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Originally Posted by Joanie

Vance, what a great article! It is by reading articles by people with such experience that we can all come to a better understanding of how to work with our bonsai.

I still don't understand about the "seasons". To most newbies, we talk about four "seasons"... spring, summer, fall, winter. Do you mean seasons like these, so you wait through three of them (repot in early spring, so....wait through spring, summer, and fall...and then work on them again in winter?) Or do you mean repotting times (early spring, late fall). Can you please spell it out more simply for those of us who can't translate the calendar to "bonsai years" please?

Joanie

Joanie: I am refering to growing seasons, or years if you wish. The only time I have ever lost a tree treated in this way was when I repotted it too early in the cycle, two growing seasons and too early in the year, around May. It was a pretty nice Mugo Pine that I worked on for a demonstration that had only been in the training planter for two seasons and the demonstration was done in May. However I suspect it was the time of year more than anything that cost me a good tree, and not how long it had been in the planter. As I have said before early spring is not the best time to do a Mugo Pine.