Aug
21
Bonsai Workshop
Filed Under Growing Bonsai Tree
Japanese White Pine
This Japanese white pine arrived in Spring 06. Very quickly it became apparent that the long lower branch had a problem. A bit of a mystery because the rest of the tree was extremely healthy. The new owner of the tree decided we should go to work…..After we cut the branch away the problem became more clear.
As the carving work began the root of the problem emerged. The indentation on the bottom of the branch was caused by a very, very tight tourniquet that had been applied to help pull down the branch above, without protection, sometime in the past. The effect was to cut off the sap flow completely apart from two small live veins.
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Juniper Problem Solved
My good friend bought this tiny juniper to the workshop recently. For penance I had him help to report a huge yew before we got to grips with the tree. What kind of animal does that deadwood look like?”
“Whilst I like working on big trees I find very small trees to be a real challenge, the attention to detail required is very demanding.
Obviously the job for the day was to sort that awful ‘block’ carving. We will look at the foliage later.”
“Two hours later and the job is done! my friend will deal with lime sulfur etc’ at a later date. I could get to like these small trees.”
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