RE: [gardeners] Bonsai
Rosemary Carlson (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:49:50 -0400
Hi Myra: THANKS! From what I read, the bonsai should be watered by sitting
it in a shallow pan of water and letting it soak up into the (shallow) pot.
So, I'll try that - with a little fish emulsion. I'd like to keep it going
- IF my house is ever built, I need plants for the screened-in porch! Some
bonsai are perfect!
Rosemary
At 06:38 PM 6/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Rosemary,
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>I had a juniper bonsai for a number of years. Junipers need quite a bit of
>light, so I kept it outside. Bonsais need to be watered frequently, in hot
>weather three times a day is not uncommon. I don't know how the heck you
>are going to water through a soldified gravel. If the plant were mine, I
>would try to remove it. Most bonsaia have loose gravel on top. Neglect
>finally killed my bonsai, I had it when I lived in Florida and I got lazy
>about watering it one summer.
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>As for feeding a bonsai, they shold be fed during their growing season. I
>used a weak fish emulsion, but I know that there are special bonsai
>fertilizers available. Junipers should also be pinched to maintain a nice
>shape. Just pinch the new growth. Good luck!
>
>Myra Amler
>amler@mindspring.com
>"Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?" Unknown
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rosemary Carlson [SMTP:carlson1@ix.netcom.com]
>Sent: Saturday, June 27, 1998 7:18 PM
>To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
>Subject: [gardeners] Bonsai
>
>Hi all: Do any of you do any bonsai? Someone gave me a gift of a small
>bonsai tree today - and I'm CLUELESS! However, I'm trying to find plants
>that will do well on my screened-in porch at my new house (if it's ever
>built) and I wonder if bonsai might not do quite well. It's a juniper - and
>is in a quite nice, flat and rectangler oriental planter. The odd thing is
>that it has something that seems to be permanent gravel on the surface of
>whatever dirt is there. The gravel acts like it's GLUED! It's real
>hard/impossible to move.
>
>Questions - can I water it through this gravel? Feed it? How often? How
>much sun? Screened-in porch OK at a later time?
>
>Any information appreciated! TIA!
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>Rosemary
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