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Author Message   Bonsaifan  Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 04:22 pm EST :    Time is a wonderful and terrible thing. It's good that you have it. I wonder if there is somewhere to buy that. JKSympson Bonsaifan - Indiana, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 05:31 pm EST :    Jesse,you asked about some book recommendations,well anything by Peter Chan is worth reading,of particular note is his Bonsai masterclass,an excellent guide! I also have his excellent 'Create Your Own Bonsai with Everyday Garden Plants'. another on my shelf is Bonsai by Dan Barton. Had it for years and it still inspires. Also any book by Harry Tomlinson is worth hunting down. Treelover - County Durham, Zone "8/9"   Bonsaifan  Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 05:47 pm EST :    That one you said about Peter Changes Master Class book. Thats the one I have. It really is pretty good. I'll have to look into his other book. JKSympson Bonsaifan - Indiana, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 06:19 pm EST :    yea I got mine from Ebay a couple of years ago, its a really good book,really shows you what can be done.(There's a bit where he chops and then digs up a seemingly too big tree and makes a Bonsai out of it) The man is a supreme Bonsai artist. Treelover - County Durham, Zone "8/9"   Bonsaifan  Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 06:35 pm EST :    Yea he really gets into it. He knows what he's doing for sure. JKSympson Bonsaifan - Indiana, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 07:00 pm EST :    well Jesse,we really got a good thread going,i don't think hue ever posted so much before on one topic! And you seem serious about Bonsai,which is good to see. A lot just want instant results and ignore any advice they don't like the sound of. You'll have to post pics of your first starter tree,I'll be sorting mine out next month or April,depending on the weather or the species (best to not repot or begin work on them until the buds break) Treelover - County Durham, Zone "8/9"   Bonsaifan  Posted on Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 07:17 pm EST :    I'm just so glad to have people to ask questions of and get correct answers. I am a patient person when it comes to stuff like bonsai. And good news I went into my woods this after noon (scoping out potential bonsai) and found like 25 different trees in both my woods and my surrounding neighbors. So I'm excited about seeing their leaves next year and finding an elm. There were to perfect looking ones that I would really like to use. Just hoping to find out what they are. Bonsaifan - Indiana, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 08:41 am EST :    Any Larches in your area? These are realy nice for bonsai because they are deciduous (great autumn colour)and really tough. Also you can strike cuttings of them quite easily(yet to try it myself but ya never know!)which is a bit hit and miss with most conifers(impossible with pines) Treelover - County Durham, Zone "8/9"   Bonsaifan  Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 01:10 pm EST :    Not sure about larches. I'll have to check into that. I'm just excited for it to warm up so I can look at leaves and the nurserys will start opening. One greenhouse on the outskirts of town has opened so I'm getting excited. ;) Bonsaifan - Indiana, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 02:18 pm EST :    Whats the climate like in Indiana compared to say California? Lots of palms or do you get frosts in winter like us? Treelover - County Durham, Zone "8/9"   Bonsaifan  Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 02:55 pm EST :    Oh it can be wicked cold. We had a blizzard in 87 that the snow was like 6 feet high. Yeah we get plenty of frosts. Like right now it's 3 o'clock and it's 19 out and it gets to 2 at night. The other fantastic thing about this state is that it can be 80 monday and by Saturday be 35. Like living in the mountains. California is a pretty weird state. They say you can go to the beach and drive a little ways and go skiing. Bonsaifan - Indiana, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 03:12 pm EST :    Crikey, 19 is like -7 in english money, and 2 F thats -16! Wow The coldest its got here was -12 which is 10.4 F Can still grow certain palms in those temps too, which is amazing! Treelover - County Durham, Zone "8/9"   Greth  Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 04:01 pm EST :    Saw a photo taken in California, of Death Valley taken from the top of the mountains. It was looking at salt pans, with snow laden branches in the foreground... Bet there's not too many places in the world you could take that kind of photo! Greth - South Australia, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 04:04 pm EST :    Expensive place California! My ex was from there! Treelover - County Durham,UK, Zone "8/9"   Greth  Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 04:05 pm EST :    Oh, and Jesse, you can buy time, but it is expensive - we are struggling hard to pay the bills because I can't find good part time work anywhere near, and with a toddler childcare is an issue too! The small amount of money I make selling herbs at markets often turns into our emergency grocery money. Hopefully when our Jessie goes to school I can build up the nursery to a more profitable concern, and work from home. Greth - South Australia, Zone "?"   Bonsaifan  Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 09:45 pm EST :    Well I do wish you a lot of luck on that. And I'm glad that you actually put your children in front of money and work. There are sadly not enough people who would do that. I hope you do good. ;) Death Valley is amazing. The funny thing is there has only been like 1 person die in it. The tale is some guy and his friend were there and the friend died. When he was rescued they said he said, 'good bye death valley.' Which is probably all folk tales. Califonia can be a very expensive place depending on where you live. It can also be terrifing because the have a horible crime rate. And the other down side is you have to walk around with bumper stickers that say 'My Man Arnold'. (In Indiana our governor is Mitch Daniels. So we get bumper stickers that said My Man Mitch.) It can also get in the 90's during the summer. Get me a ticket to England any day. Just as long as I don't have to watch Harry Potter. Bonsaifan - Indiana, Zone "?"   Bonsaifan  Posted on Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 09:53 pm EST :    Would you explain air layering a little more? Like times of year and stuff like that? Bonsaifan - Indiana, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 04:16 am EST :    basically you remove a ring of bark,or sometimes an incomplete ring. you need to make sure all the bark is gone down to the green live layer. then you dust it with rooting powder and apply a wad of wet moss or peat like compost and wrap the whole lot in a bag. you need to make sure it doesn't dry out by dribbling water inside the bag now and then. Treelover - County Durham,UK, Zone "8/9"   Bonsaifan  Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:44 am EST :    Okay that's virtually what Peter Chang said. And that's supposed to make the tree look older by like gnarling it slightly right? Bonsaifan - Indiana, Zone "?"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:53 am EST :    Well no, air layering doesnt age a tree, all its energy is concentrated on rooting so theres no actual growth. You're just able to pick a branch that already looks gnarly to start with. Heres a pic of how my Forsythia started. about a month later it could be potted up(Forsythias root incredibly easy!) Treelover - County Durham,UK, Zone "8/9"

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