A complete newbie living in the UK
A year ago this weekend my daughter was given an 8 year old bonsai as
her 18th birthday present by a girlfriend. Not that I have any idea how the girl decided on a bonsai to celebrate such a long friendship which lasted almost 10 years (our girlfriend died of cancer on Christmas Day 2002). I'm very keen to give this tree my best care - alas green fingered I am not. Her parents admit to not being gardeners so asking them questions won't produce many answers. I can't tell you what sort of tree it is (its almost dark as I write: I'll look tomorrow). I know its now 9 years old. It has small leaves, some of them are a bit yellow right now. I put it - in its original pot - into a 'plastic' looking terracotta rectangular planter as soon as the weather warmed up a bit last spring. It stands (under) a plastic shelter in the winter, and when its a bit milder as from now it'll move a few feet out from the plastic roof covering part of a pergola to the open part of the pergola. It has parsley for company in the planter. It has some shelter from a wall at its back but will have sun most of the day from now on in a west facing garden. I understand (sort of) about training the plant: I would leave that to the daughter anyway, and I understand about the tools needed. Last year it was fed on liquid feed as used elsewhere on veg and flowers. Does it need a special feed of its own? How does one know when to re-pot it - or does one do this each year? Is there anyone from the UK on this list? (I tried the link mentioned to a UK site further up the message list: it failed to activate today - duh). Should there be anyone from the UK he I live to the west of London - but too far really to go to meetings by public transport. So any advice on local branches, specialist nurseries, etc. would be appreciated. If not, I'll work on what the rest of you give me and see where I can go. TIA, Mrs. Chris McMillan -- Chris McMillan reply to: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike.mcmillan/ |
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