One way of cutting down the whitness of the lime
sulfur is to mix black in the concoction, india ink,
black water color, maybe even soot. This will give a
more natural look. I have been known to use a tinted
white paint instead of lime sulfur. Watercolor runs,
but acrylic paints stay on. You can even mix in a bit
of silver paint.
kitsune Miko
PS in California we put the LS on dry trees on a hot
summer's day, thnking that the wood will absorb more
if really dry. The wetting oaf the dead wood has
never made sense to me.
--- Jim Lewis wrote:
On 19 Oct 2004 at 13:43, Mark Hill wrote:
Hi all;
A few months ago I took a class at Jim Doyle's and
started a nice JP Nana
that looks great with a few jin where the lower
branches used to be.
Last weekend I dropped by Jims and bought a bottle
of Lime Sulfur. When I
brought it home I realized that I have no idea how
to treat jin before
applying the LS.
Should I be wire brushing them ?
One thing I've learned .... don't apply it in the
house !!
Any good tips ?
Whatever "finishing" needs doing to the jin --
smoothing, wire
brushing, final carving, or whatever -- should be
done before
you apply the lime sulfur.
I've been told that it helps to spray the jin
lightly with a
spritzer bottle of water directly before brushing
the LS on;
I've done it with and without and have seen
absolutely no
difference -- except that the LS tended to run
sooner when the
jin was damp and I spent more time wiping it away
from live
tissue. (I have, BTW, NEVER seen LS damage live
bark. It may
well damage roots if it is really slopped onto the
soil, but I
don't think you need to be a cleanliness fanatic --
unless
that's just how you are. ;-)
A week or so after the final application you can go
over the
entire jin lightly with a wire (or stiff bristle)
brush. That
helps to get rid of the AWFUL, artificial "painted"
look that so
many LS'ed branches have.
And remember, lime sulfuring, as many other things,
can be (and
often is) overdone. It sometimes is one of those
"traditional"
things to do that you do because everyone else with
a juniper
has done it.
And its "preservative" value is miniscule.
Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL -
Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the
landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care
and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.
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