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Mon, Nov 5, 07 at 20:28
| Ok, I'm jumping way ahead of myself on asking this question, but it's, er, bugging the daylights out of me. How do you keep bonsais looking great for show since they're grown out in the elements? It seems the weight of snow and ice and the damage of hail on delicate branches would be murderous. Then there's the critters. Even if you use a systemic insecticide/miticide, the bug still has to chomp on it to ingest the chemical. Then there are the bigger menaces--deer, squirrels, rabbits, berry-seeking birds.... Seems that's another whole ballgame of its own.
I have a host of other questions for other posts! Betty in Central Arkansas where we're expecting our first (late) frost tomorrow night |
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| What trees are you talking about, and are you in fact planning to enter a show with any of them? If trees are that fragile, and you get a lot of ice, you might want to consider some kind of (unheated) protection. Otherwise, you'd just have to clean up whatever needs fixing. If a real show is involved, you'll have notice and time to shape things up. |
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- Posted by gessiegirl z7AR (bettygf@aol.com) on Mon, Nov 5, 07 at 21:24
| Nah, not thinking that far into the future for myself. Just marveling and wondering how the trees (no particular species) in show photos and that I've seen in person were kept so flawless. Lucy, I would never in a life time thought of putting a tile under a tree in the yard or my flower bed keep the roots growing laterally. I'll certainly do that. And Jim, thanks for getting back with me on Arkansas clubs. |
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| Ha ha! They're not flawless until the day(s) before showing, when foliage is clipped to perfection, moss is laid down on the soil (and removed afterward), trunk scratches are touched up with something or other (there's always debate about how far to go in 'faking' things), and the pot is cleaned up, sometimes leaves are even shined up (shades of house plants!). |
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