Mountain Ash Care

horace

Itried, but there was already a Wayne registered. So I opted for my first name. I don't really mind it that much, it's just hard to get used to seeing me using it...

By the way, I've found that by letting my Ash soak in the sink for about 10 minutes with the water level just above the rim of the base, seems to the be working. My ash is looking very perky the last couple of days since I took the advice here and applied it. I no longer bring it in and out. It just sits on the table on my patio and I bring it in to water it. It was close to freezing last night, but the cold doesn't appear to bother it at all.

Thanks again for everyone's help. I'll post some photographs of it in the near future...

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salt

I have a mountain ash myself, currently growing in the ground. It seems to be very apically dominant and all shoots want to grow straight upwards making it somewhat difficult to style. The leaves are very nice though. Hopefully I will get flowers and berries one day. Here in Sweden we say that if the mountain ash has plenty of berries in the autumn, the winter will be very cold. This is probably not true in California though


Here are some useful links:
http://www.bonsai4me.com/SpeciesGuide/Sorbus.html
http://www.bonsai-wire.com/articles3.htm

horace

Thanks Salt, This was very helpful info.

I came home from work yesterday afternoon and my Ash was looking better than it has in weeks. I will keep a close eye on it to see how well it recovers. Some of the new leafs are drying at the tips. It may be too early to know if I've found the right watering technique. Any suggestions in this area would be appreciated.

Thanks again for the help.

Wayne

ALDEVAUX

One thing you have to be very carefull with mountain ash is that they are extremely susceptible to a bacterial disease called fire blight. This disease is very easily transmitted from tree to tree, or from other trees in the apple family, by bees when they pollinate the flowers in spring and it completely whiped out all the mountain ashes that were planted in our city a few years ago.
Here is a link that describes well the disease :
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Coop...Fruits/fire.htm

horace

Fletch

Definitely NOT mountain ash, wish I had a digital pic of mine so i could show you the difference. I've seen that leaf before, just can't place it off the top of my head,... Chinese Elm? Fukien Tea? no don't think so... hmmm

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Fletch

ALDEVAUX

Here are two links showing some photos of american mountain ash. They have compound leaves.

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendro...heet.cfm?ID=405

http://www.herbdatanz.com/mountain_...e_monograph.htm

Your bonsai sure looks like a Serissa from pictures I have seen in this forum, but someone will surely confirm.