| Well, what about this month? |
Gosh, while reading this
email you will notice all around you cold, cold
temperatures and horrifying wind chills. This
is a baaaaad month for Bonsai. We
get more calls this month than any other month
about Bonsai that are either dead or on their
way to Heaven. Why
are there more dead Bonsai this month than others? Well,
two things that we harp on so much…light
and water…
- Many Bonsai have survived
through December and January but just don’t have any resistance
left to survive through February. There
just hasn’t been enough light for them
to have any strength left to go any farther. You
will notice that the Bonsai that have survived
have had enough light to sustain themselves until
February and March arrive. Now just what does
that mean to you and your Bonsai? It may
be too late for some of your Bonsai fellow travelers,
but remember this cruel lesson for next year. Provide
lots of light so that your Bonsai can move through
these months without so much stress.
- Water. We have lectured you on this virtually
every month. This month is certainly no
exception to that. Remember that
your heating system for your home is putting
out nice warmth, but it’s at desert humidity. This
means that your Bonsai will dry out ever so quickly
both above and below ground. If you have
the means to mist your Bonsai then by all means
do this. Keep your soil moist but not soggy.
If you can remember these
two items and can adequately protect your Bonsai
during this period you will be rewarded with
fantastic new growth and beauty that will appear
just around the corner.
| What’s
happening at Dallas Bonsai Garden |
 In just a few weeks we will
be getting a new group of deep plastic Bonsai
pots. They are deeper
and really look nice. They look like terra
cotta ceramic Bonsai pots. They’ve
done a really fantastic job at copying the ceramic
pots from Japan. The sizes are from about
8” up to 19”. They are not flimsy,
but thick walled. As soon as we receive them
we will notify you.
And we just got in Kinbon magazine. This
is the number 1 Bonsai magazine in the world!!!
Now we have the top three Bonsai magazines:
- Kinbon – which licenced some of
their articles to Bonsai Today – which
translated them into English and other languages.
- Bonsai World – another
Japanese magazine specifically focused on Bonsai.
- Bonsai Europe – the
best English language Bonsai magazine.
Why are we working so hard
to get all these magazines for you? Well, we want you to have a choice,
just like we offer you in Bonsai tools and supplies. We
want you to have all the perspectives of the greatest
Bonsai magazines in the world.
There are other Japanese
tools and supplies on the way very soon to us. As
soon as we receive them we will sound off so
that you can see all these exciting offers!!!
| Bonsai
Channel Update - Moving to Mid-Month |
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The Bonsai Channel
updates will be moving to
mid-month from now on due to production scheduling
difficulties. We
will send notice
in a separate email when we have the next installment.
See you soon. Until then, please feel free
to view the current content at:
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