Help!!! Does anyone out there know anything about Bonsi......
Particularly Ficus - Green Island. We just purchased a beautiful
specimen and would like to know as much about it as possible. We have a
couple of books on Bonsai, but this particular tree is not identified in
them.
Thanks to you all.
Winona
Winona,
We have a bonsai expert, Arthur Davis, who writes a column for our
magazine who is always more than happy to answer questions. He can be
reached at 207-882-7901 or 1-800-532-3983.
Paul J. Tukey, publisher
People, Places & Plants, The Gardening Magazine From Maine
www.maine.com/ppandp
ppandp@maine.com
Thanks for the information. I will follow up on it.
Winona
Hi,
I'm just wondering...does anyone here do bonsai? I know sunflower does, and
she has been a big help, especially with the site she provided to me.
Beautiful pots, well priced.
Is there anyone else here who has dabbled in this, any suggestions for a
beginner? This was all prompted when I found a tree sitting in a dark corner
of a nursery. It had mud all over it, was tattered and torn, and I looked at
it and thought it would make a wonderful bonsai tree. They sold it to me for
$2.
I'm looking for outlets for pots, bonsai tools (reasonable priced), i've seen
them marked from $20 to $500 for a kit, can you imagine??? Pruners and
scissors. Also, I'm having trouble finding places locally that carry pots, but
I have no idea where too look either. I have found a chinese market that
carries them. I'm going there after work.
Any ideas will help!
Thanks,
alan
Barb,
That is what I will have to do at this point :) Christmas is coming up, and we
all know Man and Dad come before our self :)
alan
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Why not just use normal pruners and scissors and sometimes a fingernail
until you have some plants going well enough.... Initial training is not so
sophisticated, I think.
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> she has been a big help, especially with the site she provided to me.
> Beautiful pots, well priced.
> Is there anyone else here who has dabbled in this, any suggestions for a
> beginner? This was all prompted when I found a tree sitting in a dark
corner
> of a nursery. It had mud all over it, was tattered and torn, and I looked
at
> it and thought it would make a wonderful bonsai tree. They sold it to me
for
> $2.
> I'm looking for outlets for pots, bonsai tools (reasonable priced), i've
seen
> them marked from $20 to $500 for a kit, can you imagine??? Pruners and
> scissors. Also, I'm having trouble finding places locally that carry
pots, but
Did it for years, and in fact sold quite a few. What you just
described, is what I used to do. Look around nurserys, particularly old
country ones, for stock that had been pushed to the back, and not
re-potted for years. Once they get neglected, people don't buy them, but
many are ideal for Bonsai.
Get hold of a few books, there are heaps around. I have a very old
book written by a Jap. Still look at the pics in it. Bonsai can become
quite a bug, but is a rewarding one. Quite a big business too, I can't
help laughing when I see the outrageous prices in nurserys, for what is
just a seedling planted in a Bonsai pot.
John
Thanks Arnhild,
I beat ya to it though, I joined that list a couple of days ago ;)
alan
Arnhild Bleie wrote:
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Tempe, Arizona 85284
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Work Phone: (480) 413-3470
Home Phone: (480) 699-3977
Cell Phone: (602) 692-4037
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Alan - there is a ok bonsai list:
> Subscribe BONSAI
- with a large archive to search before you send lots of questions to list
if you want.
Arnhild
> Thanks Arnhild,
> I beat ya to it though, I joined that list a couple of days ago ;)
---> yes I am there - and there is a lot lot l o t to learn ... :)
take a trip to the website of some of those people and look at their trees
- so much beautiful tree-art!
AB
My neighbor has a chinese elm tree. I receive millions of seeds. They
are coming down now and are such a nuisence. I have to fish them out of
my pond and rake them out of the flower beds. If anyone would like some
for bonsai, let me know and we can trade for seeds or plants.
Sally
Jim,
If I were looking for a source of plants (small) for Bonsai, any suggestions
Bob in Oz
Bonsai is highly skilled and demands an understanding of the nature and
behaviour of plants much beyond that which non-bonsai growing gardeners
generally aspire to. Not that this should be a deterrent to newcomers
to the bonsai hobby. If trouble is taken to study the subject and to
start from basics and work steadily toward creating your specimens,
then it can be enormous fun and very rewarding.
http://www.gardenmessenger.blogspot.com/
Extract from today's GardenMessenger Blog
Philip
GardenMessenger
Bonsai is highly skilled and demands an understanding of the nature and
behaviour of plants much beyond that which non-bonsai growing gardeners
generally aspire to. Not that this should be a deterrent to newcomers
to the bonsai hobby. If trouble is taken to study the subject and to
start from basics and work steadily toward creating your specimens,
then it can be enormous fun and very rewarding.
http://www.gardenmessenger.blogspot.com/
Extract from today's GardenMessenger Blog
Philip
GardenMessenger
Bonsai is highly skilled and demands an understanding of the nature and
behaviour of plants much beyond that which non-bonsai growing gardeners
generally aspire to. Not that this should be a deterrent to newcomers
to the bonsai hobby. If trouble is taken to study the subject and to
start from basics and work steadily toward creating your specimens,
then it can be enormous fun and very rewarding.
http://www.gardenmessenger.blogspot.com/
Extract from today's GardenMessenger Blog
Philip
GardenMessenger
From my understanding, you want to ensure that it never dries out
completely, and is given a *lot* of light - short of full on direct
intense sunlight. Prefers cool over hot tho it can adapt to warm
summers. Additionally, and least one ligustrum does have a tendency to
lose branches when it's going into a slower growth period. I'll have to
dig in a bit deeper - my bonsai books didn't go over the l. chinensis in
much detail unfortunately... The "mold" you're seeing that's becoming
hydrophobic can be a type of soil fungus. I've had it hit one of my
ficuses before - inoculating with mycorrhizal fungus helped eliminate
it. It doesn't attack the plant directly, but makes the soil
hydrophobic, which can keep water from getting to the plant. It will
eventually consume all it needs then die off, making the soil richer.
Aside from mycorrhizal fungus inoculation - which may be too late now -
you can try poking the soil with a fork before watering, or soaking in a
pan of water for a little bit so at least some of the plant is getting
water. The dying of the branches could be related to that, even - the
supporting roots to those branches being dessicated thanks to the
hydrophobic fungus. Hard to say. A good soaking twice a week or so for
half an hour or so may be the thing, fingers crossed. I'll have to check
on that tho to make sure the ligustrum will tolerate temporary soaking...
Be well,
Mike
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Moerschell wrote:
Hi folks,
I have an indoor bonsai, ligustrum chinensis, that my brother offered me for
christmas. It first stayed at my parents place, because we couldn't fit it
in our car with 5 kids and all the stuff we had taken along. It did fairly
well there, my mother had it in a non-heated room facing westward. My
brother brought it to our place around carnival. It did get kind of dry
during our easter vacation, and lost some leaves, but regrew after that. But
all throughout summer it's been loosing leaves. It was very warm here in
July, and mostly cold and rainy in august, mixed in september. The leaves
got kind of yellow too, so I gave it some organic fertilizer and coffee
grounds. No more yellow leaves, but it still keeps loosing leaves like
crazy, some branches are completely dry, on others there are some new shots,
that look nice and green. Some mold developed on the coffee grounds, and
when I water, it sometimes is difficult to make the water seep in, it beads
up on the surface. The tree is next to a west-facing window.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks for your suggestions.
Uta Moerschell
Rue de Com?raz 13
1971 Grimisuat
Switzerland
moerschell@vtx.ch
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