I find watering this time of year to be challenging. Yesterday only about 6 of my trees needed water – the others were fine. Before and after work it is dark out. This morning the hose was frozen and no water would come out. Watering in spring – how nice! In colder areas, trees are moving […]
Watering
Summer watering
Over the years I’ve heard a lot of admonitions about watering carefully in summer. And for good reason – trees can dry out quickly when its warm out. At a glance, it looked like most of my trees were over watered as moss was beginning to develop. Green soil – a sign that the soil […]
Keeping bonsai from drying out in summer
About two months ago, I removed most of the Spring growth from my root-over-rock trident maple (see “Refining Trident Maple” for details). Trident maple – 4/1/12 Mild weather has produced moderate growth since then. The tree is again full and a few shoots are beginning to elongate beyond the general silhouette. Trident maple – 5/25/12 […]