ctwidger

FORUM HANDLE = CTWidger
AGE = 44
NATIONALITY = Californian YEARS INTO BONSAI = 10
BONSAI EDUCATION =Reading,Going to shows, watching demonstrations, but mostly by doing
HOW I GOT STARTED = birthday Mallsai gift
CLUBS & ORGANISATIONS =IBC
ONLINE HAUNTS =IBC, Here, gun& Sachiko's Mini Bonsai site

***BONSAI COLLECTION***
TREES (total) = 150
ACTUAL BONSAI = 40
POTENTSAI (future bonsai) = the rest
DISPLAY STANDS = 8-10
SCROLLS = 6 or 8
ACCENT PLANTS = 10
THE IDEAL SIZE COLLECTION IS: 30-40 trees

***FAVOURITES***
SPECIES (NAME 3) = Trident Maple, Chamaecyparis, Korean Hornbeam
TREE SIZE = mame, all my trees are under 7 ", most under 4"
STYLE (NAME 3) = Rock plantings, informal upright, forest

DISLIKES = mallsai, huge trees
BONSAI PHILOSOPHY = Mame makes it all better!
BIGGEST CHALLENGE = Maintaining a balance between the size of my collection and the weight bearing load of my second story apartment terrace.

***PROPAGATION***
SPECIES COLLECTED = 35
GRAFTED =none
LAYERED =none
SEED =10-15
CUTTINGS = 75

***BONSAI PUBLICATIONS***
# BOOKS READ=20-30
# MAGS READ =(entire 1970s decade of Bonsai Mag)+ 15 or 20
# VIDEOS SEEN = none
FAVOURITE BONSAI AUTHORS (NAME 3) =Yuji Yoshimura, Colin Lewis, Amy Liang
WRITTEN ANY ARTICLES/ BOOKS YOURSELF? = not yet

***FERTILISERS USED***
SPRING = osmocote, light liquid fish emulsion
SUMMER = compost tea, fish emulsion
FALL = low nitrogen,
WINTER =none

***SOIL MIXTURES***
COMMERCIAL OR HANDMIXED? - hand
BASIC MIX= 10%Chopped sphagnum,60% turface,20% sharp sand, 10%coarse compost, sifted mosderately fine but free draining
FREE DRAINING = relatively
LIME FREE = ?

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Carol W
zone 9 in the treehouse