Specialty Gardening: Trees in Containers - a Discussion, 1 by tapla

tapla wrote:
I start the brugs in either of the soil mixes I use. One is

5 parts pine bark fines
1-2 parts perlite
1 part peat

the other is

1 part screened pine or fir bark
1 part screened Turface or NAPA floor-dry
1 part crushed granite (grower size grit) or #2 cherrystone

The latter is what I grow all my trees & long term plantings (like houseplants) in.

You could easily start them in 100% perlite (try to stay away from vermiculite), screened Turface or NAPA floor-dry, or chopped sphagnum moss (not to be confused with sphagnum peat), or any combination of the moss and the other ingredients. The moss is a superb medium for starting cuttings as it promotes rooting AND has anti-fungal properties.

Al

Sphagnum moss: