Does anyone have a recipe for Fertilizer cakes? I did a search for a similar topic on here but couldn't find one (although the search can be a bit finicky, so please link the topic if one exists)

I want to start making them in large quantities to feed my ever growing collection and to give my wallet a chance to cool down (85 Euros for 5 kilos of Biogold!).

I'm also interested in teabag-fertilizer recipes if you have them.

Cheers,
Ed

www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1801
www.bonsainut.com/threads/boons-fertilizer-cake-mix.3969/
homeguides.sfgate.com/fertilizer-balls-recipe-bonsai-48473.html

Some pages that provide recipes. I don't know the pages themselves and I have never tried them.

Thanks,

Anyone know about including mycorrhizae? Is it a possibility?

I don't have any recipes but some club members use a cheaper brand of cakes.

Abrakas www.bonsaiplaza.com/nl/abrakas-mest-4-kg.html

Hanagokoro www.bonsai.de/shop/product_info2.php?products_id=9517 .

i think mycorrhizae has to be mixed into the soil

Thanks Orlando,

I'll try to look for a dealer in the UK that sells them or something similar. I know that a lot of bonsai specialists like Herons make their own brand of fertilizer which may be good.

For anyone who's interested, I've found that a 1:1 mix by volume of cotton meal and blood and bone meal can be used in tea bags. I've also read that just cotton meal or cotton meal with powdered kelp added in a 9:1 ratio are good.

Ed

www.scientificamerican.com/article/human...ffective-fertilizer/

haven't tested it myself, aught to work on trees. but then how much is to much.

Samantha wrote: www.scientificamerican.com/article/human...ffective-fertilizer/

haven't tested it myself, aught to work on trees. but then how much is to much.

I sometimes peed on my trees at night when the bathroom is occupied. Trees seem healthy and green

You keep them outside, i hope.

2 parts cottonseed meal / 1 part blood meal
John Naka - Bonsai Techniques I

How much do you need for the 9:1 cotton o seed meal kelp mixture