• Sunday, March 21st, 2004
It is finally warm enough to start working on this Solicifolia. I’ve been anxiously waiting to get this one into this bonsai pot. The two of them work very well together. The Ficus just barely squeezes in. In just a few months this tree will really transform into a very nice Shohin Bonsai. I’m leaving the top to continue to grow to thicken the upper portion of the truck. This tree should only be about 7 inches when finished. March 2004
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• Sunday, March 21st, 2004
March 2004- New growth has started.
This tree has been accepted to be displayed at Epcot this year at the Flower and Garden Festival starting April 16th. Make sure that if you can, get out and see this and all the great trees this year on display during the festival.
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• Sunday, March 21st, 2004
This is the problem area. It is right above the cut at the stump. As you can see the branches above are starting to thicken the trunk, so this needs to be addressed now.
A small drill bit is used, just slightly bigger than the branch I will use for the graft.
I used a new shoot from an existing branch. This branch will be removed once the graft takes hold. Once the shoot was pushed through the hole, the area around the thread graft was sealed with grafting paste. This is the
grafting paste that I use
Two more thread grafts will be done in this general area to help thicken the trunk. March 2004
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• Sunday, March 21st, 2004
This spring I was hoping for a problem area area to bud out. However no such luck. The trunk is starting to develop reverse taper because of the branch development above. So I need to do a few thread grafts to get some branches to grow to thicken the truck and to fill out the tree. March 2004
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