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New bonsai pot – Keizan 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I recently added a new bonsai pot to my collection, a Keizan (I think) – Tokoname ware that might be 60 years old (Akio Kondo’s estimate). What do I look for when shopping for bonsai pots? The same c...
Refining a procumbens juniper 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
This past winter I bought a juniper, procumbens ‘Nana,’ that was already well established as a bonsai. I repotted it soon after taking it home and have been letting it grow freely ever since. I remove...
Thinning procumbens juniper 20 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Thinning procumbens juniper is straightforward. Remove downward-growing shoots, shoots that emerge from branch intersections and shoots that extend beyond the desired pad silhouette. Thin remaining sh...
Yaupon holly cutback 16 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
As it turns out, now’s the time for the final significant cutback and wiring ahead of BIB’s January exhibit. I shortened shoots that extended beyond the desired silhouette, thinned out dense growth ev...
Kondo critique at BIB meeting 13 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Last Tuesday, Akio Kondo visited Bay Island Bonsai’s monthly meeting and gave a mini demo and critique. He worked on two small shimpaku and offered suggestions for further developing a few member tree...
One-and-a-half-year-old pine seedlings 9 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
This past March I potted up a number of seedling cuttings made in 2012 (see Repotting 1 year-old black pine seedlings). 1 year-old black pine seedlings Just four months later, the seedlings are much...
Watching trees grow 6 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Common approach to writing about bonsai: photograph full tree, cut something, photograph less-full tree. Mixing it up for a change, here is progress after spring cutback on my Yaupon holly. I’m focus...
Flowering quince – summer work 2 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Most work on Japanese flowering quince ‘chojubai’ is done in fall or spring, but one task – beyond watering and fertilizing – requires some attention year-round. Removing flowers. Japanese flowering ...
Let summer buds grow 30 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
In general, we want two new shoots at the end each branch to develop on black and red pine bonsai. Red pine – two summer shoots Nature, however, doesn’t always provide us with what we’re looking for...
Decandling follow-up 26 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
After some debate around whether or not to decandle one of my pines, I decided to remove the strongest shoots. I did this on June 16th. Five weeks later, the new shoots are growing well. Japanese bla...
