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[IBC] Blue Star Juniper Styled
Good evening all, I would just like to know what you all do to a tree that
was just shaped (no wire) and potted in a bonsai pot? I just did a nursery stock Blue Star Juniper, it is a very nice semi cascade style. Because it is one of my first bonsai (serious ones) I just wanted to shape it by cutting and pinching. I did have a very good master at the art of bonsai to help me but now I have it potted in a pot and it seems to be showing a little stress from the work. I did not ask him before he left what to do if it is showing some stress. Our weather here is getting quite hot zone 5 B.C.. Can I place it in the semi shade? Should I fertilize it at all and if so with what? I have been keeping it watered well. I don't want to loose it so I would appreciate any help that anyone could give me :-) Lynn __________________________________________________ _______________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Blue Star Juniper Styled
Good evening all, I would just like to know what you all do to
a tree that was just shaped (no wire) and potted in a bonsai pot? I just did a nursery stock Blue Star Juniper, it is a very nice semi cascade style. Because it is one of my first bonsai (serious ones) I just wanted to shape it by cutting and pinching. I did have a very good master at the art of bonsai to help me but now I have it potted in a pot and it seems to be showing a little stress from the work. I did not ask him before he left what to do if it is showing some stress. Our weather here is getting quite hot zone 5 B.C.. Can I place it in the semi shade? Should I fertilize it at all and if so with what? I have been keeping it watered well. I don't want to loose it so I would appreciate any help that anyone could give me :-) I've learned by trial and error with the few juniper that I have that you do NOT do the roots and the top in the same session (or season). I recently asked advice on a stressed juniper, and the on-list responses should be in the current archives. Your tree should be in the SHADE. Morning sun for a couple of EARLY hours is OK. Water sparingly. If you fertilize, do it lightly. The consensus of the advice I received, on- and off-list, was don't do ANYthing more to it until next year, or (preferably) the year after that. Let it grow. Don't pinch. Even leave on the new growth at the base of branches. You may need it later. Benign neglect is the watchword. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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