pirateb0b said:I have grown some m. Hostilis from seed and I'm planning to plant in some 25cm (10") diameter, 1.6 metre pvc pipe for root training/easy harvest. However, can anyone suggest a growing medium that does not compress and m. Hostilis thrives in? Potting mix will shrink substantially over al few years.
jamie said:do NOT harvest the main tap root..well maybe if you want a bonsai..
You can also do this instead..what I am doing is bending the tree over to promote lateral branching..this way you can get the tree to spread out indoors like a bush to maximize space and stop it from just going up..of course you need a larger pot for the roots but I dunno how much your gunna harvest anyway from a Bonsai without killing it..
As for the nook attempt, what were the pipe sizes? I plan to use 10" diameter, 6 foot high pvc. I think this would have large enough to minimisethe effect of being in acontainer.
acacian said:also, a recent thread which I'll have to have a look for again showed pics of mimosa trees on farms which had been harvested.. they showed the whole trees stripped from top to bottom.. branch, stem, trunk ... essentially everything but the rootbark. this would make sense to me as is the case with alkaloid containing acacias... though I do also remember reading analysis of other parts of the plant containing very little. the member who posted the thread seems to think that the mimosa people buy is falsely sold as rootbark, and the photographic evidence provided was intriguing