I'm excited to see Al posting here, as I discovered and have been reading so many old posts on other sites about soil and Al's gritty and 511 mixes. What an education, thank you!!
I want to try the 511 mix for the first time on some indoor potted ficus trees. I have a couple questions after reading the recipe above and the older discussions on other sites.
The bark: does this need to be partially composted or not? I'm having trouble finding bark with nothing else added, except for UniGrow fine orchid bark. That looks like it may be the right size but isn't partially composted.
Do I need to mix this up and wait 2 weeks before I repot my plants into it?
Thank you, I'm a newbie and appreciate the help! Also, I live in the LA area, I wouldn't think it would be so hard to find the bark component….
