sankastaff

BONSAITALK SURVEY 2001

***PERSONAL***
FORUM HANDLE = sankastaff
AGE = 38
NATIONALITY =American YEARS INTO BONSAI =newbie
BONSAI EDUCATION = 0
HOW I GOT STARTED =
CLUBS & ORGANISATIONS =0
ONLINE HAUNTS =e-Bay

***BONSAI COLLECTION***
TREES (total) = 1
ACTUAL BONSAI = 0
POTENTSAI (future bonsai) = 1
DISPLAY STANDS =0
SCROLLS =0
ACCENT PLANTS =0
THE IDEAL SIZE COLLECTION IS:all I can and still enjoy it

***FAVOURITES***
SPECIES (NAME 3) = trident maple,bald cypress, japaneese pine
TREE SIZE = what best suits the tree
STYLE (NAME 3) = same as above

DISLIKES = killing plants
BONSAI PHILOSOPHY =If you know you're right then go ahead
BIGGEST CHALLENGE =getting a plant to live more than a year after I work on it

***PROPAGATION***
SPECIES COLLECTED =0
GRAFTED =0
LAYERED =0
SEED =I planted 300 trident maple seeds in the fallbut to soon to tell if they germinate
CUTTINGS =I did but they died

***BONSAI PUBLICATIONS***
# BOOKS READ= all at the public library
# MAGS READ =0
# VIDEOS SEEN = 0
FAVOURITE BONSAI AUTHORS (NAME 3) =Herb L. Gustafson,Werner M. Busch
WRITTEN ANY ARTICLES/ BOOKS YOURSELF? = 0

***FERTILISERS USED***
SPRING =
SUMMER =
FALL =
WINTER =

***SOIL MIXTURES***
COMMERCIAL OR HANDMIXED? - handmix
BASIC MIX= turface,pine bark
FREE DRAINING =
LIME FREE = ?

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You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12