| May
we wish you and yours a very Happy New Year! |
As we look back on 2006 we are
gratified to think of all the people we have met,
either by email or in person, and helped along
the way to enjoy the wonderful hobby of Bonsai.
After all that’s
what its all about. Helping you by offering you
a selection of products available no place else
in the world. You might say that we are fanatics
in this respect. We want to be able to offer you
everything Bonsai from A-annealed copper wire to
Z – zeolite. We do appreciate your feedback
and try to answer each and every email that we
receive.
We have been in the business of Bonsai
since 1965 and find each day filled with experiences
that are in every way a compounding of appreciation
for instructing new enthusiastic Bonsai hobbyists
along with the more experienced in the field. We
fully anticipate that this year of 2007 will build
upon this.
| Just
what do we need to be aware of during the
month of January??? |
This month and
February we are in a holding pattern. Just trying
to hold on. Not much light and desert dry air make
for a tough time for Indoor Bonsai and really low,
low temperatures outside don’t
help our Bonsai we try to keep outside.
January
and February are the toughest months for Bonsai.
Indoor: Be sure to check your
Bonsai daily for dry soil, effects of low light
and pests. Keep your soil evenly moist…which
means damp, but not soggy wet. If your Bonsai appears
to be losing leaves in the interior part of its
branches it’s because it is not receiving
enough light. You may need to add a plant light
or move the Bonsai to a higher light location.
Outdoor: It’s
what you don’t see
by casual observation that may do your Bonsai in.
Your Bonsai’s most important area of consideration
should be the roots and therefore the soil. Be
sure your outside Bonsai’s roots are enclosed
in soil and the soil is moist. Just because the
Bonsai is dormant doesn’t mean that its roots
don’t need a small bit of moisture to sustain
them. The pot can crack in low temperatures and
various varmints can eat the delicious roots.
| Hopefully
you got everything on your Bonsai wish list
for Christmas. |
Here are a few items that most
people wouldn’t include on their list,
yet they are still much needed items…
How about some soil
scoops? They will come in very
handy when you start repotting in just a few weeks.
What about Akadama for
your special trees and Kanuma for your azaleas?
Be sure to have an adequate supply of annealed
copper wire or copper
colored aluminum wire on hand when you start
your projects. Don’t
forget drainage
mesh either. And of course now is the optimum time to acquire
your Japanese
Bonsai seeds for stratification.
So...do what many of our customers are now doing...namely...ordering soil,
new pots and
all things necessary for the Spring Potting Season which is just around the
corner.
Please don't procrastinate.....These things creep up on
us all....It's really stressful on our customer and us when we have to ship
out 50 pounds of potting medium via overnight express......whew! Be a good
Girl Scout and good Boy Scout and be prepared.
| What’s
happening here at Dallas Bonsai Garden, Your
Bonsai Supply Superstore! |
New
items of excitement… a passel of DVDs, new books,
the new Kokufu book, and every tool that Masakuni has…It
will take us a while to get all of these items up because
of the picture taking, but we hope to have them up
this month. So…stay tuned!
| Bonsai
Channel Update - Coming Soon! |
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The Bonsai Channel
will have another update this month. We are
editing the video now. We will have this ready
on Monday and will send an announcement letting
you know that it's ready to view.
Visit
the Bonsai Channel
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