Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
So we discuss the Menial,
when I weed I cut to the zone where the weed cannot regenerate.
Why -------- ???
Years ago [ early 80's ] a few books and periodicals from Rodale came into the house.
Soon the Bonsai practice became the dreaded hippie beaded long hair practice.
In Estonia, the growing of crops is done on non tilled land.
Weeds are allowed to grow and then cut down before planting.
The idea is the weeds plough for you and also bring in nutrients.
Much like green manuring, save there is no planting of say ----- soybeans.
So you have killed the weeds, they rot, provide compost, nutrients and leave
air spaces, so your soil is now more freely draining.
What do you try for in your Bonsai soil ?
Additionally, you have provided the soil with a covering, that rots and becomes
compost. [ we add back teaspoons of aged compost ]
With bonsai, pulling weeds, disturbs the soil and breaks the fine feeder hairs,
plus removes nutrient from your soil.
Explore [ read ] the idea, see how far down the rabbit hole you can go.
As to watering.
When you heavily prune a tree in a bonsai pot or defoliate, you have to pay
attention to how wet your soil is. Same for repotting.
We do the defoliation, heavy pruning, repotting during different times of our
dry season, but it is because we can control the watering.
Plus, it is a more intimate connection with your tree, than say a sprinkler or
garden hose.
There is a reason for why they say ---- Bonsai are the playthings of the rich --------
[1] They can hire a gardener to tend, or leave it at a gardener's house for individual
care.
[2] Or they have the time to water by hand, because they can.
So he who sits in the cinders is not necessarily an idiot.
Boots befooled the king.
Good Day
Anthony
* Boots is an old European tale.
when I weed I cut to the zone where the weed cannot regenerate.
Why -------- ???
Years ago [ early 80's ] a few books and periodicals from Rodale came into the house.
Soon the Bonsai practice became the dreaded hippie beaded long hair practice.
In Estonia, the growing of crops is done on non tilled land.
Weeds are allowed to grow and then cut down before planting.
The idea is the weeds plough for you and also bring in nutrients.
Much like green manuring, save there is no planting of say ----- soybeans.
So you have killed the weeds, they rot, provide compost, nutrients and leave
air spaces, so your soil is now more freely draining.
What do you try for in your Bonsai soil ?
Additionally, you have provided the soil with a covering, that rots and becomes
compost. [ we add back teaspoons of aged compost ]
With bonsai, pulling weeds, disturbs the soil and breaks the fine feeder hairs,
plus removes nutrient from your soil.
Explore [ read ] the idea, see how far down the rabbit hole you can go.
As to watering.
When you heavily prune a tree in a bonsai pot or defoliate, you have to pay
attention to how wet your soil is. Same for repotting.
We do the defoliation, heavy pruning, repotting during different times of our
dry season, but it is because we can control the watering.
Plus, it is a more intimate connection with your tree, than say a sprinkler or
garden hose.
There is a reason for why they say ---- Bonsai are the playthings of the rich --------
[1] They can hire a gardener to tend, or leave it at a gardener's house for individual
care.
[2] Or they have the time to water by hand, because they can.
So he who sits in the cinders is not necessarily an idiot.
Boots befooled the king.
Good Day
Anthony
* Boots is an old European tale.