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Chinese Quince Fusion 3 | Fusion Bonsai
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. Chinese Quince Fusion 3. Sometimes I like to color outside the lines. Let’s start a new project. Last year a reader Bob from Vermont asked a question”Do you think I could fuse a fence to surround my property? This is truly an original idea! One living tree surrounding your property. Very ambitious, but quite possible. I wanted to try this, but on a much smaller scale. 8221; I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS”. Who cares, I’m having fun. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Elevate pots | Fusion Bonsai
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. We often hear that our trees should have good air circulation to promote good health. Rarely , if ever do we hear about the need for good air circulation beneath the pots. I use two 2 inch by 2 inch sticks cut shorter than the width of the pot to elevate my pots. This simple technique has several benefits for improved health of your trees. 1) It allows for proper drainage of the pot. 3) A clean dry area below the pot reduces pests and disease. Repotting a ca...
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Mangetsu azalea fusion | Fusion Bonsai
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. I went and saw my friend Will Feldman the other day and noticed this azalea that I had missed on previous visits. Will said it was a Mangetsu azalea and believed it to be a Satuki/Kurume hybrid. Seeing my interest Will gifted me the tree. Will has so much material to work with and maintain that I believe he did not want to be tasked with repairing the trunk. These are blooms from the parent tree that cuttings were taken from. Thank you Will. Repairs are inev...
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Upside down Black Pine | Fusion Bonsai
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. Upside down Black Pine. Here is a wacky idea. My uncle Pete gave me a Black Pine and suggested that I style it as a cascade. So I wired it up and bent it over the edge of a pot. The first step was to punch a hole in a 15 inch square grow tray. The next step was to wire the tree and plant it upside down in the tray. Here are the 2 trees side by side. One up, one down. Now we just wait and see how they grow. Sept 6, 2012. My first attempt to grow an upside dow...
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Ficus Fusion | Fusion Bonsai
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. This tree is obviously not a bonsai, however it is a good example of a trunk fusion. I saw this tree in our neighbors trash about 15 years ago and was fascinated by the braided trunk. The tree had root rot and only 6 leaves hanging on. I took it home, cleaned it up and nursed it back to health. Today this braided Ficus is about 8 feet tall and in good health. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Chinese Quince Fusi...
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Chinese Quince Fusion 1 | Fusion Bonsai
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. Chinese Quince Fusion 1. This is the seed flat as it looked in the middle of May 2012. Several seedlings were already 5 inches tall and the roots were already pushing through the bottom of the tray. It was time to repot, however, I had another idea. Why repot when I could tie the seedlings directly to the frame and bypass 1 year of growth in a pot? Here are the Japanese Maple seedlings that I attached to a frame last year just like the Chinese Quince above.
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My Favorite Conifer | Fusion Bonsai
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. I grew up in the deserts of Arizona and rarely saw large trees. Arizona does have vast pine forests but the trees are rarely taller than 50 feet. So when I moved to Virginia after college I thought I was in tree heaven. There are mixed forests of White Oaks, Yellow Poplars, Sycamores, and Hemlocks all reaching 100 feet or more. 4 Responses to “My Favorite Conifer”. December 24, 2011 at 8:46 pm. December 25, 2011 at 1:56 pm. Kyser, this is a real time blog an...
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Alternate fertilizers | Fusion Bonsai
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. When I see a fertilizer that is labeled Bonsai fertilizer I have to chuckle. This is just a marketing gimmick. There is no one perfect fertilizer. Each tree has it’s own specific nutritional needs. Even trees of the same species have different needs based on age, size, potting mix etc. Because bonsai soils are generally porous, nutrients can quickly flush away. By alternating fertilizers you will improve the general health of your tree. Follow Blog via Email.
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Leaf Mulch Analysis | Fusion Bonsai
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. Most trees prefer slightly acidic soils, generally around 6.0 to 6.5, with 7.0 being neutral. This slight soil acidity improves the tree roots ability to absorb nutrients. Very acid soils (below 4.5) or alkaline soils (above 7.0) do not allow the tree roots to efficiently absorb essential nutrients, resulting in nutrient deficiencies. Pines and Azaleas prefer a soil ph of 5 to 6.0, Japanese Maples and Junipers 5.5 to 6.5. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. 2013 Pot...
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Fusion Bonsai | Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more | Page 2
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Greg Wentzel's trunk fusion projects and more. Posted in Fusion Bonsai. On May 28, 2015 by Greg Wentzel. Several years back Uncle Pete showed me how to propagate using cleft grafts. This is a quick and inexpensive way to expand the number of select cultivars in your collection. It does have 2 major drawbacks when used for bonsai material. One, nasty scars and two, different bark characteristics. Here are a few examples:. 8216;Ara Kawa’ Japanese White Pine grafted onto Japanese Black Pine at 3 years...
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