth
Seems fair enough.
I'd imagine if you had a mangrove bonsai (not that they make good material from what I know of) you would also need to use similar techniques such as seawater, or at least supplement with the required salts and consistent wetness.
Re: pemphis
Posted: September 28th, 2015, 6:59 pm
by Graeme
Years ago, my friends in Bali (Sanur Tropical Bonsai) told me they watered their pemphis with sea water for 3 or 4 month after first potting, but then they introduced more and more fresh water over the next 3 or 4 months, until eventually the pemphis was quite happy with plain tap water. I can't verify that, as the only pemphis I tried to grow died after a wrong time of year repot - long story.