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I’m delighted to be able to share these photos from Kokufu 2012 with you all here on the blog. Owen Reich has kindly offered the use of his photos taken in Japan here on the blog. Owen is currently apprenticing at Mr. Fujikawa’s … Continue reading
I’m bring this little Ivy over to the BSA show as well. Not much good on it’s own but it might just help fill out a display for someone else. Being an unusual variety it’ll hopefully add a little interest too.
I had to replace the old moss and tidy up a few leaves that were pointing the wrong way. The very nature of Ivy’s growth means that they a a little unkempt, but I rather like this little fellow.
As lifted out of the Winter quarters, weeds and all!
I removed all the old moss.
As rots had grown into the old moss I trimmed them and gave it a general tidy up before I applied the new moss.
Ready to go. The photo doesn’t do the little fellow justice, but they rarely do.
I’m taking this Maple with me to the BSA Exhibition next Friday in the off chance that it’s up to the mark for the display. I had to do a little work to get it in order. This is it to start with.
Some little dead stubs had to be cut out to keep it tidy.
Next up I gave it a good soaking in a container of water.
I then scraped off the lose mix from the soil surface to make way for the moss.
Moss at the ready I made a start with getting it applied.
I used 3 different types of moss collected from three different sites. By mixing them up as you plant it, you make a more interesting surface.
I like to add a little moss with seed heads to the back of the pot. I think it helps add depth to the overall composition.
Next step was to water in the moss and get rid of any debris from the surface, then give it another press down.
Job Done, hopefully it’ll make the cut.
Another of Jose’s videos from the Kokufu market. The quality of the trees in this one is absolutely stunning. The ramification on all the decidious trees is to die for.
I tidied up a few accents today in case I need any for next weekend. Nothing very exciting but nice in their own way.
From this
To this with a little weeding and a little moss added.
I’ll be getting on the boat to head over to the BSA Exhibition.
It’s been great to hear from folk on the forums who are making the trip up to Willowbog, quite a few by the looks of it. Looking forward to meeting some old friends [Boxy :-)] and some new ones. Quite a few that I know from the world wide web as well but have as yet never met face to face. God help them when they see my face 😀
One of the chaps posted a link to this on the European Bonsai Forum. I have never heard of it before but it’s worth a look.
The latest issue is in English. As far as the rest go, I’ll just be looking at the pictures!
Click on the photo to view all the magazines.
My go to guy for good photos is Hugh from the club. Recently converted to bonsai, Hugh has been scouring his back catalogue of photos looking for inspiration. He came across these two from a trip to America a few years back. I think he said they were taken at the Grand Canyon, I may be wrong!
I decided it was time to repot the little Cork Bark Elm I got last year. Problem was, I wanted to plant it into a pot already occupied by another one. I decided to transfer the Original Elm into a different pot and then do a proper repot on the new one. Here’s the photos.
The new Elm in a plastic pot.
Plenty of roots to sort out.
The original Elm in the pot I want.
This is it moved into a different pot.
New Elm into the Walsall Pot. Slightly more trunk line uncovered.
and side by side with a golf ball for scale.
Michael brought along a few trees on Saturday to repot and a bag of biscuits too, top bloke 🙂
This little Japanese White Pine was over due a repot and was growing in very compacted akadama. It got a new pot that was a more suitable colour than the original cream one. Original post about this tree HERE
This Cedar also got a repot.
The jin in the middle of the shari is an add on but very well done.
Last up from Michael was this Scots Pine.
A productive afternoon.
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