Beginner Gardening: How do you prune a schefflera (umbrella plant)?, 1 by tapla

tapla wrote:
5 parts pine bark fines
1 part sphagnum peat or compost
1 part perlite
1 tbsp dolomitic (garden) lime per gallon (4 L.) of soil

The bark should look like what you see at 3,6, and 9. The added porosity and superior drainage of bark-based soils makes a significant difference in your plants ability to grow at/to its genetic potential, and makes that easier for you to achieve while providing a much wider margin for grower error.

Al