On 3 Feb 2005 at 23:29, KevinH wrote:

Hello - My employer is landscaping and I had the good fortune to collect a
40 year old bougainvillea, about 9 inches diameter at the base and some 16
inches tall. It's potted in a large plastic container, the roots soaked in
a solution of Rootone and Superthrive. I'm keeping my fingers crossed as
this will be my first collected bonsai. My question is about what to do to
avoid hollowed stems from drying or rot where the chops where made (there
are two chops about 12 inches from base). Is there some special treatment
for the exposed part of the trunk that will preserve the trees shape? I
live in Miami, FL.
TIA,

Yes. Some kind of cut sealant is warranted there. The easiest
to use in Elmer's woodworker's glue.

For the "next" time you have this kind of opportunity, Rootone
or other rooting hormones used on ROOTS themselves actually
inhibits rooting. It is designed to promote rooting in STEM
tissue.

Bougies are hearty growers and root easily from cuttings,
though, so it SHOULD overcome this.

Give it a balanced fertilizer; all this you read about not
fertilizing after transplant is hooie. Just follow label
directions for normal fertilization.

Sit it out in the sun. Won't hurt at this time of year -- even
in Miami. Do not overwater. Bougies like dry feet.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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