Beginner Bonsai

Small Japanese Larch Repot

Published on 2011-02-10 10:21:00

I decided the other day that I needed to repot one of my small Japanese larch as it was showing signs of the buds beginning to wake up. As larch hate having their roots messed around with once the needles have opened, I thought I’d better act before it was too late. I had a nice handmade rectangle pot made for it last year from Walsall Studio Ceramics and so began by getting the pot ready. Drainage mesh and some tie wire was placed into the pot ready for when the tree was bare rooted. &nbs

Bonsai Video of the Week #12

Published on 2011-02-08 06:43:00

This week we have episode 4 from series 2 of Lindsay Farr’s World of Bonsai. In this episode he visits a bonsai village in Japan, and looks at some really astonishing specimen pines with considerable age. He is also talked through the pruning of old needles on pine, where one of the bonsai artists gets his inspiration, and the differences between some varieties of shimpaku and other types of juniper.Enjoy :)WorldOfBonsai series 2 episode 4 from lindsay farr on Vimeo.

Shelter

Published on 2011-02-07 08:04:00

Due to the high winds we are experiencing at the moment, some of my trees have been allowed refuge in my greenhouse until the winds die down, to avoid any damage/breaks. As we are approaching repotting time, it also allows me to monitor the water that the trees earmarked for a repot get, keeping them slightly on the dry side, just to make repotting a little easier. Being in the greenhouse might in fact bring them on a little quicker though, so this may also bring repotting forward.