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Health

Keeping bonsai healthy can be tricky. From blackfly (Aphids) to rootrot, a bonsai can get ill in many ways. How to safe your bonsai through recognizing illnesses you can find below.

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Winter snow and bonsai

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 - by Jelle Ferwerda

Winter weather is on its way. The Siberean Bear is showing some teeth with half a metre of snow and temperatures dropping below -10c. What to keep in mind?

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Gentle misting
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Horticultural Dormant Spray Oil for bonsai

January 17, 2020December 31, 2019 - by - 2 Comments.

In spring we often have to deal with outbreaks of all sorts of insects. HOwever, there are measure you can take in winter to reduce this. What is horticultural oil and how to use it for bonsai?

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Juniper lightly wired yesterday. Frozen today
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Bonsai winter protection

January 3, 2020January 1, 2020 - by - Leave a Comment

People new to bonsai are often concerned in winter. Will my trees survive this harsh weather?

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Blog / Health / mytrees

Japanese Maple Emergency

September 28, 2019September 14, 2019 - by - 2 Comments.

Using wood hardener is all nice. But it can stop you from noticing what is really going on. So I noticed..

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Featured / Fysiology / General / Health

Winter preparation in Bonsai

November 17, 2018November 4, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

About removing leaves In my part of the world temperatures are falling. Days are shortening and many trees are dropping their leaves. Time therefor to look at our bonsai and …

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Defoliating / Featured / Fertilizing / Fysiology / Health

Why do bonsai leaves change colour in fall

November 10, 2018November 4, 2018 - by - 2 Comments.

Our bonsai put on a colourfull display in fall. But why do trees change colour?

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Featured / Fertilizing / Health / physiology

Fertilizing bonsai and nutrient storage in fall

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 - by - 1 Comment

What does a tree do with the nutrients in the leaves when fall arrives? It retrieves it for use the next year.

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Removing moss from bonsai bark

May 4, 2018May 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Moss on your bonsai is nice for display purposes. But when moss grows at other times it can damage the bark. So what to do?

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Health / Materials / Repotting / Substrate

Characteristics of good bonsai substrate

February 9, 2018April 1, 2018 - by - 6 Comments.

When growing bonsai, there are few subjects that are more controversial than substrates. To some the concept of not using the Japanese substrates is near blasphemy. Everything that is used …

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Cypress-tip Moth infection

January 12, 2018April 1, 2018 - by - Leave a Comment

Argyresthia cupressella (Cypress-tip Moth) in junipers cause a lot of trouble in the garden at the moment. After travelling the last few months, I was surprised to see a number …

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Manuals

Creating a Juniper bonsai rock planting

March 11, 2022January 13, 2022

Grafting Juniper Bonsai

February 25, 2022February 24, 2022

Larch bonsai side branch growing inwards

How to trim and wire larix bonsai

February 25, 2022January 13, 2022

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