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[IBC] Epsom salts
Hi all,
A couple of weeks ago I posted some pictures of a bouganvillea wich was undergoing some chlorosis. Jim suggested to use epsom salts to correct this. Epsom salts are used only to correct chlorosis or can be used also to prevent it? Can it be mixed with Miracle-Gro? And if it can be used with the fertilizer, how often should it be used? Jim suggested to use it just twice during summer. Thanks in advance for your help. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
At 12:03 PM 10/16/03 -0600, Samuel wrote:
Hi all, A couple of weeks ago I posted some pictures of a bouganvillea wich was undergoing some chlorosis. Jim suggested to use epsom salts to correct this. Epsom salts are used only to correct chlorosis or can be used also to prevent it? Can it be mixed with Miracle-Gro? And if it can be used with the fertilizer, how often should it be used? Jim suggested to use it just twice during summer. Samuel Epsom salts will help with chlorosis if it is caused by a magnesium deficiency. Ordinarily, a good soluble with minor and trace elements will contain enough Mg for most plants. Additional Mg also has the interesting effect of making foliage more glaucous (bluish). I wouldn't add it with fertilizer, but rather as a separate treatment. Adding anything to a fertilizer solution can cause unwanted precipitation, mostly of phosphorus salts. Brent in Northern California Evergreen Gardenworks USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 14 http://www.EvergreenGardenworks.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
Hi Samuel.
I've been mulling over a question from Roger Seamon on public bonsai collection maintenance for over a day... but your message I can respond to more readily. You ask re' Epsom salt, ... use only to correct chlorosis (or can it also prevent it)? Can it be mixed with Miracle-Gro? If your chlorosis is chronic, I think you need trace elements of magnesium and iron which Mir-Acid (same company) has but Miracle-Gro might lack. Too much salt can't be good, but the magnesium in Epsom salts allows a tree to use the iron which is available to it. Steve Pilacek once recommended to my club that a bonsai with chlorosis receive water at a rate of 1 Tablespoon of Epsom salt for a 2 gallon container once a week for four weeks. Then, he recommended offering iron to cure chlorosis after the last Epsom salt treatment. His presentation was on black pines, but his recipe did wonders for a 3" diameter juniper that was rapidly yellowing. Lots of folks rotate fertilizer using Miracle-Gro & Mir-Acid along with others to assure feeding trace elements. Best wishes, Chris... C. Cochrane, , Richmond VA ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
First of all, want to thank XChris, Brent and Ray for their kind suggestions.
The bougi I was talking about can be found at http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ag...ast=1065336845 Jean-Christophe catalogued this chlorosis as a serious one, and Pipo suggested that Jim's suggestion could work since the chlorosis appeared on mature leaves. Ray wrote: For what it's worth, my coast live oak (quercus agrifolia) became chlorotic a few months ago. Three treatments of half-strength Schultz Iron Green (1/2 teaspoon per gallon) spaced at two week intervals cured the problem. It's 15-0-0 liquid fertilizer with 4% sulfur and 6% water soluble iron. That may be a little too much nitrogen for this late in the year. If you use it on your boug, let me know how it responds. I have a boug sitting right next to my CLO. It's doing OK so far, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. When I first noticed some chlorosis I used Liquid Miracle Gro with chelated iron (8-7-6) but it did not work. Guess the problem was not lack of iron but of magnesium. Brent wrote: Epsom salts will help with chlorosis if it is caused by a magnesium deficiency. From Jim's and Pipo's posts to the gallery, this seems to be the problem. Ordinarily, a good soluble with minor and trace elements will contain enough Mg for most plants. Normally I use Miracle Gro. Guess I will use also Miracid as suggested below, but first I will try to correct the problem. Additional Mg also has the interesting effect of making foliage more glaucous (bluish). Is this good for bougies? Adding anything to a fertilizer solution can cause unwanted precipitation, mostly of phosphorus salts. Sorry for this question but.. is this precipitation poisonous to the tree? Chris wrote: If your chlorosis is chronic, I have little experience with chlorosis, but According to Jean-Christophe this is a serious one. I think you need trace elements of magnesium and iron which Mir-Acid (same company) has but Miracle-Gro might lack. Too much salt can't be good, but the magnesium in Epsom salts allows a tree to use the iron which is available to it. Steve Pilacek once recommended to my club that a bonsai with chlorosis receive water at a rate of 1 Tablespoon of Epsom salt for a 2 gallon container once a week for four weeks. Then, he recommended offering iron to cure chlorosis after the last Epsom salt treatment. His presentation was on black pines, but his recipe did wonders for a 3" diameter juniper that was rapidly yellowing. Lots of folks rotate fertilizer using Miracle-Gro & Mir-Acid along with others to assure feeding trace elements. Great!! Thanks for such valuable information. I will try it. Best wishes ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
Speaking of fertilizers and trace elements and the like, (i realize
they're all different), what are some thoughts about Superthrive? I've heard some outrageous claims, should i believe the hype? thanks, Justin ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
I have been using SuperThrive in all of my non-flowering houseplants this summer. My plants grew twice the leave they had before SuperThrive and they look so healthy, including my 10 foot ficus tree is fuller than it ever has been with very little leaf dr
op. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
Superthrive contains about 0.1% vitamin B-1 (you can smell the stuff when you
open the bottle and the odor lingers on your skin if you're messy like I am), and about 0.05% 1-napthayl acetic acid (NAA), a root hormone (synthetic auxin), plus, I suppose, other secret ingredients. NAA is also found in Dip 'n Grow liquid rooting concentrate (0.5%) and in Rootone (0.2%). Dip'n Grow also contains 1% indole-3 butyric acid (IBA), another rooting hormone. I use the Dip 'n Grow carefully on my cuttings because the stuff is really concentrated. I limit my use of Superthrive to stressed plants. As an experiment, last Labor Day weekend I ruthlessly hard pruned and root pruned a pyracantha (completely removed the foliage and berries), a xylosma, a euryops and a cotoneaster and repotted them in 5" x 7"x 3.5" deep mica bonsai pots. The potting medium is (1) Turface MVP, (1) Oil-Dri, (1) Supersoil potting mix, and (1) redwood compost, all sieved +12/-4. I used full strength Superthrive on these victims once per week. So far the pyracantha is backbudding nicely, the euryops has a bunch of it's daisy-like blooms going, and the other two plants look normal for this time of year. So, is it the Superthrive? Who knows. Later Ray Schmitt, Aliso Viejo, CA Cold Hardiness Zone 10b AHS Heat Zone 4 Sunset Climate Zone 22 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Diaz" To: Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:49 PM Subject: [IBC] Epsom salts Speaking of fertilizers and trace elements and the like, (i realize they're all different), what are some thoughts about Superthrive? I've heard some outrageous claims, should i believe the hype? thanks, Justin ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
HI I use it since 15 years regularly and all seems ok
I read also negative comments .. but how can we judge at home as all plants and soils are different I use it as an extra garantee.. it does not harm anyway and my pines maples azaleas and orchids ar well .. Theo rschmitt23 wrote: Superthrive contains about 0.1% vitamin B-1 (you can smell the stuff when you open the bottle and the odor lingers on your skin if you're messy like I am), and about 0.05% 1-napthayl acetic acid (NAA), a root hormone (synthetic auxin), plus, I suppose, other secret ingredients. NAA is also found in Dip 'n Grow liquid rooting concentrate (0.5%) and in Rootone (0.2%). Dip'n Grow also contains 1% indole-3 butyric acid (IBA), another rooting hormone. I use the Dip 'n Grow carefully on my cuttings because the stuff is really concentrated. I limit my use of Superthrive to stressed plants. As an experiment, last Labor Day weekend I ruthlessly hard pruned and root pruned a pyracantha (completely removed the foliage and berries), a xylosma, a euryops and a cotoneaster and repotted them in 5" x 7"x 3.5" deep mica bonsai pots. The potting medium is (1) Turface MVP, (1) Oil-Dri, (1) Supersoil potting mix, and (1) redwood compost, all sieved +12/-4. I used full strength Superthrive on these victims once per week. So far the pyracantha is backbudding nicely, the euryops has a bunch of it's daisy-like blooms going, and the other two plants look normal for this time of year. So, is it the Superthrive? Who knows. Later Ray Schmitt, Aliso Viejo, CA Cold Hardiness Zone 10b AHS Heat Zone 4 Sunset Climate Zone 22 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Diaz" To: Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:49 PM Subject: [IBC] Epsom salts Speaking of fertilizers and trace elements and the like, (i realize they're all different), what are some thoughts about Superthrive? I've heard some outrageous claims, should i believe the hype? thanks, Justin ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
For what it's worth, I live about 300 yards away from Epsom Well, which is
where the first batch of Epsom salts came from!! (But the gov. built a housing estate on top of it so it doesn't exist any more!- Just a small dummy well!) Regards Nick Rôbin 07747 635301 .................................................. ........................... .................................................. . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Gomez" To: Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:53 PM Subject: [IBC] Epsom salts First of all, want to thank XChris, Brent and Ray for their kind suggestions. The bougi I was talking about can be found at http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ag...ast=1065336845 Jean-Christophe catalogued this chlorosis as a serious one, and Pipo suggested that Jim's suggestion could work since the chlorosis appeared on mature leaves. Ray wrote: For what it's worth, my coast live oak (quercus agrifolia) became chlorotic a few months ago. Three treatments of half-strength Schultz Iron Green (1/2 teaspoon per gallon) spaced at two week intervals cured the problem. It's 15-0-0 liquid fertilizer with 4% sulfur and 6% water soluble iron. That may be a little too much nitrogen for this late in the year. If you use it on your boug, let me know how it responds. I have a boug sitting right next to my CLO. It's doing OK so far, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. When I first noticed some chlorosis I used Liquid Miracle Gro with chelated iron (8-7-6) but it did not work. Guess the problem was not lack of iron but of magnesium. Brent wrote: Epsom salts will help with chlorosis if it is caused by a magnesium deficiency. From Jim's and Pipo's posts to the gallery, this seems to be the problem. Ordinarily, a good soluble with minor and trace elements will contain enough Mg for most plants. Normally I use Miracle Gro. Guess I will use also Miracid as suggested below, but first I will try to correct the problem. Additional Mg also has the interesting effect of making foliage more glaucous (bluish). Is this good for bougies? Adding anything to a fertilizer solution can cause unwanted precipitation, mostly of phosphorus salts. Sorry for this question but.. is this precipitation poisonous to the tree? Chris wrote: If your chlorosis is chronic, I have little experience with chlorosis, but According to Jean-Christophe this is a serious one. I think you need trace elements of magnesium and iron which Mir-Acid (same company) has but Miracle-Gro might lack. Too much salt can't be good, but the magnesium in Epsom salts allows a tree to use the iron which is available to it. Steve Pilacek once recommended to my club that a bonsai with chlorosis receive water at a rate of 1 Tablespoon of Epsom salt for a 2 gallon container once a week for four weeks. Then, he recommended offering iron to cure chlorosis after the last Epsom salt treatment. His presentation was on black pines, but his recipe did wonders for a 3" diameter juniper that was rapidly yellowing. Lots of folks rotate fertilizer using Miracle-Gro & Mir-Acid along with others to assure feeding trace elements. Great!! Thanks for such valuable information. I will try it. Best wishes ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
what are Epsom salts made of ?
Thanks Theo Nick Robin wrote: For what it's worth, I live about 300 yards away from Epsom Well, which is where the first batch of Epsom salts came from!! (But the gov. built a housing estate on top of it so it doesn't exist any more!- Just a small dummy well!) Regards Nick Rôbin 07747 635301 .................................................. .......................... .................................................. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Gomez" To: Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:53 PM Subject: [IBC] Epsom salts First of all, want to thank XChris, Brent and Ray for their kind suggestions. The bougi I was talking about can be found at http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ag...ast=1065336845 Jean-Christophe catalogued this chlorosis as a serious one, and Pipo suggested that Jim's suggestion could work since the chlorosis appeared on mature leaves. Ray wrote: For what it's worth, my coast live oak (quercus agrifolia) became chlorotic a few months ago. Three treatments of half-strength Schultz Iron Green (1/2 teaspoon per gallon) spaced at two week intervals cured the problem. It's 15-0-0 liquid fertilizer with 4% sulfur and 6% water soluble iron. That may be a little too much nitrogen for this late in the year. If you use it on your boug, let me know how it responds. I have a boug sitting right next to my CLO. It's doing OK so far, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. When I first noticed some chlorosis I used Liquid Miracle Gro with chelated iron (8-7-6) but it did not work. Guess the problem was not lack of iron but of magnesium. Brent wrote: Epsom salts will help with chlorosis if it is caused by a magnesium deficiency. From Jim's and Pipo's posts to the gallery, this seems to be the problem. Ordinarily, a good soluble with minor and trace elements will contain enough Mg for most plants. Normally I use Miracle Gro. Guess I will use also Miracid as suggested below, but first I will try to correct the problem. Additional Mg also has the interesting effect of making foliage more glaucous (bluish). Is this good for bougies? Adding anything to a fertilizer solution can cause unwanted precipitation, mostly of phosphorus salts. Sorry for this question but.. is this precipitation poisonous to the tree? Chris wrote: If your chlorosis is chronic, I have little experience with chlorosis, but According to Jean-Christophe this is a serious one. I think you need trace elements of magnesium and iron which Mir-Acid (same company) has but Miracle-Gro might lack. Too much salt can't be good, but the magnesium in Epsom salts allows a tree to use the iron which is available to it. Steve Pilacek once recommended to my club that a bonsai with chlorosis receive water at a rate of 1 Tablespoon of Epsom salt for a 2 gallon container once a week for four weeks. Then, he recommended offering iron to cure chlorosis after the last Epsom salt treatment. His presentation was on black pines, but his recipe did wonders for a 3" diameter juniper that was rapidly yellowing. Lots of folks rotate fertilizer using Miracle-Gro & Mir-Acid along with others to assure feeding trace elements. Great!! Thanks for such valuable information. I will try it. Best wishes ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ -- |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
Hi all,
At the beginning I thought I could find this in a drugstore. Thought it could be some sort of medicine. After searching in the net, I found it was heptahidrated magnesium sulfate, which is available from any reagent dealer (even from a local one), and not too expensive. Best wishes to you all. At 09:57 18/10/2003 +0200, Theo wrote: what are Epsom salts made of ? Thanks Theo ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
At 02:47 PM 10/18/03 -0600, you wrote:
Hi all, At the beginning I thought I could find this in a drugstore. Thought it could be some sort of medicine. After searching in the net, I found it was heptahidrated magnesium sulfate, which is available from any reagent dealer (even from a local one), and not too expensive. Samuel It is available at any drugstore. It is used as a solution for soaking your feet and probably other interesting remedies. It is very inexpensive buying it that way (USP vs. reagent grade). Brent in Northern California Evergreen Gardenworks USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 14 http://www.EvergreenGardenworks.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Epsom salts
I would assume they are an ancient deposit of minerals on the site of the
current spring water, giving a liquid saline solution! I could be wrong though! Regards Nick Rôbin 07747 635301 .................................................. ........................... .................................................. . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theo" To: Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 8:57 AM Subject: [IBC] Epsom salts what are Epsom salts made of ? Thanks Theo Nick Robin wrote: For what it's worth, I live about 300 yards away from Epsom Well, which is where the first batch of Epsom salts came from!! (But the gov. built a housing estate on top of it so it doesn't exist any more!- Just a small dummy well!) Regards Nick Rôbin 07747 635301 .................................................. ........................... .................................................. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Gomez" To: Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:53 PM Subject: [IBC] Epsom salts First of all, want to thank XChris, Brent and Ray for their kind suggestions. The bougi I was talking about can be found at http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ag...ast=1065336845 Jean-Christophe catalogued this chlorosis as a serious one, and Pipo suggested that Jim's suggestion could work since the chlorosis appeared on mature leaves. Ray wrote: For what it's worth, my coast live oak (quercus agrifolia) became chlorotic a few months ago. Three treatments of half-strength Schultz Iron Green (1/2 teaspoon per gallon) spaced at two week intervals cured the problem. It's 15-0-0 liquid fertilizer with 4% sulfur and 6% water soluble iron. That may be a little too much nitrogen for this late in the year. If you use it on your boug, let me know how it responds. I have a boug sitting right next to my CLO. It's doing OK so far, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. When I first noticed some chlorosis I used Liquid Miracle Gro with chelated iron (8-7-6) but it did not work. Guess the problem was not lack of iron but of magnesium. Brent wrote: Epsom salts will help with chlorosis if it is caused by a magnesium deficiency. From Jim's and Pipo's posts to the gallery, this seems to be the problem. Ordinarily, a good soluble with minor and trace elements will contain enough Mg for most plants. Normally I use Miracle Gro. Guess I will use also Miracid as suggested below, but first I will try to correct the problem. Additional Mg also has the interesting effect of making foliage more glaucous (bluish). Is this good for bougies? Adding anything to a fertilizer solution can cause unwanted precipitation, mostly of phosphorus salts. Sorry for this question but.. is this precipitation poisonous to the tree? Chris wrote: If your chlorosis is chronic, I have little experience with chlorosis, but According to Jean-Christophe this is a serious one. I think you need trace elements of magnesium and iron which Mir-Acid (same company) has but Miracle-Gro might lack. Too much salt can't be good, but the magnesium in Epsom salts allows a tree to use the iron which is available to it. Steve Pilacek once recommended to my club that a bonsai with chlorosis receive water at a rate of 1 Tablespoon of Epsom salt for a 2 gallon container once a week for four weeks. Then, he recommended offering iron to cure chlorosis after the last Epsom salt treatment. His presentation was on black pines, but his recipe did wonders for a 3" diameter juniper that was rapidly yellowing. Lots of folks rotate fertilizer using Miracle-Gro & Mir-Acid along with others to assure feeding trace elements. Great!! Thanks for such valuable information. I will try it. Best wishes ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ -- ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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