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by Eric SchraderJune Free Members’ Workshop - 3rd Thursday

Jun 18th: Come in for our free 3rd Thursday workshop to take advantage of all the experience and knowledge of the senior members of BSSF! In June take some time to sit down and wire all the new growth on your trees. Wiring is the fastest way to make a branch useful. Instead of cutting it off wire it! Fertilization should be continuing on trees through the growing season, don't stop fertilization until the fall... read more »

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by Eric SchraderNapa Valley Bonsai Show and Sale

Apr 26th: Napa Valley Bonsai Show and Sale - Bonsai trees, tools, and books for sale. Silent auction and benefit drawing. Demonstration by Jim Gremel at 1:30. Napa Senior Center Building, 1500 Jefferson St. Napa. Free Admission read more »

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by Eric SchraderWatsonville Bonsai Club - 35th Annual Bonsai Show

Apr 26th: Watsonville Bonsai Club - 35th Annual Bonsai Show at the Watsonville Buddhist Temple, 423 Bridge Street. Show hours are 10AM - 4PM. Demonstration at 2PM by Katsumi Kinoshita of Moneterey. Plenty of parking for group attendance. Raffle and plant sales. For more information call Don White 831-724-9283, or Iwao Yamashita 831-724-5332 read more »

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by Eric SchraderDo what Jim said…

Apr 19th: If there is one thing that stuck in my mind from the Yamadori-style juniper workshop that Jim Gremel provided for our April general meeting it's this quote: "one experiment is worth a thousand opinions." Of course this is nothing new to many people; you can poll all the bonsai experts in the world and get little consensus on what the best way is to grow a bonsai, fertilize, collect, or water for that matter... read more »

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by Eric SchraderBonsai Society of San Francisco Spring Show March 18-22

Mar 22nd: Bonsai Society of San Francisco will hold its annual show at the San Mateo Expo Center Wednesday through Sunday March 18th-22nd, 2009. There will be ongoing demos daily and an exhibit consisting of about a hundred trees. This year the exhibit is located in the Fiesta Hall on the south side of the building. To volunteer for docent duty, sign up for ongoing demos, or enter trees in the show please call Eric Schrader 415-823-7984... read more »

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by Eric SchraderThe problem with root aphids.

Feb 8th: When you pull a tree out of a pot to work on the roots, or to transplant it into another pot people often see a white fuzz and assume that they have beneficial mycorrhizal fungi. But without looking closely you are just as likely to have an infestation of Root aphids. Root aphids are just like aphids that feed on the top of the plant except that they are white and leave a network of fuzzy white stuff in the middle of your roots... read more »

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by Eric SchraderBay Area Bonsai Associates 27th annual Bonsai Exhibit

Jan 31st: BABA presents its 27th anniversary bonsai exhibit at the Lakeside Garden Center (Lake Merritt), 666 Bellevue Ave. January 31-February 1, Saturday 4:30pm-8pm and Sunday 10AM-4PM. On Saturday, exhibit and plant sale opens at 4:30pm, Boon Manikitivipart will do a demo on Saturday night starting at 6pm read more »

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by Eric SchraderJanuary 2009 General Meeting – Japanese Black Pine Overview

Jan 8th: To kick off the Bonsai New Year, our own Eric Schrader gave a talk and demonstration on the “granddaddy of bonsai”, Japanese black pine. Black pine is native to Korea, Japan and China and is widely considered the finest pine for bonsai as well as the "King of bonsai" (whatever that means...) Black pine care can seem complicated to the beginner and does take some time to understand, however once the basic concepts are in place the results that you will see from your black pines are fantastic... read more »

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by Eric SchraderShow Prep in Preparation for the Spring Show

Nov 18th: In preparation for our spring show I would like to remind everyone about show prep for your trees. Speaking as the show-chair for BSSF I would just like to remind everyone that March is not as far away as you might think. Now is the time to be doing critical clean up and wiring of trees that you plan to put in the spring show. Show prep is a little bit maintenance and a little bit of putting off maintenance... read more »

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by Eric SchraderStart thinking Silhouette

Nov 1st: In bonsai there are so many things to worry about; horticulture: is my tree growing well or is it languishing in old soil; Aesthetics: how can I make the next step to improve my tree? In fact there are so many things that one can be concerned about that sometimes it seems that you just have to give up on perfection so that you can achieve greatness. I think that one of the things that novices and seasoned pros can tend to forget, or never realize in the first place, is the relative importance of different aspects of bonsai design... read more »

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