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Gosh!
It's the start of fall already.
I do hope you're
ready with your preparations for freeze protection
and the slowing down of your Bonsai's growth. With
much lower light intensity, day length and cooler
temperatures your Bonsai will start...or has already
started to prepare itself for its Winter dormancy
period.
It is
EXTREMELY important to gear down your fertilizing
program this time of year. You should be using
the O-10-10 formula now. Below are 2 sizes that should
fit your needs. We fertilize all year ourselves but
use just a small amount during the winter months.
We find our maples and other deciduous Bonsai leaf
out so very well and with beautiful color in mid
February by using just about 25% strength. It's not
going to force your Bonsai. It's just going to give
it the strength to really show off its outstanding
leaf form when it springs into Spring.
Please
remember that any fast draining soil mixture that
is suited for bonsai really leaches out most any
fertilizers that are remaining
in the soil with each watering. So, you’ve
got to put some nutrients back in when you water.
The
temperature is moderating (Here in Dallas,
the temperature ranges between four and nine
degrees cooler than that same day in August ).
The light is waning (Here in Dallas, we have lost
about one hour of daylight
from this same day in August).
What does this mean to you and of course to your
Bonsai? It may seem
premature....but, it's not... start to think of
cutting down on the amount of
Nitrogen you are feeding your Bonsai. Nitrogen
is a gas that occurs naturally in
the air and soil, where it is converted into usable
forms for plant use by
bacteria and other natural processes. This nutrient
is a constituent of proteins
and is vital to plant-growing processes. As we
wind down the Summer you should
consider applying our 0-10-10 Fertilizer to your
bonsai.
The NPK
are the symbols for the three primary nutrients
needed by plants.
N for the total nitrogen, P
for available phosphorus and K for water-soluble
potassium. The above mentioned
fertilizer then has no nitrogen with a 10 percent
amount of phosphorus and 10
percent amount of potassium. This formula will
slow down the plants foliage
growth and harden off the bonsai for the stresses
of winter weather. We offer this fertilizer in two sizes:
F78 which is FUJIYAMA Specialty
Fertilizer in 2 two ounce bottles (a total of 4 ounces)
for $5.50 and F79 which
is 2 Eight ounce bottles (a total of 16 ounces) for
$13.95.
Fujiyama Specialty Fertilizer 0-10-10 Contains No Nitrogen. This Specialty
fertilizer is especially formulated without nitrogen to promote hardening off
or
winter hardiness in bonsai. While promoting root growth and brighter colors
in
foliage it does not promote foliage growth which can be damaged by low
temperatures. 2 Teaspoons in 1 gallon of water. Apply every 2 weeks until frost.
 
And
what’s
going on at Dallas Bonsai Garden?
Well, we will have in our hands shortly and passel
of pots from Tokoname, a bounty of books from Kokufu,
a mountain of Masakuni Tools and a number of items
we are restocking for Fall, and
can you believe Christmas! Already!
As soon as we can catalog the Tokoname pottery
and Masakuni tools we will email you an update.
There
will be 3,800 pots in this next shipment – so
it will take us a few minutes to take pictures and
show them off to you. It’s worth the wait though!
These new items are extremely beautiful and useful
and are offered at extremely attractive prices! Stay
tuned!
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