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Little Cornish Trees: Repotting marathon 1

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Saturday, 21 March 2015. Spring is here - trees are budding out and many are in need of repotting. Some were trees we had last year that were getting difficult to water properly as the root balls compacted and the water started running off. Others were new trees we've got in that were in need of attention, some were trees in the wrong pots and some are customer trees that have come in to be repotted. The roots are ok, soil is a bit dark and compact so I've washed off as much as possible with a hose.

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Little Cornish Trees: June 2014

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Monday, 16 June 2014. Honoured and in awe - when a tree finds you. The white pine I wanted as my 'keeper'. The tree was one of several supplied directly by Seji Morimae of S Cube Bonsai in Tokyo for an exhibition in the UK back in 2007. It is true white pine yamadori and is in the region of 200 years old, the wood is solid, the branches are like stone and the balance of fresh new needles emerging from the weathered tree is just about the most perfect way to sum up true bonsai . Bonsai as a hobby is a pat...

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Little Cornish Trees: July 2014

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Monday, 28 July 2014. Waiting for a pallet to arrive I fancied doing a bit of creative bonsai work this morning so took a tree from the raw material bench down the end of the garden to work on. Probably 2 1/2 to 3 hours went into the tree and the finished result for a first styling from semi raw material was really pleasing. This one will be uploaded to our various online sales areas as it was a nice simple and stress free styling (for the tree! Sunday, 27 July 2014. Buds bursting out everywhere. Black p...

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Little Cornish Trees: March 2015

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Sunday, 22 March 2015. Repotting - day 2. Following on from yesterday we carried on this morning with the bonsai work. Main job of the day was to repot the juniper I took to a Mark Noelanders workshop last year. It was a leaning / slanting tree that I was never totally convinced by - hence taking it to the workshop. This tree has a funny history really - selected in Japan by Danny Use of Ginko Bonsai Center it arrived potted like this. This is the 2010 Newstead show. I bought it like this. At the back a ...

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Little Cornish Trees: May 2015

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Friday, 29 May 2015. The birds and the bees. Slowly we are building up the bonsai collection here to offer more seasonal interest and to include some of the more unusual species. The seasonal interest can come from spring foliage colour, flowers, fruits, autumn colour, a fine winter image etc but many of these trees need a little more work than the standard run of the mill species. A lady ready and the bloke doesn't want to play ball. I even put the trees together, entwining the two to see if the mal...

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Little Cornish Trees: food for thought

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Monday, 4 May 2015. Ladybirds eat aphids but in my observations the aphid can out breed the best efforts of a ladybird. There are many sprays and treatments ranging from water jets, soapy water, through to contact killing pesticides and systemic treatments that enter the tree and kill the aphid when it sucks the sap. You need to look under the leaves to find these and also spray under the leaves if you are using a contact killing spray. The hard shell protects the insect underneath so a systemic pesticid...

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Little Cornish Trees: Maple work begins

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Friday, 1 May 2015. Starting 3 weeks ago the centre shoots were pinched out each day as the tree responded to the warm weather and sunny days. I only do this to the strong vigorous areas and let the weak inner shoots extend if they have the energy to do so. This is just the first part of the spring maple work as the precious inner buds and weak shoots need light or they will be shaded out and die off but we can't just chop off the outer leaves or the tree responds as if defoliated and opens more buds.

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Little Cornish Trees: January 2015

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Tuesday, 20 January 2015. And they fly the nest. This week a friend who is building up a collection of very nice acer bonsai found that persistence can certainly pay off.in the nicest way.He often asked if my Shin Deshojo was for sale, and I often said I could not find an equal replacement so No, it was one of the trees I was keeping. Shin Deshojo, imported in an unknown year, and I stumbled across the tree walking into Willowbog Bonsai Nursery on day. This is a constant ongoing process but the unplanned...

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Little Cornish Trees: the birds and the bees

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Friday, 29 May 2015. The birds and the bees. Slowly we are building up the bonsai collection here to offer more seasonal interest and to include some of the more unusual species. The seasonal interest can come from spring foliage colour, flowers, fruits, autumn colour, a fine winter image etc but many of these trees need a little more work than the standard run of the mill species. A lady ready and the bloke doesn't want to play ball. I even put the trees together, entwining the two to see if the mal...