tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.comments2020-10-01T18:27:11.481+03:00Raisio BonsaiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-15306987759897419732011-08-31T17:43:58.441+03:002011-08-31T17:43:58.441+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Janihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301958032004369081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-80668573873922645042010-08-27T23:56:14.877+03:002010-08-27T23:56:14.877+03:00Hi Aman,
There was a recent article in Bonsai Focu...Hi Aman,<br />There was a recent article in Bonsai Focus magazine relating to a Norway maple. The owner defoliated the tree 4 times in the same year to reduce the leaf size. Of course this type of excessive treatment can only be performed on very healthy trees but still quite interesting that this can be done during one growing season.Mark Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794102028067567032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-74592100965474399682010-08-27T23:49:34.752+03:002010-08-27T23:49:34.752+03:00Hi Jani,
These trees were pointed out to me by my ...Hi Jani,<br />These trees were pointed out to me by my mother-in-law and since then I have collected 3 more from the same area. All of these have had the same treatment from the verge cutter. Walter Pall uses these quite often and even made a hugh forest with 80 or so spruce trees. I am not sure I will go that far but lets see what I can make of these in the coming years.Mark Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794102028067567032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-11464997201568018232010-08-12T23:10:57.238+03:002010-08-12T23:10:57.238+03:00I have my eye on a beautiful large Norway maple st...I have my eye on a beautiful large Norway maple stump at my in-law's house. Come spring and I will try to collect it. Although the leaves are large and reduction will be little, a larger sized bonsai will do justice to the overall proportion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637701923967880696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-50505939011612304332010-07-16T11:00:43.915+03:002010-07-16T11:00:43.915+03:00Excellent material! Spruce is not so popular, but ...Excellent material! Spruce is not so popular, but in my limited experience it is much more forgiving than pine. Once it has lost its strict upright way of growing, it does bud back and get better rather easily.Janihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301958032004369081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-31402393025431733012010-05-01T21:52:42.332+03:002010-05-01T21:52:42.332+03:00Thanks Jani.Thanks Jani.Mark Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794102028067567032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-15609822272730447682010-04-27T22:23:23.497+03:002010-04-27T22:23:23.497+03:00Nice article! Informative.Nice article! Informative.Janihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301958032004369081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-6200232978368933142010-03-24T21:55:04.247+02:002010-03-24T21:55:04.247+02:00Moi Jani,
Thanks for the advice. The humidity is ...Moi Jani,<br /><br />Thanks for the advice. The humidity is a big problem even for my children. The house is so dry that we have had to buy small humidifiers for their bedrooms.<br />First I need to make an cabinet similar to yours, seen in your blog Janin bonsait, with the correct lighting based on your extensive research, and then move to an old house where the humidity is may be not so low.<br /><br />T: Mark.Mark Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794102028067567032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-27014690793415956262010-03-22T09:15:20.359+02:002010-03-22T09:15:20.359+02:00Fukien Tea seems to be hard to keep alive here in ...Fukien Tea seems to be hard to keep alive here in Finland. Lack of light is of course big problem, but I strongly suspect lack of humidity is a bigger one. Some kind of terrarium is propably a must for Fukien Tea. <br /><br />Igorilla, indoor growing is harder, and therefore more rewarding, when you have success... You do need the equiptment though.Janihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301958032004369081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-68104002401514516612010-03-22T01:31:44.050+02:002010-03-22T01:31:44.050+02:00Hello Igor,
Yes that could be a good reason. Mayb...Hello Igor,<br /><br />Yes that could be a good reason. Maybe some 'indoor' trees perform better than others to being inside for most of the year especially here in Finland where we already have a much shorter growing season. Maybe I will stick with Ficus which seems to be more tolerant to my warm but dry home.<br /><br />Mark.Mark Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794102028067567032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-26503705488135800702010-03-21T21:53:38.560+02:002010-03-21T21:53:38.560+02:00Hello,
all what I can say: "Indoors are very...Hello,<br /><br />all what I can say: "Indoors are very complicated!!!" That´s why I switched to outdoors many years ago and I´m absolutely happy. There is no plant on earth growing up in a cave or house. A plant needs four seasons, wind, rain, snow, etc. If these perequisites are not given - your project is going to fail.<br /><br />Regards from Austria,<br />IgorIgorillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07391086027556407057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-60033555071133157892010-03-19T23:04:00.727+02:002010-03-19T23:04:00.727+02:00I am pleased that somebody else finds this useful....I am pleased that somebody else finds this useful. As you said at -15 C is maybe not a problem especially if you able to cover them with some snow. <br /><br />Walter Pall (read his adventures from the link on the right hand side) also experiences temperatures around this and nearly all his 1000 trees are outside during the winter. <br /><br />Maybe when I have more trees I will have to be a bit more selective which ones go on the heater bed.<br /><br />To answer your question I don't have a good way to regulate the temperature. I measure the ambient and sand surface with a simple digital indoor / outdoor temperature gauge. It seems that the amount of sand that I used was enough so that when the heater was on the temperature increased by about 8 C. Adding or removing sand will affect the amount of temperature change.Mark Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794102028067567032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-86281716258364900382010-03-01T15:45:37.970+02:002010-03-01T15:45:37.970+02:00Thank you for sharing this excellent guide on how ...Thank you for sharing this excellent guide on how to build a winter nest for bonsai. I will certainly try this next autumn. My experience is that trees tend to tolerate more than what one read about on the internet. But of course, with temperatures over -25 C over a longer period, the risk is obvious.<br /><br />Here in western Norway the temperature seldom drops below -15 C, and I havent lost a tree yet.<br /><br />However I have a Seed project going on this spring, so I will make a box like yours to ensure they live to see 2011. <br /><br />Do you have a way of measuring/regulating the temperature of the box contents during the cold winter?strikewolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007061648125351014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-32809150849467221522009-11-09T19:54:40.866+02:002009-11-09T19:54:40.866+02:00Hello Maud,
Unfortunately there wasn't any la...Hello Maud,<br /><br />Unfortunately there wasn't any label with the tree so I am not exactly sure the species. The height of the tree is 34cm from the top of the pot. All my bonsai trees, except the two large pines, are against the side of the house so they are slightly protected from the frost. Soon I will move them inside my garage which was something I did last year and then wait for the spring to see if the trees have survived the winter.<br /><br />Mark.Mark Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794102028067567032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-18774654442618395232009-11-07T00:09:57.212+02:002009-11-07T00:09:57.212+02:00Hello Jani,
Thanks for your nice comments. I try ...Hello Jani,<br /><br />Thanks for your nice comments. I try to keep the look of the blog clean and simple so it is easy to read.<br /><br />Regarding the maple trees as you said they at least allow us to practice when they are growing everywhere and quite easy to take care of. I want to try to remove the larger roots first before worrying too much about the size of the leaves. I plan to repot next year the ones that I didn't do this year, but lets see in the spring what happens.<br /><br />Mark.Mark Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794102028067567032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-40638605026377123122009-11-02T07:37:26.524+02:002009-11-02T07:37:26.524+02:00Hi!
Do you know what kind of Japanese maple this ...Hi!<br /><br />Do you know what kind of Japanese maple this is? It's hard to tell the size of the tree fom the pictures, thus to guess about the variant. Good luck with the tree! Over here have all the (bonsai) maples already dropped their leaves, and I have moved most of them to the cellar.Maudhttp://www.maud.prettyposies.com/bonsainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889583939189586085.post-2372561155965248292009-10-27T23:35:07.495+02:002009-10-27T23:35:07.495+02:00Hello! Nice blog you have. Good to have more bonsa...Hello! Nice blog you have. Good to have more bonsai action in Finland, its been rather lame.<br /><br />Just wanted to comment common maple leaf reduction. I once had a maple with about 5cm trunk, nothing special really, but allowed me to practice. First leaves in the spring were about 10cm in diameter, and after total leaf removal next set was 5-7cm. Leaf stalk was about that too. Not small, but pretty small, considering. Whole tree was smaller than big maple leaf. I was greedy with that one, I think I killed it with too much leaf reduction, or some other stupidity.<br /><br />Maple leaves do look large even on big trees. So it should be acceptable to have bigger leaves in bonsai too, I suppose. <br /><br />Keep on blogging!Janihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301958032004369081noreply@blogger.com