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Recent Posts: Adam's Art and Bonsai
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Author Archives: adamaskwhy
Building Structure
There might be a tree here. Underneath the leaves, somewhere. Maybe. But I do believe it’s time for the scissor. Let’s see what’s underneath. Ah, I see a trunk. We might have a bonsai here, instead of a bush. Not that a bush is bad….. … Continue reading
Posted in branch placement, Horticulture and growing, refine, wiring
Tagged adamaskwhy, bonsai, ficus microcarpa, Green island ficus, trees
5 Comments
It was a Monday
I’m walking through my collection on a Monday. Last Monday, or maybe two mondays ago, as I write this, but you may be reading this three years from now so I’ll just say, “It was a Monday”. I’m looking around … Continue reading
Posted in Art, goings, pictures
Tagged Bellota pots, bonsai, ceramics, Ficus salicaria, nerifolia, Paul Katich, pottery, repot, salicifolia, trees, willow-leaf ficus
10 Comments
Not your dad’s bonsai anymore
I wasn’t going to write a blogpost on this tree but, interestingly, when I posted it on the Socialmediaverse, I got a bunch of people asking me to do a write up. A ficus Benjamina.The weeping fig. It belongs to Cosette, who got … Continue reading
Posted in branch placement, progression, refine, roots, wiring
Tagged bonsai, ficus benjamina, trees, weeping fig
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Why even airlayer? That’s not doing bonsai, is it? Or, Where does the story end?
Propagation. Taking cuttings, growing from seed, air layering. That’s not what bonsai is. Bonsai is taking trees that have been grown by farmers, or nurseries, with the first, second, back branches there already, and styling them so they are all … Continue reading
Posted in Horticulture and growing, philosophical rant, rare finds, roots, tips and tricks
Tagged airlayer, bonsai, Brazilian Raintree, chloroluceun tortum, legume, trees
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Developing The Tree
You might remember this tree, its was featured in the epic, groundbreaking and confirmationally biased blogpost, ” I use some fancy words to justify my defoliation habit, go figure“. It’s a ficus microcarpa, sometimes described as a “ginseng”, as though it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in maintenance, philosophical rant, progression, rare finds, refine
Tagged bonsai, ficus microcarpa, Ginseng ficus, retusa, wire scars
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Chop chop chop, is it technique or butchery?
Uh oh! It doesn’t look good for this ficus. Like they say, the first cut is the deepest. Snikt!!Don’t worry, I might know what I’m doing…..maybe. Let’s continue with the insults, it gets worse. Poor tree. It gets worse. You see, … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced basics, branch placement, Horticulture and growing, rare finds, roots
Tagged Ficus salicaria, Root work, trunk chop, willow-leaf ficus
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