Arnaut
Seedling
Hello there!
Just a little introduction. I am new to the forum and fairly new to growing little trees (I won't disgrace the fine art of Bonsai by pretending that's what I am doing). I have been into Bonsai as a teenager for a couple of years, had a couple decent trees and was in a club, but then pretty much forgot about the hobby until covid lockdown made me turn to the garden once again. From propagating plumerias as desert roses I added chilli growing (because apparently that's hip these days?), and then the old forgotten hobby popped up when I saw a beatiful acacia with a gorgeous root system sprawled over rocks, up in the mountains. I left that acacia there - it's too beautiful in its natural habitat to risk ruining it by claiming it as a yamadori. But it did spark some inspiration.
I have been trying my hand at growing myself some pre bonsai material, acquiring some others from nuseries, but do not as of yet possess a tree that I would call a bonsai - I am planning on changing that in the future, possibly after summer (because living on the Arabian Peninsula, summer is the thing that kills plants, not winter). In the meantime I am experimenting - messing around with the native trees, playing with fusing a bunch of ficus cuttings and rescuing a poor near dead mallsai elm.
Is there anyone here who could maybe help me with figuring out calendar for work? What I learned back in Europe as a teenager about when to do pruning repotting etc likely does not apply to the Middle Eastern coast at all. I know or assume a few things from pure observation but would love to know if there's someone here who might know better. Alas, there are no bonsai clubs anywhere around me to draw on knowledge.
We'd probably fall somewhere around zone 10b-11, summer humidity is quite high (think mangroves), contrary to what most people think when they think about the region.
Just a little introduction. I am new to the forum and fairly new to growing little trees (I won't disgrace the fine art of Bonsai by pretending that's what I am doing). I have been into Bonsai as a teenager for a couple of years, had a couple decent trees and was in a club, but then pretty much forgot about the hobby until covid lockdown made me turn to the garden once again. From propagating plumerias as desert roses I added chilli growing (because apparently that's hip these days?), and then the old forgotten hobby popped up when I saw a beatiful acacia with a gorgeous root system sprawled over rocks, up in the mountains. I left that acacia there - it's too beautiful in its natural habitat to risk ruining it by claiming it as a yamadori. But it did spark some inspiration.
I have been trying my hand at growing myself some pre bonsai material, acquiring some others from nuseries, but do not as of yet possess a tree that I would call a bonsai - I am planning on changing that in the future, possibly after summer (because living on the Arabian Peninsula, summer is the thing that kills plants, not winter). In the meantime I am experimenting - messing around with the native trees, playing with fusing a bunch of ficus cuttings and rescuing a poor near dead mallsai elm.
Is there anyone here who could maybe help me with figuring out calendar for work? What I learned back in Europe as a teenager about when to do pruning repotting etc likely does not apply to the Middle Eastern coast at all. I know or assume a few things from pure observation but would love to know if there's someone here who might know better. Alas, there are no bonsai clubs anywhere around me to draw on knowledge.
We'd probably fall somewhere around zone 10b-11, summer humidity is quite high (think mangroves), contrary to what most people think when they think about the region.