My year around bonsai work in the Inland Empire, CA

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After fertilizing, I pulled this twisted trunk pomegranate to prune it.
Before.


After


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This bougainvillea is in full bloom this morning.


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Another bougainvillea


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Few more bougainvillea!


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Liquidamber.


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Crepe myrtle

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Last weekend, I sprayed all the tree with diluted neem oil solution.
This morning, from the backdoor, I saw this crepe myrtle needs a little branch adjustment.
I like to have its final capopy as orange outline.
There is a wide empty space E.
I need to bring the branch B down to fill E up.


I used pulling technique to let the branch B down. The plastic tube is an used nasal cannula for oxygen which I got plenty from my work. Pulling wire is 22 G (I choose size depending on how much force I want to use)


The task was finished. B is down. The top branch T will be taken care later on in the season with clip and grow method.


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This is a cork oak. Its trunk base diameter is about 8" and its height is 28". It has poor branch development in the front because I let this site stay in the shade for few years! I was too busy with other trees! Big mistake! Now I have to recover it!
I plan to build the bonsai benches and stands this year and to place all the big pot on swivel bearing, so that I can easily rotate them once in a while.


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That is some bark on that monster. Hope it grows well for you this summer.

 

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Hope it grows well for you this summer.

It will JudyB.
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I am studying the bark characteristic of this JBP.


The barks are completely different between the front and the back!


The bark in the front


Something to do not only with the active line right above it, but the sunlight as well.
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I found one of our best friends searching around on my shimpaku this morning . Did you see the tiny water drops on hers? I always spray rain water on shimpaku whenever I go out to the garden.

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This is Montezuma cypress given to me by my teacher 2 years ago. At that time, its trunk base diameter was about 1.2 cm. It has been growing well in my area.
Its height is about 2.5 m.


New and old leaves


I cut it down this afternoon.


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Wired and brought the branch up for the new leader


Then I gave it another round of slow released chemical fertilizer!

Ah, I have to thank Si Nguyen about showing me the cutting method for Montezuma cypress. I used to think that the propagation of Montezuma cypress is difficult, but not any more!
Just put all of the cuttings into the water container and leave them in the shade until the roots emerge! Let see!

One of the cuttings

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Rain has been coming into my area this morning. It will be here off and on for few days. I love rain and I think the trees do, too.
Liquidamber orientalis


Japanese maple


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This is Brazilian raintree acquired in 2008. It has been growing well in my area. I had to prune it twice a year.


I might place it in the bonsai pot this year.
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All of pomegranate have lot of new shoots at this time! I will not prune them back until later! I want them to produce enough energy for the trees before I do some training for them.




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and


It has one flower at this time. It is multiple layer flower!


with one diamond liked flower bud!


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The tamarix was after the trimming on 3/17/16


and it was this afternoon. Almost one month!


Lot of young shoots! I think those young shoots would be a great source for auxin solution used for new transplanting trees or cutting! I will do some experiments for this hypothesis in the near future.


It is ready for pruning and wiring tomorrow.
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Just finished work this morning.


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