Silver Birch mame update - bonsaiTALK Community

6-Oct-2004

#11

ozzerbon

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G'day Larry,

Thought you might like to see how I buy some of my trees these days, so here are two pics showing 5 birches that shall be delivered to me by the end of this month.

ozzerbon

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6-Oct-2004	#12
Larry Bonsai hobbyist Join Date: Jul-2003 Location: North East Country: England USDA Zone: 8/9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,622	some nice potensai there Ozzer, particularly the first one, in the small blue pot. __________________ Today is or was yesterday's tomorrow

6-Oct-2004	#13
ozzerbon bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Dec-2002 Location: Amsterdam Country: Netherlands USDA Zone: 8-9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,259	Shall keep you posted as to how these trees turn out, bought quite a few from this incredibly enthusiastic dealer in this way, and so far so good, they arrive on the 25th of this month, can't wait [as they say]. __________________ http://pictures.bonsaitalk.com/user/ozzerbon http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozzerbon/

6-Oct-2004	#14
Larry Bonsai hobbyist Join Date: Jul-2003 Location: North East Country: England USDA Zone: 8/9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,622	Well, I'd say Birches are easy to keep but grow fast, and backbud well, but they do like their water, and prefer semi shade when young. But I was surprised by the size of the leaves on my mame in its frst year, they were huge! Thankkfully they take to leaf pruning-that sorted them out __________________ Today is or was yesterday's tomorrow

6-Oct-2004	#15
jeremy_norbury bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Sep-2003 Location: Amstelveen Country: Netherlands USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 2-3 Posts: 1,384	I find I have to leaf prune more than once in a season. I have birch in the ground and they are virtually impossible to grow as mame', due to the ridiculous speed at which they grow. Jerry Amsterdam __________________ All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Spike Milligan I told you I was ill. Spike Milligan's Gravestone

6-Oct-2004	#16
Larry Bonsai hobbyist Join Date: Jul-2003 Location: North East Country: England USDA Zone: 8/9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,622	I wasnt sure whether to leaf prune it yet and left it late in the season, so I didnt get to see if it needed a second prune. __________________ Today is or was yesterday's tomorrow

6-Oct-2004	#17
ozzerbon bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Dec-2002 Location: Amsterdam Country: Netherlands USDA Zone: 8-9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,259	OK, I'll try to do a pic of my first tiny birch tomorrow, reckon if they are grown in pots, leaf-size is easy to control, just so long as the tap root has been pruned correctly, it's a two year old seedling, selfsewn, which grew in the ground of a yamadori Scots pine. __________________ http://pictures.bonsaitalk.com/user/ozzerbon http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozzerbon/

6-Oct-2004	#18
Larry Bonsai hobbyist Join Date: Jul-2003 Location: North East Country: England USDA Zone: 8/9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,622	you gonna stick it in this thread? That way i wont have to look for it! __________________ Today is or was yesterday's tomorrow

7-Oct-2004	#19
ozzerbon bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Dec-2002 Location: Amsterdam Country: Netherlands USDA Zone: 8-9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,259	YEP, sure am. __________________ http://pictures.bonsaitalk.com/user/ozzerbon http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozzerbon/

7-Oct-2004

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