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How strong is your Japanese Black Pine mid-development?
It’s like having your foot on the gas peddle, too fast and you either crash or veer off in the wrong direction and too slow, well you simply don’t get to the ‘destination.’
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The Ponder Series – The things that go unsaid.
I believe bonsai as practiced in New Zealand is at the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in its journey.
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Visual documentation of the 1st ‘change of dress’ on our native Podocarpus Tōtara.
I’ll geek out here a little bit at the end. Why would we do this may extend a bit deeper ie, climatic + cultivation conditions.
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Why is my Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros Excelsa) not flowering?
There are some great articles/ research papers out there to read, some documenting the increase in nitrogen found in juvenile shoots, which makes sense considering that Pōhutukawa’s are known to produce vigorous epicormic shoots in response to stress inhibitors.
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Master these 2 techniques and the sky is the limit for creating Podocarpus bonsai!
This tree offered something really unique and has quickly become a favourite in the garden
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What’s in the workshop? – Partial defoliation of a Liquid Amber.
Today’s work was not to force the tree into a response, but simply guide it into summer according to our desired outcome.
An awesome first blog Robs. Well done. It was easy to read and the journey along with the pictures was…
Two Islands Bonsai 
Such aa valuable lesson for all. As usual Robs so well written. I really am enjoying reading your blogs.