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<channel><generator>iloblog 1.0</generator><title>Cornwall Bonsai chat Feed</title><link>http://bonsai-chat.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/</link><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Click HERE&lt;/a&gt; to return to the web site</description><item><title>Pots for the Exmouth show</title><link>http://iloapp.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/blog/bonsai-chat?Home&amp;post=29</link><description><![CDATA[ Here we have some 'fresh from ther kiln' pots from Gordon, ready for the Exmouth Show. There's a couple of stunners here - well worth the trip to devon !              
 ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:34:40 +0100</pubDate><category>Shows and Meetings</category></item><item><title>Gordons pots take Japan by storm</title><link>http://iloapp.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/blog/bonsai-chat?Home&amp;post=28</link><description><![CDATA[  Here is a nice story.  I've been in correspondance with Peter Tea, the main apprentice to Mr Tanaka, owner of Aichi-En Bonsai Nursery in Japan. I know Peter collects certain pots, and I had a few from Gordon that I just knew Peter would like so I made a gift of 2 pots and posted them to the nursery in Japan.  They arrived safely today and they both love them - they say there are no pots like it in Japan ! The pots have been put outside in the nursery planted with accents so they develop age, weathering and patina (a few clues there - I keep all my spare and empty pots outdoors year round - shiny new pots look wrong with a bonsai, aging is essential to their credibility).  Both Peter and Mr Tanaka think the pots will create lots of interest from the customers and visitors to the nursery, and once they show age Mr Tanaka is thinking to use them in one of the large bonsai shows ! - Can you imagine Gordons pot in a Kokufuten exhibition and catalogue !!!   While bouncing emails back and forth across the planet I sent a set of pictures of the needle juniper that came from Roberts and asked for some help and advice as I wanted to do the tree justice. Some really useful advice was given and the observation that the tree had fine qualities round the back. To inspire me Peter sent back two pictures of junipers from the 2012 Kokufuten exhibition and now I'm well into a total restyle of my tree.  here is the inspirational world class tree he showed me - give me a year or two OK !      cheers all and well done to Gordon for some great work - on our door step too.  
 ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:32:04 +0100</pubDate><category>News</category></item><item><title>South West talent contest</title><link>http://iloapp.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/blog/bonsai-chat?Home&amp;post=27</link><description><![CDATA[  just a little update on Exmouth show. I know our attendance will be a little down this year as it clashes with the traditional Trelisik weekend but for anyone coming up for the Sunday the New Talent contest is well and truely on this year and is a very reasonable £5.00 to enter and you keep the tree. (dont tell anyone i said this but the material is a spiky upright juniper species).   There is also a joint inter-club display of UK native trees - we have the option (obligation) to add one nice native tree as the CBS contribution. Does anyone have a nice UK native for the display please?? Colin or myself could take it up if you are attending the other show.  thanks once again - Marcus  
 ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:23:00 +0100</pubDate><category>Shows and Meetings</category></item><item><title>Readers Wives</title><link>http://iloapp.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/blog/bonsai-chat?Home&amp;post=26</link><description><![CDATA[  hopefully that caught your attention !!   I'm adding a new page to the website...................and I'm looking to build it into a page of seasonal hints and tips that we can pass on to anyone interested. please just post them as comments here or email them over and we'll take it from there.  cheers Marcus 
 ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:14:50 +0100</pubDate><category>seasonal work</category></item><item><title>Trelissick</title><link>http://iloapp.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/blog/bonsai-chat?Home&amp;post=25</link><description><![CDATA[ With our Annual Exhibition at Trelissick just five weeks away I thought that it was time to prepare some Accent Plants. Coral and Audrey always create a marvellous display with our offerings and need our plants in as great a variety as possible. After Ritta Coopers inspiring talk last year we should be able to put on an even better show.  Below are a couple of photos of my mornings work gathering plants from my garden.     Libertia and mind-your-business in one of Gordon's marvellous pots.     Uncinia and a yellow tinted moss.  Obviously much trimming and tidying up needed when they recover from transplanting.  If you have nothing in your garden I notice that the local garden centres (and even Trago Mills) have a selection of alpine plants at the moment. Most of these plants are a little over £1 each and are capable of being pulled apart to give a piece for an Accent Plant leaving you with plenty to dig into the garden.  Other photos/ideas welcome.  Happy Accenting,  Owen  here are the pictures of Gordons work to accompany Owens post     
 ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:22:42 +0100</pubDate><category>Shows and Meetings</category></item><item><title>Happy Easter</title><link>http://iloapp.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/blog/bonsai-chat?Home&amp;post=24</link><description><![CDATA[  I think we got of lightly with the weather - one frost just before Easter but nothing hard enough to need to pack trees away again.   Out of curiosity what trees do people have that are yet to wake up? - i have the European beech group and the white beech group still dormant and the beni maiko red acer just breaking bud.  At the other end of the scale a trident has been pinched already and the kyohime has had first extension growth pruned off. White pine candles are about an inch long but i will wait until the needles are showing before pinching as last year i pinched a bit early and ended up with loads of flowers with no needles on the end! This could have killed branches on a weak tree but luckily there were small buds at the base of many flowers.  We didnt really have a winter this year and it seems like i've only had one cracked branch on a scots pine die off - it hung on green until a repot and then went brown in 2 weeks so it shows the stress caused by root pruning etc.  Bank holiday wiring and styling was this juniper - ready for the non pine evergreen meeting this month. here is a just imported picture from 2008, a before i started pic and one after the pads were formed.    Sept 2008   Jan 2012     And here is the tree styled - the carving on the upper trunk was finished on Saturday and the picture taken Easter Sunday    
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accent pots &amp; also experiments with a 'frothy' glaze....... 

 See you next week, memory permitting. 

 regards 
 Gordon           
 ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:07:30 +0000</pubDate><category>News</category></item><item><title>even rocks have direction</title><link>http://iloapp.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/blog/bonsai-chat?Home&amp;post=22</link><description><![CDATA[  A few months back I was posting pictures of a developing beech forest on IBC forum and Robert Steven was giving advice and hints into improving the planting. The forest moved from a pot to a slab, then to a bigger slab, and then after replant number 3 Robert threw in the observation I had never ever considered - the slab I made was dominant to the right so moved right to left but the trees I planted went: main tree on left, secondary tree to right...........so trees and slab were opposing each other not complementing. (replant no.4 is coming up soon !!)  Neil sent me a great few pictures how his larch is progressing and has now been replanted to a slate slab. The slate absolutely makes the tree, but while I was studying the tree it dawned the slab also had a direction, and just like my beech forest the tree and slab were opposing each other.  here are some pictures of the tree and a quick photoshop i did. What do you all think? Comments much appreciated please.     And a rough photoshop play about. Its amazing how powerfull a tool photoshop can be in trying out bonsai ideas without touching the tree !     
 ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:02:14 +0000</pubDate><category>seasonal work</category></item><item><title>ALL VISITORS SAY HI</title><link>http://iloapp.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/blog/bonsai-chat?Home&amp;post=21</link><description><![CDATA[  Hi everone - We know lots of you pop in and visit the website and blog but only a very few have managed to add any comments yet!!. The blog feature gets more interesting if more people actually chip in and make the discussion interesting so lets start with all readers of this saying hi to everyone else.  it is very easy - no logging in or anything - just click the comment button, write your name where it asks, type your comment in the box and copy the 4 figure code to prove you are real and alive ! simple as that......  so to get the ball rolling HI EVERYONE   
 ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:37:28 +0000</pubDate><category>News</category></item><item><title>Compost/fertilisers</title><link>http://iloapp.cornwall-bonsai-society.co.uk/blog/bonsai-chat?Home&amp;post=20</link><description><![CDATA[ Greetings all, I have been using some of Marcus' excellent compost and have been searching for some slow release fertiliser to add to it.  Someone had recommended Osmocote. Searching Trago Mills I found that I had the choice of two;  Osmocote which claims to last for 6 months (I suspect that it would be less with the constant watering of Bonsai and in the warmer climate of Cornwall)) With a N-P-K of 14 - 5.7- 10.8.  Chempak which claims to last for one year with figures of 18 - 6 - 12 (+MgO)  The Chempak is about 25% dearer but contains micro nutrients which are not mentioned on the Osmocote box.  Anyone with experience of either and/or generally experience of adding fertiliser to composts.  Any advice will be very welcome.  Good potting,  Owen 
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