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bonsai is not my hobby
Join Date: Oct-2001
Location: Egling, south of Munich
Country: Germany
Posts: 1,450
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'Though i do follow the regime for black pine if only for my satisfaction.'
Ashbarns,
what eactly is this regime?
Do you know that black pines in development in the big Japanese development nurseries are aggressively fed and watered. They water them 'as often as possible' , sometimes several times per day.
Why do we 'know' this cannot be? Because the result is abundant growth. Overabundant to most. Far too long needles.
Did I not say 'development'? Long needles and lots and lots of buds are great during devleopment. The tree will thicken enormously and you can choose from many new branches. When the tree is 'ready' for show of for selling to a retail nursery the watering and feeding gets slowed down and in the next year the tree can be shown or sold.
Are your black pines ready? Or do you just believe what somebody told you who has heard it from somebody who has heard it from an old gardener who was answering the wrong question? Or who would have liked to keep his trade secrets for himself?
The Japanese by and large NEVER hat the intention to teach us the development of bonsai as is the practice now in the west. They alwys felt that this is THEIR job and we should just buy the good trees from them.
Even those who teach don't really do it in a way that is very helpful to westerners.
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