Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
Sifu,
I checked that with Japan and China, and the opinion was Sunlight.
The reason was, if the trees needed Winter's rest, they would have died off after 3 to 5 years.
Like maples do without the use of a fridge.
Remember when we plant the Japanese seed, out of say 30 something, 25 or so grow and then about 5 or so die off as the year
goes by. The rest grow on very well.
Zone 10 seed seems to be able to Winter by shortening days and not necessarily cold [ as you experience it ].
Our problem seems to be that we produce so many buds, that we should have eliminated all and allowed a new single one to regrow.
For even the side shoot buds, already present can grow normal sized needles.
So we will have to eliminate, all the present buds and start afresh.
Additionally, apart from the lush state, adventitious buds are always popping out.
So we can theoretically keep going backwards on a branchlet. Keeping the trees permanently short.
This was also observed on the Caribbean pine, the continuous budding.
Which is why we grow the two pines, to check for responses.
We have spent more time observing, and less time trying to Bonsai, so our results are different to other tropical growers, thus far.
As I typed before Australia is also recording slightly different responses due to long mild growing seasons.
Because we work with many of the same type in order to learn, Health [ lush ] is the first objective, and much later will
come Design [ training ].
Remember we use builder's gravel [ silica based ] and aged compost, not volcanic soil types - pumice / red lava and so on,
and thus far on all of our trees, this mix - seems - to discourage root thickening, except in Ficus p. which is happy to live
on walls or in gutters, and does as it wishes.
So the rules have to be made up, as we go along.
Yes, I know more frustration for Sifu.
Good Day
Anthony
.
I checked that with Japan and China, and the opinion was Sunlight.
The reason was, if the trees needed Winter's rest, they would have died off after 3 to 5 years.
Like maples do without the use of a fridge.
Remember when we plant the Japanese seed, out of say 30 something, 25 or so grow and then about 5 or so die off as the year
goes by. The rest grow on very well.
Zone 10 seed seems to be able to Winter by shortening days and not necessarily cold [ as you experience it ].
Our problem seems to be that we produce so many buds, that we should have eliminated all and allowed a new single one to regrow.
For even the side shoot buds, already present can grow normal sized needles.
So we will have to eliminate, all the present buds and start afresh.
Additionally, apart from the lush state, adventitious buds are always popping out.
So we can theoretically keep going backwards on a branchlet. Keeping the trees permanently short.
This was also observed on the Caribbean pine, the continuous budding.
Which is why we grow the two pines, to check for responses.
We have spent more time observing, and less time trying to Bonsai, so our results are different to other tropical growers, thus far.
As I typed before Australia is also recording slightly different responses due to long mild growing seasons.
Because we work with many of the same type in order to learn, Health [ lush ] is the first objective, and much later will
come Design [ training ].
Remember we use builder's gravel [ silica based ] and aged compost, not volcanic soil types - pumice / red lava and so on,
and thus far on all of our trees, this mix - seems - to discourage root thickening, except in Ficus p. which is happy to live
on walls or in gutters, and does as it wishes.
So the rules have to be made up, as we go along.
Yes, I know more frustration for Sifu.
Good Day
Anthony
.
