Calgary Bonsai Society

Hey Two words "Garden Retreat" it's across from chinook mall. Amazing pot selection, joshua roth tools you name it's there..

It's well worth the drive!!

Hi Eric,

Sorry for not checking this site out sooner. I have been super duper busy but with Spring coming the desire to get back to bonsai is kicking in.

Thanks for the news about Garden Retreat. I bought a bunch of extrusion and polycarbonate off of them for a grow box I built; I had no idea that they were getting into bonsai supply. Good for them. I hope they have lots of success.

Say, do you know if they sell bonsai soil mixes? Right now I use a mix of Schultz aquatic, Chicken grit number 3 and and Schultz Orchid mix. Grinding up the Schultz Orchid mix is pain. I use a coffee grinder because the cheap food processor I bought to do the job, doesn't work at all. Using the coffee grinder, while effective, is sloooooooooow going (1/3 of cup at a go). It takes about 4 hours to get enough usable material for a larger tree pot -- not having to grind this stuff up would be worth considerable amount to me.

Jeremy wrote:Hi Eric,

Sorry for not checking this site out sooner. I have been super duper busy but with Spring coming the desire to get back to bonsai is kicking in.

Thanks for the news about Garden Retreat. I bought a bunch of extrusion and polycarbonate off of them for a grow box I built; I had no idea that they were getting into bonsai supply. Good for them. I hope they have lots of success.

Say, do you know if they sell bonsai soil mixes? Right now I use a mix of Schultz aquatic, Chicken grit number 3 and and Schultz Orchid mix. Grinding up the Schultz Orchid mix is pain. I use a coffee grinder because the cheap food processor I bought to do the job, doesn't work at all. Using the coffee grinder, while effective, is sloooooooooow going (1/3 of cup at a go). It takes about 4 hours to get enough usable material for a larger tree pot -- not having to grind this stuff up would be worth considerable amount to me.

Chad that is a good question. I have to say go chat with scott stoner at garden retreat. If he doesn't have it he can hook you up.