• Food for thoughts and for bonsai

    10. September 2020 / No Comments

    Bonsai fertilization is almost like talking soil types. So many different opinions on how, when, and what. Food for thoughts and for bonsai Don’t miss the importance of feeding your bonsai right. It has a big influence on the development of branches, leaves, and flower…

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  • Bonsai Q&A Yamadori, pines and junipers

    3. September 2020 / 2 Comments

    Our bonsai Q&A is online answering 3 questions from our dedicated members. This time we zoom in a Yamadori aftercare, developing pines (old and young), and take a look at developing new growth a Shimpaku and Itoigawa junipers. Af full 43 minutes episode available now…

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  • Hot, hot, hot bonsai

    13. August 2020 / 1 Comment

    It heats up around here. Watering three times a day at the moment. Hot weather demands extra care for the bonsai, and moving them around to avoid leaf burns is what I do these days. A few leaves edge dried on one Japanese maple, but…

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  • Timing your bonsai actions

    28. May 2020 / 2 Comments

    Summer is creeping up on us. But spring busy days still demands full attention on all new growth. Timing your bonsai actions is essential, and there are no fixed recipes telling exactly when to do what. Not at a time scale anyway. It’s much about…

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  • Bonsai live and a bonsai forest

    17. April 2020 / 1 Comment

    Because of the difficult times, a group of Black Scissors bonsai artists go together and send live on Facebook. If I can manage it, it will also be shared on YouTube afterward. Going live to bring us together when we are apart. The event will…

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  • Enjoy bonsai and take care of each other

    13. March 2020 / 1 Comment

    In these serious times, we have to take care of each other. Staying safe and sound. This means we have to reduce public activities and being together at a distance. To avoid the rapid spreading of the Coronavirus. We can still enjoy and share the…

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  • Winter isn’t winter

    10. February 2020 / 2 Comments

    The very unusual winter may be less unusual in the future. Maybe. Winter isn’t winter anymore around here. For the first time ever it looks like most of my bonsai will stay out through the full season and into the next. If we don’t get…

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  • Wiring during the winter

    16. January 2020 / No Comments

    The dormant season may be a fine time to wire deciduous trees, as well as most conifers. It is not without importance exactly at what part of the season the work is carried out though. Evergreen Junipers for example have a low sap flow during…

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