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Acer palmatum soil needs.

madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
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Have just bought a lovely Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum' from Morrissons for the princely sum of £3.
It is going in a pot but I don't have any ericaceous compost right now.Would John Innes No.3 be OK.I can get some in the next few days but wondered if I really need to go to that trouble!!!
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings

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  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    Morrisons (where is the edit button!)
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    The little cog on the right of your post. A dropdown menu will give you the edit options. On a phone it might be different.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited May 2018
    It will last in a large  pot/container for a few years, but then you'll have to plant it out. Men have never had efficacious compost and the ones in the ground are in clay.
    The main problem when it gets to about 3ft in a pot, is keeping it watered. Twice a day sometimes.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    B3 said:
    It will last in a large  pot/container for a few years, but then you'll have to plant it out. Men have never had efficacious compost and the ones in the ground are in clay.
    The main problem when it gets to about 3ft in a pot, is keeping it watered. Twice a day sometimes.

    As I do bonsai I know that acers and other trees can be kept in a pot can be kept in a pot for years with root pruning etc. so that is not a problem for me.(I have a 30 year old English Elm)
    It was just me wondering if I could 'get away' with using John Innes No.3.Shall pot it up later without another trip to the garden centre!!!

    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
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