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May 6th: We are all busy people. Sometimes we cannot keep up with all our bonsai pruning when juggling jobs, parenthood, spouse/sig-others, and other responsibilities. If you find yourself in such a position, remember one thing: keep fertilizing your trees! Once the rat race of your life has calmed down, you’ll be able to sit down for some relaxing bonsai time and your trees will be healthy. There is nothing worse than having the time for your trees and realizing that they are in such bad condition that you could harm them or there isn’t enough foliage or branches to wire... read more »

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by Lawrence LeClaireFog City Bonsai May 2009 Issue

May 6th: Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for May 2009. This issue features: April Meeting Notes: Yamadori-style junipers Fertilize!!! by L. LeClaire Do What Jim Says... by E. Schrader Bonsai Notes for May Upcoming Events, Meetings, and Announcements Your Spring Bonsai Care Calendar - BSSF Download Fog City Bonsai May 2009 (0.972 MB) read more »

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by Gary TomForce Feeding

Jul 17th: Force Feeding by Gary Tom It all started with Eula Robinson—Grandma, as we called her. Eula always had the most robust plants, and we would ask, “How do you get that growth?” She’d always say, “Oh, a little of this and that, a pinch here and there”. Well, hey, I can do that! I was always a lazy one—couldn’t be bothered with schedules. Osmocote 14-14-14. A 4-month time released food was very attractive to me... read more »

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by Eric SchraderFatten em up before the slow roast.

Jan 31st: After selling a couple of my deciduous trees at a recent auction I decided that I had entirely too few trees which are naked for the short San Francisco winter. The Chinese elm that I had been training for 5 years from nursery stock fetched a high enough price that I was able to take a trip to Lone Pine and buy a dozen more trees, with money left over for fertilizer, akadama and other supplies. I bought two Texas Cedar Elms, a European Beech, a European Hornbeam, three Winter Hazels in gallon cans and four small scrub oaks in 4-inch pots... read more »

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by Eric SchraderGary Tom on Juniper and Bonsai over the years

May 11th: May 2006 General Meeting For the third leg in our trinity of Juniper programs Gary Tom treated attending members of the May general meeting to a discussion of his thirty years of experience in growing junipers in San Francisco. Gary is a long-time club member and has dedicated much of his yard to the developement of Juniper bonsai from nursery stock. Gary's talk centered on his experiences through the years: At age thirteen he started by reading the venerable and ever-useful Sunset garden books "Bonsai... read more »

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by John BoyceFall Maintenance and tips for Pines, maples etc

Sep 27th: Pieces of Bonsai - October 2005 Now that Autumn is here, we can begin real work on the trees. The white pines have already had the needles cut off, and we can begin on the black pines. In this case either pluck the needles off or cut them off like the white pines. Then plucking black pine needles they should be pulled off in an upward mobement that is in the direction the branch is growing. The cork bark pine is done just the opposite... read more »

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by John BoycePieces of Bonsai - September 2005

Aug 20th: If you drive up to the high Sierras and walk around in the forest, you will see natural jin and shari on many of the trees. These are caused by natural events and can look spectacular. By natural events I mean disease, insects, wind, rain, snow, landslides & snow pack. All of these things leave a rough piece of damage that does not heal over nicely. The result is jin and shari.You will also see jin and shari on the seashore where the winds are very strong and kill the living trees by desiccation and perhaps make them more vulnerable to disease... read more »

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