A Beginner's First Bonsai
- KEYWORDS: Beginners, beginning bonsai, how to start, growing bonsai, bonsai basics, bonsai faqs, information about, links, nursery plants, trunks, roots, triangle, trunk line, foliage pads, pinching back, indoor bonsai, starting, how to start -
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Growing Moss - Tip of the Week
- The subject of this edition is Moss...There are hundreds of varieties of moss scattered around the planet. All grow from spores rather than seeds, and they have "feet" rather than roots. To grow, moss must be moist at all times, and if it dries and turns brown, because it grows from spores, it will grow again when the conditions improve. KEYWORDS: How do I grow moss on bonsai? mosses -
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How to Make a Mini Bonsai
- How to make a young tree into mini-bonsai KEYWORDS: Fumio's mini bonsai, shohin, mame, Celastrus orbiculatus -
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Plant profiles for bonsai...
- profiles on plants commonly used in bonsai. information general cultivation, repotting, pruning and wiring. KEYWORDS: Species
Texas Cedar Elm, Ulmus Chinese Elm, Cotoneaster
Dwarf Pomegranate, Ficus, Flowering Quince, Fuchsia, Fukien Tea (Carmona)
Jade Tree, Japanese Black Pine, Pinus, Japanese Maple, Acer, Juniperus, Satsuki Azaleadendron
Serissa, Star Magnolia, Trident Maple
Zelkova serrata, Photographs, Pictures, Photos -
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Aging of Container Soils
- match the life expectancy of the soil to the frequency of repotting... KEYWORDS: watering, transpiration, soil aeration, peat moss and nursery mixes, soil medium media, shelf life, expectancy, all inorganic, -
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Art of Bonsai
- History, Species, Fotos, Transplanting, Styles, Sun, Watering, Pruning, Fertilization, Disease, Accessories, Bonsai of the Month, Forum -
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Beginner's Page: What are Bonsai?
- KEYWORDS: What is bonsai? What are bonsai? Information for Beginners, Brent Walston, Bonsai FAQs, indoor bonsai, dormancy, over wintering, overwintering, leaf and twig size, training, shapes and styles, pruning, root pruning, cutting the roots, soils, repotting, fertilizing, fertilizers, watering, how to water -
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Beginning Bonsai - Potting and Aftercare
- Trees that seem to be declining and growing too slowly may be invigorated by replenishing their soil... KEYWORDS: repotting, aftercare, When to How to COMPONENTS river sand, volcanic sand, crushed granite, poultry grit, Loam, clay, garden soil, Peat, sifting, screening, drainage, prune dead roots, Robert Grealish -
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Bonsai Soil
- What follows is my own personal take on what some successful bonsai artists use for their own bonsai soil mixes as well as some personal experiences. KEYWORDS: Canadian Peat Moss, Clay, sodium, turface, akadama, osmotic gradient, organic components, haydite, pine fir bark, deionized water, alkaline soil, chicken grit, pumice, AUTHOR: Howard Smith -
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Bonsai Soil Components
- All soils are composed of four components: organics, inorganics, air and water. The percentage of each component in the soil may vary from location to location but these four components are always present in true soils. KEYWORDS: organic matter, soil profile, clay, loam, silt, sand, soil structure, soil colloids, calcium, magnesium, ions, -
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Bonsai Trivia: Mushrooms
- Mushrooms, fruiting bodies of mycorrhizal fungi, honey fungus - armillaria, mushroom caps, black, shoelace-like strands of mycelium, repotting, on decaying organic matter -
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Bonsai Trivia: Repotting
- When to repot?, Order of repotting, transplanting junipers, mixing your own soil, how to, dirt, medium, organic matter, inorganic, Biosorb, Turface, Terragreen, Seramis, soil conditioner, Frit, Peat, aftercare, autumn repotting, fall, timing, season for -
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Bryophytes - Mosses, Liverwort & Hornwort
- "Bryophytes" is a resource devoted to Bryology, the branch of plant science concerned with the study of mosses, liverworts and hornworts. They are found growing on soil, rocks and/or trees throughout the world, -
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Drainage tips and techniques for bonsai pots
- I've chosen a pot I like, but how do I stop the soil from falling out through that great big hole? Drainage netting, cloth, screen, repotting, transplanting, plastic mesh, -
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Growing and transplanting Moss
- Moss is a good insulator from heat, cold, heavy rain, and sudden frost. The lush green cover makes a stunning effect in scale with bonsai. KEYWORDS: Growing mosses, advantages & disadvantages of ~, transplanting ~, propagating ~, spores, -
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Hornbeam root improvement
- European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) have sinuous trunks which become fluted with age. But they do have an annoying tendency to throw out long, straight, rigid roots... KEYWORDS: Colin Lewis, Improving Nebari -
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IBC FAQ - Section 8 - Soil
- The mystery of soil
One bonsai soil mixture will not do for everyone or every tree. While we all want a light, well-draining soil, one person's light, well-draining soil is not likely to be exactly the same as your light, well-draining soil. The soil you use for your trees will depend on: Your climate, The trees you grow, and Your bonsai habits. -
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