Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
You may wish to write to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, as they had a Tamarind growing in their greenhouse.
Back in 1982 or so.
It was tall and thin, willowy.
Perhaps they can offer some advice.
You should be able to fertilise through July and use 70 deg.F as your warning number, day or night.
However the touchy part would be the beginning of your training technique, the 1, 2, 3, leaflet cut back.
With a good fertilising, full sun [ 8 hrs + ] and pruning, you will probably get buds every where.
Be prepared to imagine where branches should be and to use a bamboo skewer to gently remove buds as they
show ------- this big [ ]
The technique will become self explanatory.
If you can as I suggested find examples on Google of mature trees.
Then get some tracing paper, and place over your laptop/computer's screen or print the images at a usable size.
Trace on that.
Look for the Outline ----- the first 6 branches - and observe how the branchlets work.
Look also for proportions of branches.
Also what is known as - Negative and Positive spaces.
Essentially what makes your Bonsai look like a tree and not a shrub or bush [ as we say it ].
Do you need an example of how to do?
I can ask Khaimraj, my brother-in-law [ Fine Artist ] to do an example for you.
If you can do independently, please show, so we can discuss ---- if you like.
You may also wish to explore rooting cuttings so you have more to run tests on.
Try not to experiment on your only plant,
This is how most kill their chances at Bonsai.
Good Day
Anthony
* Seed from Chinese or Indian [ India ] shops or online, for cheap victims - germination in under or around 2 weeks
extremely easy [ remember I am in the Tropics - easy life ]
Back in 1982 or so.
It was tall and thin, willowy.
Perhaps they can offer some advice.
You should be able to fertilise through July and use 70 deg.F as your warning number, day or night.
However the touchy part would be the beginning of your training technique, the 1, 2, 3, leaflet cut back.
With a good fertilising, full sun [ 8 hrs + ] and pruning, you will probably get buds every where.
Be prepared to imagine where branches should be and to use a bamboo skewer to gently remove buds as they
show ------- this big [ ]
The technique will become self explanatory.
If you can as I suggested find examples on Google of mature trees.
Then get some tracing paper, and place over your laptop/computer's screen or print the images at a usable size.
Trace on that.
Look for the Outline ----- the first 6 branches - and observe how the branchlets work.
Look also for proportions of branches.
Also what is known as - Negative and Positive spaces.
Essentially what makes your Bonsai look like a tree and not a shrub or bush [ as we say it ].
Do you need an example of how to do?
I can ask Khaimraj, my brother-in-law [ Fine Artist ] to do an example for you.
If you can do independently, please show, so we can discuss ---- if you like.
You may also wish to explore rooting cuttings so you have more to run tests on.
Try not to experiment on your only plant,
This is how most kill their chances at Bonsai.
Good Day
Anthony
* Seed from Chinese or Indian [ India ] shops or online, for cheap victims - germination in under or around 2 weeks
extremely easy [ remember I am in the Tropics - easy life ]
