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Hello.
Is it too early to begin feeding the bonsai that have new buds and are about to burst into leaf? And the confers and yew? Do I start feeding early as the season is so advanced?
Thanks.
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It might still be a tad early Penny unless you have any zero nitrate feed. Sudden sappy shoots might be clobbered by severe frost. The end of this month would be okay for a dilute balanced feed.
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I'm also on the side of 'not feeding' atm Penny, a tad too early, especially if you have repotted or are thinking about repotting, leave 'til the end of March or there abouts
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| John Y. Naka says in Bonsai Techniques that March/April is too early to feed with any nitrogen but I think that is a bit extreme apart from 'finished' bonsai. I've been noticing that a lot of the old advice has been superceded by modern thought. For instance the notion that you shouldn't spray or wet the foliage in sunshine. I've also noticed that Naka said never use aquarium gravel in a planting mix. I wonder why. Re-potting was never done as early as we do now either. Anything else?
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"Change and decay in all around I see...."
It's very interesting to see that what one generation thought was "beyond the pale", another thinks as usual.
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I've been noticing that a lot of the old advice has been superceded by modern thought. For instance the notion that you shouldn't spray or wet the foliage in sunshine. Hmmmmmmmmmmm! I was always under the impression that if you sprayed on foliage/flowers when the sun was shining, especially hot summer sun, that the sun shining onto/through the water droplets caused scorching of same. Is this not true then?
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I'm sure that water can spoil some flowers but not through scorching. I've never had any damage to leaves from water + sun. Other correspondants seem to have had similar conclusions. If we think about it, every time there is a summer shower we don't have damage. Some people give a good hosing to their trees to refresh tham on a hot day without trouble. The theory that droplets of water focus rays to a point on the leaf is erroneous. Any such focus would probably occur quite a way below the leaf surface.
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| I'm reading Naka san for the first time and am surprised to find how late in the season John recommended for transplants and re-potting. April through to October even for Elm. Just imagine re-potting in the heat of July/August. Phew!
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