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ChalkBonsai: March 2015

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Saturday, 14 March 2015. Last week I dug up one of the Oaks that I was growing in a very large pot and had a good look at what was happening underground. I was becoming a little concerned about the type of roots developing and feared deep thick roots and growth up against the side of the pot. Its going to be very interesting to see the growth rate in the air pot compare to the large container behind it. Sunday, 8 March 2015. While researchin...

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ChalkBonsai: January 2015

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Sunday, 18 January 2015. I've been exploring some of the local forests in the Chilterns can came across this stretch while using Google maps. It was a grey Sunday afternoon but rather that sit indoors and waste the day we decided to drive up and have a look around. If lucky there would be some wildlife to take some pictures of although with the low light and grey and misty conditions they would never be any good . Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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ChalkBonsai: March 2014

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Sunday, 30 March 2014. I decided to take the risk and repot the large field-grown Scots pine I bought last year as knew that it needed to have the old soil removed for it to really thrive. It has had a good year with plenty of food and water and was strong enough to deal with the trauma of the transplant. Previous work on the pine. Some of the roots above the soil level will be trimmed off in 2 years time once the roots below soil level have...

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ChalkBonsai: August 2014

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Wednesday, 27 August 2014. Big pot Oak - another year. This one has increased greatly in ramification this year. I've been using guy wires to keep the branches heading in more or less the right direction. I continue to shorten all the top growth and allow the lower branches to grow freely. The taper is quite nice now - and the thick side branches are enhancing the movement in the trunk. Sunday, 10 August 2014. Milk as a fungicide. After wait...

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ChalkBonsai: April 2014

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Monday, 21 April 2014. Last year I began an experiment of growing some of my own Scots pine material for bonsai at home. After 1 year of growing them the trunks are now 15mm thick and the roots are well established. The needle length has at least doubled. The pots are standard hydroponic issue 6.5 litre pots. I have tried a few different soils. So far the growth in coco coir is well ahead of any other growing media I have tried by a larg...

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ChalkBonsai: May 2015

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Sunday, 3 May 2015. Today I moved this beech over into a proper pot. I am almost settled on the design and I will do the final wiring over the next few days. There is one big branch to be removed - but I am going to do it slowly and make the most out of the deadwood. I did my usual drainage layer of large hydroponic pebbles. I included a lot of organic material (pine bark) in the mix to give the soil flora something to hang onto. Only 15 Day...

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ChalkBonsai: December 2013

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Saturday, 28 December 2013. This is my first beech. It is pioneering the techniques that I will use on the other bigger ones in years to come. Http:/ englishbonsai.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/first-copper-beech.html. The difference in growth rate and quality of foliage may be partly due that the big pots being on tap water and cheap bulk fertilser whereas this one has been on rainwater and Canna Bio Vega. Beech trees in their native forest habita...

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ChalkBonsai: February 2014

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Sunday, 16 February 2014. Deshojo Maple in spring. My Deshojo looking pretty in the spring sunlight. That's all. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bonsai of mostly native trees in southern England. Contact - paul@ fourie-online.eu. View my complete profile. Walter Pall Bonsai Adventures. Only 15 Days Until The Finest Exhibition Of Bonsai In The United States. Redwood Empire 33rd Annual Exhibit. Mercadillo Kokufu Ten 8. Nik art bonsai blog.

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ChalkBonsai: December 2014

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Sunday, 28 December 2014. Walking through the woods I came across a small herd of deer with a few stags and followed them for a while. The trees are well established with very old birch and hawthorn stands. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bonsai of mostly native trees in southern England. Contact - paul@ fourie-online.eu. View my complete profile. Walter Pall Bonsai Adventures. Redwood Empire 33rd Annual Exhibit. Mercadillo Kokufu Ten 8.

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ChalkBonsai: September 2013

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Bonsai in Southern England. Focusing on Native English species. Sunday, 29 September 2013. I spent some time this weekend doing some trimming and wiring on one of my pines (the little one). I think this one is onto its final branch selection now - and at last I have found the right front for it - which I cunningly neglected to photograph. I have left some of the lower branches very foliage-heavy as I want some extra vigour there because they are too skinny at the moment. A lot more work to do on this one...