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08-10-2004, 11:26 AM
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[IBC] Help! with Carmona Macrophylla
Firstly, let me just state that i'm an absolute beginner so please be
gentle. A little while ago i purchased a bonsai (for the very first time) from a general store. It's still alive but i'm not sure how to give it the best care & attention. There were very limited instructions that came with it and i am not 'green fingered' whatsoever! Can anyone recommend a good source of information on this particular species? Some details:- *It's described as an indoor bonsai *Origin: Guangdong Province, China *It's in flat ceramic dish/pot (5 x 3.25 inches) *Height (from top of soil) is about 7.5 inches *I live in Kent, England Also, the info. that i do have talks about "... regular looping, meaning cutting the new runners ..." and the bonsai does look (in my not expert opinion) like it could do with some tidying up. Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you. -- scodlet3000 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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08-10-2004, 02:54 PM
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On 8 Oct 2004 at 9:14, scodlet3000 wrote:
Firstly, let me just state that i'm an absolute beginner so please be gentle. A little while ago i purchased a bonsai (for the very first time) from a general store. It's still alive but i'm not sure how to give it the best care & attention. There were very limited instructions that came with it and i am not 'green fingered' whatsoever! Can anyone recommend a good source of information on this particular species? Some details:- *It's described as an indoor bonsai *Origin: Guangdong Province, China *It's in flat ceramic dish/pot (5 x 3.25 inches) *Height (from top of soil) is about 7.5 inches *I live in Kent, England Also, the info. that i do have talks about "... regular looping, meaning cutting the new runners ..." and the bonsai does look (in my not expert opinion) like it could do with some tidying up. Any help greatly appreciated. We're a pretty gentle group, here, so you don't need to worry on that account. You have what is commonly known as a "Mallsai" -- a plant called a "bonsai" that is mass produced. Depending on how reputable the maker of the mallsai is, and depending upon the care it got in the retail establishment you found it in, these can be problems for the first-time grower. First: If there is a layer of rocks on the top of the soil (probably glued together), remove them and replace the resulting void with a good potting soil. Carmona is an "indoor tree" but it is going to like as much light as you can give it. In summer it will prefer being outdoors. It is also known as Erethia buxifolia. Do a web search on either (or both) names and you should come up with some help. If you have a public library near you (I don't know how libraries work in England), it may have some books on bonsai. Anything by Colin Lewis or Harry Tomlinson will give you a good English perspective on rearing bonsai. The IBC FAQ and "Knowledge Base" at the URL below also will have some useful information. There is less info available on "indoor bonsai" but if you can find a book by Paul Lesniewicz it will do. I think there's an indoor book by Werner Busch, too. I seem to recall that we have a member of the IBC in the Kent area (my English geography is as shaky as my knowledge of your library system). Maybe he will reply. We do have several members from the UK who, I am sure, will help. If you can find a bonsai club near you, its members will be your best source of reliable info on bonsai care in Kent, England. Your instructions probably said to water by immersing the tree, pot and all, in water. Don't. Use a small watering can and sprinkle water over the tree and soil until it runs out of the drainage hole in the bottom of the pot. (You might want to check to see if there IS a drainage hole, Mallsai have been known to come in hole-less pots. If there is no hole (or holes), IMMEDIATELY put the tree in a pot that has drainage -- even if it is a common garden pot you might put geraniums in ;- ). Carmona like water, but will not want to be soggy You needn't be in any hurry to trim it, but Paul L says you can trim at any time. 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. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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08-10-2004, 09:51 PM
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On 8 Oct 2004 at 23:12, Anil Kaushik wrote:
Hi Jim How many walking encyclopedia like you are there in our IBC! I wish we knew a fraction of what you people know about Bonsai! Best Wishes There's a lot of stored-up knowledge on the IBC. And a great willingness to share. As for myself, I have a LOT of reference books and I don't mind looking things up. ;-) Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Bonsaiests are like genealogists: We know our roots! ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Boon Manakitivipart++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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