Workshop Notes (May 2024)
- Posted By: Michele
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- Category: Bonsai, Others, Suggestions & Tips, Timely Tips
This month we are having two workshop meetings, with our special one in the main hall on the first Tuesday and the normal workshop on the third Tuesday night in the activities room. May continues to be a good time […]
Dead Wood Work
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- Category: Beginners Guide, Bonsai, Helpful Hint, Others, Suggestions & Tips, Timely Tips
Water Gum (Tristaniopsis laurina) is a great choice for bonsai, particularly in the Sydney area where it is commonly used as a street tree and thrives with little or no attention. Shiny, attractive foliage with bronze tips in spring, easily […]
Repotting an Old Trident Maple
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Bought at the Illawarra show last May, the basic plan for this old trident maple (1991) was to deal with the congestion at the apex, remove the highest root on the right-hand side and change the angle when repotting. The […]
Spraying Trees With Diluted Lime Sulphur by Andrew Edge
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- Category: Bonsai, Suggestions & Tips, Timely Tips
Being the first month of winter means it’s the first of three ‘bench sprays’ with diluted lime sulphur over the next three months. I like to do any spraying on the first weekend of the month. That way I remember […]
Bonsai By The Harbour: Michele T
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- Category: Bonsai, Exhibitions / Shows, Timely Tips
It was a real treat for me to attend Bonsai by the Harbour this June, not only because it was the first time I’d ever been able to attend this event, but also because our previously wet and cold winter […]
Workshop Notes: Michele T
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October is still a good time to repot many evergreens, such as olives, pyracantha and buxus. Chinese elms can be repotted almost any time of the year, so now is also a good time for working on them. The other […]
Gogo Juice by Lee Wright
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- Category: Bonsai, General, Timely Tips
I went to Bunnings to get some Seamungus to give my bonsai a shot in the arm but the only size they had was more than I could use, more than I could carry. Forget that. So I turned to […]
A TIMELY REMINDER: MONDO MONSTER
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Working on a neglected maple forest last week reminded me of Lee Wright’s warning about mondo grass in a previous newsletter. The under-plantings in this setting were totally overgrown and needed radical thinning or removal. Military grass, violets, miniature ivy […]
SEASONAL PINE WORK
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- Category: Bonsai, Suggestions & Tips, Timely Tips
If you haven’t already, now is the time to prepare your pine trees for their spring growth. Maintenance now sets the tree up more even candle development in spring through balancing the energy of the tree by directing the energy […]
