A better T bag
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A better T bag
Hi,
Like several growers I was playing about with fillable Tea Bags to contain my various fertiliser concoctions but was finding a few drawbacks from the actual limitations of the bag, so we looked to find a way of improving the method and came up with these....Bonsai Bags
The story is written up here.... ]Fertilising made easy on the blog, but here are a few pictures of the bags in action.
things have been going really well, and they are not getting pinched by creatures either - partly the colour helps them blend in, and the loops are strong enough if they need to be tied on.
cheers Marcus
Like several growers I was playing about with fillable Tea Bags to contain my various fertiliser concoctions but was finding a few drawbacks from the actual limitations of the bag, so we looked to find a way of improving the method and came up with these....Bonsai Bags
The story is written up here.... ]Fertilising made easy on the blog, but here are a few pictures of the bags in action.
things have been going really well, and they are not getting pinched by creatures either - partly the colour helps them blend in, and the loops are strong enough if they need to be tied on.
cheers Marcus
marcus watts- Member
Re: A better T bag
Hello Marcus.
I red about somebody using nylon woman stockings for this.
Sunip
I red about somebody using nylon woman stockings for this.
Sunip
sunip- Member
Re: A better T bag
sunip wrote:Hello Marcus.
I red about somebody using nylon woman stockings for this.
Sunip
that must be the guys from the phillipeans - their trees are huge - do you think they use both legs? - Jun is into high heels too - there is a pattern forming here
the stocking mesh would be a good size but these are proper machined bags with drawstring cords so a bit neater and user friendly, plus they are easy to shake out the spent feed and refill to use again.
Cheers
Marcus
marcus watts- Member
Re: A better T bag
[quote="marcus watts"]
that must be the guys from the phillipeans - their trees are huge - do you think they use both legs? - Jun is into high heels too - there is a pattern forming here
Hello Marcus,
Wow, you think Jun as well??
Where would a complete stocking full of feeder mix bring those tropical trees in a few months i ask myself?
Anyway this guy is from the Netherlands.
He cuts the stockings into pieces, fills them with his own mixed feeder for a particular tree and ties it together.
You got flat cakes on the surface which are easy to remove wen necessary.
The stocking mesh is indeed good for a lot of things and cheap.
Sunip
that must be the guys from the phillipeans - their trees are huge - do you think they use both legs? - Jun is into high heels too - there is a pattern forming here
Hello Marcus,
Wow, you think Jun as well??
Where would a complete stocking full of feeder mix bring those tropical trees in a few months i ask myself?
Anyway this guy is from the Netherlands.
He cuts the stockings into pieces, fills them with his own mixed feeder for a particular tree and ties it together.
You got flat cakes on the surface which are easy to remove wen necessary.
The stocking mesh is indeed good for a lot of things and cheap.
Sunip
sunip- Member
Re: A better T bag
hi,
i used to use the cakes, and for a year made my own, but I now feel they are much too slow to start releasing feed - I think it takes quite a few weeks for the cakes to start bacterially breaking down as they are remaining as a hard solid lump due to the water is not penetrating them properly. This is wasted time when the fertiliser should be feeding the tree.
I now like using a bag as it lets you put any fertiliser or combination of fertilisers, trace elements and additives together - it lets me feed specific combinations to individual trees... if i want to acidify the soil a little the bag contents can be tailored to suit. If a leafy tree needs a little more nitrogen in with the normal feed it is easy to do, a flowering tree can be fed to suit etc. It is just a good way to be in more control of what you feed.
cheers Marcus
i used to use the cakes, and for a year made my own, but I now feel they are much too slow to start releasing feed - I think it takes quite a few weeks for the cakes to start bacterially breaking down as they are remaining as a hard solid lump due to the water is not penetrating them properly. This is wasted time when the fertiliser should be feeding the tree.
I now like using a bag as it lets you put any fertiliser or combination of fertilisers, trace elements and additives together - it lets me feed specific combinations to individual trees... if i want to acidify the soil a little the bag contents can be tailored to suit. If a leafy tree needs a little more nitrogen in with the normal feed it is easy to do, a flowering tree can be fed to suit etc. It is just a good way to be in more control of what you feed.
cheers Marcus
marcus watts- Member
Re: A better T bag
marcus watts wrote:sunip wrote:Hello Marcus.
I red about somebody using nylon woman stockings for this.
Sunip
that must be the guys from the phillipeans - their trees are huge - do you think they use both legs? - Jun is into high heels too - there is a pattern forming here
Cheers
Marcus
....Equal rights Marcus. Always fight for equal rights. ...I mean for the rights to use different techniques in bonsai.
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too true Jun - its the only way to move forward and not be 'stuck in a rut'
marcus watts- Member
Re: A better T bag
Nice work Marcus doing your due diligence on finding a reusable bag that doesn't disintegrate as well.
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