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Approach grafting 1.
I have been quite lucky that I have been able to visit a number of Japanese nurseries (SEE HERE). I love seeing the high quality trees and amazing level of finish and polish that these trees posses,...
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Approach grafting 2.
Following on from yesterdays post I thought it would be good to include some examples of approach grafts that were at Taisho en while I was studying. The two examples below are using approach grafting...
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Pinus Radiata (Monterey Pine) Techniques.
Pinus radiata was first introduced into Australia in the early 1850’s but was not commercially planted in large numbers until the 1960’s. Since their implementation as a commercial timber crop,...
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Pinus Radiata update
Things have been a bit slow of late on the blog as I am in the process of moving both offices at work and houses. The good news is the house I am moving into has a bigger backyard and the office is...
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Some things of interest from Fuyo-en
During my recent trip to Japan i managed to visit Fuyo-en. Fuyo-en is a garden that always has a high number of quality bonsai. I was a little pine-ed out by this part of my trip so it was nice to...
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Trident Maple approach graft.
The following trident maple was ground grown by a friend. Since digging it up I have slowly been preparing it for its future life as bonsai. One of the things I wanted to do this year was to set a...
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Approach graft update.
I though it about time I updated how the grafts I did back in November were taking. If you look back at THIS post you can see the whole process of how I started this graft. The graft is beginning to...
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Black Pine approach grafting.
As I managed to get some time to work on my trees this last weekend, I though it was a good opportunity to do some grafting before my black pines woke up too much. I like to do grafting on black pines...
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This year fertiliser experiment.
Most years i make fertiliser cakes from a range of ingredients (usually what is cheap or on special when it comes time to buy them) although the cakes that I have previously made have never really...
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The grass is always greener.
Sometimes things elsewhere look better than what you might have at your own disposal. This can do two things. One is you can become inspired and in turn try to improve your situation, or you can feel...
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Good bud, bad bud.
Over the years while growing black pines I have always strived for more buds. Each year i tried to get back buds to form and most times I was successful although sometimes the tree I was working on...
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Spring Grafting
The blog has taken a bit of a back seat of late. I notice that my last post was from back in July last year! Things have been pretty busy since then with moving to a new city, starting a new job,...
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Project Trident 02 – Update
While this tree has had a couple of mishaps since I last posted about it, Project Trident 02 has been slowly progressing. You can read about its beginning HERE. Since that post, I removed the air...
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Bonsai Tool Restoration.
Every bonsai growers secret shame is often buried in the bottom of tool boxes or hidden away from prying eyes. Once glossy black, smooth and sometimes hand crafted, forged tools forgotten on a bench...
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