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Hello Everyone! Recently, my neighbor got a new fence... But a big bougainvillea was in the way! So my Bonsai friend Adam (Facebook Account) (Blog) came to dig the big tree up! But when I say big, I mean BIG!! This tree has been growing in the ground for 19 years! When Adam was taking the bougainvillea out, I got a little piece that came off... Below is what it looks like: And here is the piece Adam got: (If you want to know Adam's Side of the Story, Click Here) In case you want to know more about a bougainvillea, you can click here. This particular bougainvillea has a pinkish purple flower. Although this tree has a pretty flower, it has a lot of thorns! Like I said above, this bougainvillea has been growing in the ground for 19 years! This tree also loves to grow wild! Below is this bougainvillea flowering: Back to my little piece, after getting it... I had to get this bougainvillea in water, it only had 1 root! It was hard finding a big enough container to fit this... Finally, I remembered I had a watering can a good size for this bougainvillea. Below is how I left it for the day... I will keep you updated on how this tree is doing!!
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Hello All, Happy April!! I found out today there is word called Plantlet! Below is the definition... It's a baby plant!
Hope You Learned, ~Ben Jamin Mobile / Comment! Hello Everyone, (Juniper Info) (Re-potting a Juniper Info: 1, 2, 3) On Valentines day, I brought one of my junipers to Jason Schley (Bio) for placement of some branches. CFBC was putting on a Bring Your Own Tree Workshop (BYOT) for Junipers. Here is what the juniper looked like before branch placement: Here is Jason working on my tree: And here is what it looks like when it was done having the branches placed: When Jason finished placing the branches, he told me to put it in a nice unglazed, oval pot and to get the moss off the trunk. He also told me not to reduce the length of the branches because it would stress out the tree. So in about a week after placing the branches, I picked out a pot and put it in there. In order to put the juniper in the pot above, I had to go through a couple steps. Here are the steps: I had to get the moss off the trunk. If I kept it on, it would eventually rot the trunk away. All off! Now I have to take it out of it's pot. One of the reasons I have to repot the tree is because it isn't stable in it's pot. It has fallen out of it pot before, squirrels have dug in the pot, and the tree's roots weren't supporting it. The soil was also broken down muck. The juniper just got taken out of the pot, no wonder why the roots couldn't support the tree! There really wasn't any!! Now I have to prepare the pot. I have to put in two screens to hold in the soil, two small pieces of wire to hold in the screens, and two big pieces of wire to hold the tree in the pot. All prepared! Now for some soil and chop-sticking! Chop-sticking helps get rid of the extra air space. The bottom half of the soil is all chop-sticked! Now to fit the tree in the pot. The tree fits and it's placed in the pot. Now to fill it with soil, and finish chop-sticking. Here is the before picture so you don't have to scroll to the top of this post: And here is the after: (Instagram filter on it) I hope you have learned about repotting a tree and about junipers. Thank you to all who helped!
~Ben Jamin (Comment! this post is mobile) Hello All! Recently I participated in a show that displayed some of my trees! The show was put on by Kawa Bonsai Society (WEBSITE) called Joy of Bonsai. They had the following guest artists: Sean Smith, Mike Rogers, Randy Clark (2), Mike Cartrett (2), and Mike Sullivan. I wanted to share a video, pictures, and a newspaper article I'm in with my lovely followers!!! Here is the Video I Made: I put the pictures on my Flickr page, if you click here --> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjQYvNyX It will bring you to the pictures I took at Joy of Bonsai. The Friday night of Joy of Bonsai 2014, I had a guy take a picture of me helping Sean Smith on a Demo. I was helping put a guide wire on a juniper during Sean’s 3 ring demo… It turned out that the guy was from the newspaper and he asked for my name, then I told him that I had a display of trees here. Right before he had to leave, we went over to my display, and he interviewed me! He said it would be in the paper this Saturday (1/25/14), Click HERE to read the article.
Enjoy, ~Ben Jamin Mobile / Comment Hello All, It's 2014!! (Have a happy and healthy one!) Plus it's Winter!!! The weather here is still HOT and the leaves are still on the deciduous trees. (IE: Maple, Elm) If you want to repot a deciduous tree, you are probably wondering if it has gone dormant! I got help with this same problem from Mike Rogers. He told me to take off all the leaves. Then you are fine to repot like any other tree. When you take off the leaves, leave the little stem or bottom of the leave. An Example of a Maple is Below: See how the right half still has the little stems from the leaves and the other half of course hasn't been defoliated yet. That is what you want to be left with. But of course the whole tree should be defoliated! Below is a Couple of Diagrams About Defoliating. Here is the Bonsai Website Where I Got the Diagrams From: http://bonsaibark.com/ (HERE is the Post the Diagrams are From)
Hope You Have Learned, ~Ben Jamin Mobile / Comment! Hello All, Last time you saw this Ficus was when I defoliated it! But NOW... It has GROWN!! This Ficus has been growing nicely!! I cant do anything to it right now because of the weather (40 Degrees) but I wanted to show an update for my loyal people (Followers)!! Maybe it will become a windswept style... We'll have to see!! In a couple of years, maybe you'll even see it at a display!! ~Ben Jamin Lorber (Comments Welcomed) (This Post is Mobile) Hello All,
Last Saturday, I Participated in a Styling Contest... I Worked on a Burtt Davyii. It Was Really Fun and Enjoyable !!! Although I Didn't Win, (The Person Who's Tree Won Didn't Deserve It) I Still Have the Better Tree in the End... If You Click Here, You Can See the Timeline of My Burrt Davyii I Styled... Enjoy, ~Ben Jamin Lorber Hello All,
As you can see next to this post, I have a Flickr page JUST for Bonsai. If You Click on One of the Pictures next to this post, it should take you to you to the picture on my Flickr page... I also have a link up above next to my Pinterest Link... Plus, I Will even make it even easier for you, just click here to take you to my Flickr page... Enjoy the Pictures, ~Ben Jamin Lorber Hello to All Bonsai Lovers, Here is the Bonsai Part of My Blog. And this is My First Report on Bonsai. SO... Lets Begin... This is a Ficus Microcarpa. I was at the CFBC Summer Picnic and One of My Bonsai Friends Gave this tree to Me because it didn't sell. He was selling it for another one of My Bonsai Friends, he didn't wan't to bring it back to him and He Knew I would like it, SO I got the tree !! Now Normally, I Don't Like to Put Trees in Bonsai Pots too Early, But this is what It Came in. SO Here is the Tree. Lets Get to work !! (Sorry I Don't Have Pictures Doing Each Step, Next Time) 1.) I Removed the Leaves to make them smaller (Defoliated) 2.) I Took Unnecessary Branches/Trunks Off. 3.) I Made Some of the Branches Shorter. Now I Had an Idea to Kind of Make this Forrest, Windswept. So I Cut the Branches Accordingly. Here is the Finished Product... And Here is What I Have in Mind for What I Want it to look like after next styling... Alright, That was Post Number One Under the Bonsai Section of www.JaminWithBen.weebly.com. I Hope You Enjoyed and Learned about how the tree was styled and some of the techniques to Bonsai. See You Next Post...
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