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spring work on shohin, Itoigawa shimpaku

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Post  boon Mon May 17, 2010 6:24 pm

this is the time to pinch and thin . new pointed shoots (I call them runners) that grow beyond the outline of the pad are cut with scissors or pinch with finger tips(not finger nail)
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after thinning old needles and pinching.

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Post  Victrinia Ridgeway Tue May 18, 2010 3:48 am

What a little beauty... Smile I'm curious about the development time for the tree... how long have you been working on it? Also I was wondering if you feed yours anything in particular? I've got a shohin shimpaku that I'm developing a crown on... so I would like to make it as happy as possible. I've got biogold for it at the moment. Thanks for sharing your work!

I hope you'll be at GSBF this year, I would so enjoy to meet you in person...

Kindest regards,

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Post  boon Tue May 18, 2010 7:35 am

Victrinia Ridgeway wrote:What a little beauty... Smile I'm curious about the development time for the tree... how long have you been working on it? Also I was wondering if you feed yours anything in particular? I've got a shohin shimpaku that I'm developing a crown on... so I would like to make it as happy as possible. I've got biogold for it at the moment. Thanks for sharing your work!

I hope you'll be at GSBF this year, I would so enjoy to meet you in person...

Kindest regards,

Victrinia

Victrinia,
It has been 3 years since it take care of this tree. i repot it every year.
it is planted in Boon mix. i have some organic fertilizer on top of the soil. Bio gold is good to use. i make my own fertilizer cake. and it also get liquid fertilizer- both organic and mirecle grow, about one a week. i keep this schedule till fall. I do not use any fertilizer in winter.

I will be teaching class at GSBF. so i hope to meet you there.
Thank you,
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Post  boon Tue May 18, 2010 7:36 am

this is the pic from Bay Island Bonsai exhibit in Jan 2009
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Post  Victrinia Ridgeway Tue May 18, 2010 3:38 pm

Thanks so much for the advice! That's very helpful... Very Happy I'm glad to hear you'll be teaching... if it's a seminar, I'll have to be sure to sign up for that!

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Post  boon Thu May 20, 2010 8:11 am

Victrinia Ridgeway wrote:Thanks so much for the advice! That's very helpful... Very Happy I'm glad to hear you'll be teaching... if it's a seminar, I'll have to be sure to sign up for that!

Kindest regards,

Victrinia

see you in October,
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Post  stavros Thu May 20, 2010 5:51 pm

boon wrote:
it is planted in Boon mix.

Hi there Boon,
That is indeed a beautiful juniper. Sorry for being nosy , what is the Boon mix, if i may ask?
Thank you Very Happy
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Post  Victrinia Ridgeway Thu May 20, 2010 5:55 pm

The gentleman who has this blog is a SOB (Student of Boon)...

http://www.bonsaikc.com/bonsai_soil.htm

The recipe can be found in this link. Smile It is wonderful stuff.

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Post  stavros Thu May 20, 2010 6:17 pm

thanks
Very Happy

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