tropical bonsai plants

nice tree..... which nursry is this..?? where it is located ??

Although the Baobab is not like they are in nature, I still like it.

gm.it.seacom,

thanks for posting.

Is is it possible to get some heights and perhaps shots from the front on ?
Khaimraj

Thanks everyone.It is from my home collection.
The broom shaped baobab is displayed in the front.
I will attach a few more pics of the baobab for your understanding(for Mr.Khimraj)

the height is 5cm of this mame.

gm.it.seacom wrote:

this is side view of the baobab,there was a slight indication of a rot near the base,so i cleaned it up and now it is perfectly all right

Thanks gm.it.seacom,

the effort is appreciated, but what I meant was shooting the trees like this.
A ficus I had back in 93 - 96 and then was given away as a gift.
Small tree just under 12 inches [ 30 cm ]
These photos allow me to check my progress, but they should be shot head on to be any good.

The last one has the areas for cut down as the tree outgrows the design.

Khaimraj

* Soil - what are you using ?

i use soil from agricultural lands.Because i have seen that such soil have a balanced pH value.
Now with the soil i mix ingredients like cow dung,bone dust,horn dust ,fish meal,stera meal,phosphate,potash,trace elementsetc...
Now i add brick granules,sand,dolomite as the nature of the plant..

Try simplifying to - sifted brick - sizes 4mm and 6mm , a simple compost and if you can get crushed silica sand [ construction grades ] sift as well , try on a test plant see if that works for you.

If your area is humid and you are not using full sun exposure , 70 % in organic to 30 % organic would probably work. Not humid try 50 / 50 .
Stay Well.
Khaimraj

* Bonsai don't need to be fed like garden vegetables and a well made compost will supply all you stated. You can boost with a weak fertilizer or if you prefer cow manure tea.

hello frnd,
its really a nice and huge collection,congrats.......

Respected Mr.Khiamraj,
Actually i think that in bonsai feeding is the most important thing and the control of growth totally depends on feeding.
There is no doubt that taiwanese bonsais have by quality surpassed all the bonsais in the world(leave japanese ones) and if we go into words of the taiwanese masters the healh and volumes of there bonsais depends on there good feeding techniques accompanied by ground training.

My soil contains so much of food only for the fact that i want fast results and good volumes in terms of size.

I think that through bonsai we are not only replicating nature but also its an horticultural artform.

FOR EXAMPLE THERE ARE QUESTIONS :
SHOULD MY BONSAI SHOW HEALTH OR AGE????
Answer is both.
Now is it possible for a mature old plant sustaining in a drastic climate to show much health????



I keep my plants in full sun as all the varieties i work on are tropical plants.
I have never used a shadenet for my plants.

Thanks Mr.Yadibrar

Hi friend

If you want to see many tropical trees, visit my web page. Thank you

Bonsai en el Trópico

gm.it.seacom,

for fast growing use the larger particles.

For maintaining use the smaller.

Sifted porous red brick and the other is sifted sharp sand [ silica based ]
The brick holds the moisture in itself and the root enjoys it and the sand holds the water around it self.
This mix [ I mentioned early ] is freely draining and the compost carries all the micro nutrients as does the brick as it slowly dissolves / decays, some silica comes off of the sand.

Fertilizer can be nitrogen boosting or if just for maintainance use something else.
The compost mix can hold within itself the fertilizer.

Since I use large containers for rapid growth [ left the information on Moyogi John's Elm bit presently on the forum board.] or the open ground, I can use the fertilizer at low strengths.

Remember no matter how fast you grow a trunk, or branches, wood for durability needs 25 to 50 years to mature. Unless you alter the DNA of the tree, nothing can change this. Also your internal rings will be larger than normal.
Same goes for aspects of maturity, normally over 10 years.
Some woods are never durable hence the epoxies for exposed wood styles.
Apologies if you already knew all of this. Others are also reading this.
Stay Well.
Khaimraj

Expanded size-



Should be normal size -

gm.it.seacom,

oh and it is the principal behind it all. If you don't have access to red brick, look for something else.

I get my supplies from the brick factory, they dump the broken brick in an area and a friend helps me just shovel and sift. I don't actually have to break anything. The brick is fired to maturity, so it takes a long time to decay and is sharp.

I use high nitrogen in the dry season to hold the leaf colour, the growth which is constant, is also even and bugs don't like to chew the leaves.

Sub- note, most of my trees have when mature, soft wood, so exposed wood is a mistake.
AND I am not going to spend a lot of time on epoxies, minwax or other.

I studied compost building so I get a rich and slow acting food for trees. Contains all the stuff you listed and it is aged after sifting for one year. Causes no problems. I have to re-pot most of my trees every year, large trees every three years. By then all that is left is powder, but the mix never clogs.
Freely draining soil is the secret of Bonsai / Penjing.

What books do you have access to on Bonsai ?
Khaimraj

As usual written for others who might be reading - okay.

Thanks Mr.Khiamraj,
In my soil composition i already have broken bricks (which i use as filter and some are mixed with the soil) and sand.
I also prefer using brokenbricks stacked with lime which were used in building houses earlier in this region.I use this because i have seen that the plant materials i use all grow very well on its own in such old houses.

I dont know whether ficus varieties like acidic or alkaline medium but alkaline works fine for me...

To Mr.Khiamraj,
About bonsai books i think the best book i have access to is Ancient Art of Bonsai by Deborah Koreshoff.

I just want to add that a freely draining soil is not just the secret for bonsai and penjing,but for all sorts of potted plants.
I have experience growing many rare varieties of caudiciform and noncaudiciform succulents,orchids and hence i know about it.

Most excellent !
Khaimraj

Khaimraj Seepersad wrote:Most excellent !
Khaimraj

Which one?the book or my experience