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16
Feb

New season is officially open! – Nowy sezon jest oficjalnie otwarty!

Living in Dublin has its pros and cons. Short winter is definitely a good thing!! Due to few weeks of reasonably worm weather (5C to 12C) almost all my trees are coming back to life :-)
Now I need to keep my eyes on the weather forecast and move the trees to a shed in case of frost (if you live in colder places you should keep your bonsai protected for a little longer).
I have decided  to dismantle my plastic greenhouse and add 2 little extensions to my bonsai bench to accommodate my Japanese maple forest.
New season is officially open!

Mieszkanie w Dublinie ma swoje złe i dobre strony. Krótka zima jest na pewno dobrą stroną! Przez ostatnie kilka tygodni mieliśmy stosunkowo ciepłą pogodę (5C do 12C) i prawie wszystkie moje drzewa wracają do życia :-)
Teraz muszę pilnować pogody by przenieść drzewa do drewutni gdyby przymroziło (jeśli mieszkasz w zimniejszych stronach radziłbym chronić Twoje drzewka przed mrozem chwilkę dłużej) - coś mi nie gra w tym zdaniu… :-/
Tak więc zdecydowałem się rozebrać moja plastikową szklarenkę i dodać 2 dodatkowe skrzydła do mojej Bonsai ławki aby pomieścić dodatkowe bonsai.
Nowy sezon jest oficjalnie otwarty!

15
Feb

My Japanese Maple Forest 360 Bonsai – Moj Klon Japonski 360 Bonsai

9
Feb

SandevBonsai Yamadori series – collecting on rocky terrain

I have been searching web lately looking for some interesting stuff about ‘Yamadori’ (bonsai trees collected from the wild)and ‘Urban Yamadori’ (trees from urban areas).
I have found a blog of  Sebastijan Sandev - Yamadori Area. There is a youtube movie - SandevBonsai Yamadori series’, made by him and his wife, about collecting trees from Croatian’s rocky areas. ‘SandevBonsai yamadori series’will show you some techniques of collecting trees often used for Carpinus Orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam).
Ostatnio myszkowałem po necie w poszukiwaniu czegoś ciekawego o ‘Yamadori’ (drzew pozyskiwanych z natury) oraz ‘Urban Yamadori’ (drzewa z terenów miejskich).
Natknąłem się na blog Sebastijan’a Sandev’a - Yamadori Area. Zamieszczony jest tam film youtube - ‘SandevBonsai yamadori series’, zrobiony przez niego i jego żonę, o pozyskiwaniu drzew bonsai z Chorwackich gór. ‘SandevBonsai yamadori series’ ukazuje interesujące techniki pozyskiwania bonsai często używane w przypadku Carpinus Orientalis (Grab Orientalny).

 

29
Jan

NIBS – Garage night meeting – 28.01.2011

NIBS (Northern Ireland Bonsai Society) Garage night meeting – http://www.nibonsai.co.uk/2011/01/friday-night-workshop/
I have joined the Northern Ireland Bonsai Society earlier this month. Below you can find the pictures taken at the NIBS garage meeting. Thanks to courtesy of Ian – NIBS’ Chairman we all could meet up last night in his garage and work together on our trees in very relaxed atmosphere. I have created my Forest / Group planting out of 4 different varieties of Japanese Maples. My main goal was to create a group which will change colour over the diferrent seasons of the year. Now I just need to wait for Spring!
Thanks again Ian!

NIBS (Klub Bonsai w Irlandii Północnej) Garage night  -http://www.nibonsai.co.uk/2011/01/friday-night-workshop/
Na początku miesiąca zostałem członkiem NIBS. Poniżej możecie znaleźć zdjęcia z naszego garażowego spotkania. Dzięki uprzejmości i gościnności Ian’a, przewodniczacego klubu, który udostepnił nam swój garaż mieliśmy możliwość spotkania się  w bardzo rozluźnionej atmosferze. Ja pracowałem nad swoja grupą klonów japońskich złożoną z 4 różnych odmian. Moim głownym celem było stworzenie grupy, która bedzie zmieniała kolory ulistnienia w różnych porach roku. Teraz muszę uzbroić się w cierpliwość i poczekać do wiosny.
Dzięki raz jeszcze Ian!

SLIDESHOW – POKAZ SLAJDÓW

5
Dec

NIBS Winter Display and Demo

NIBS (Northern Ireland Bonsai Society) Winter Display & Demo at Dobbies Garden Centre, Lisburn, NI – http://www.nibonsai.co.uk/
Thanks to the members of Northern Ireland Bonsai Society for their time and courtesy. Their Winter Display together with Philip and Ian Demos and Ian tree critique was a top class. I hope our paths will cross again!

NIBS (Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Bonsai w Irlandii Północnej) Zimowa wystawa oraz Demo -http://www.nibonsai.co.uk/
Podziękowania dla członków NIBS za ich czas, który mi poświęcili.  Ich zimowa wystawa, z pokazem Philip’a ia Ian’a oraz komentarze i opisy Ian’a byly na najwyższym poziomie. Mam nadzieję, że wkrótce znów sie spotkamy!

SLIDESHOW – POKAZ SLAJDÓW

25
Nov

2003 – 2010 Progression – Kifu Cotoneaster bonsai – Irga Pozioma

Kifu Cotoneaster Bonsai, 7 years old (2010)
Collected natural sapling
In my training since 2003
Height: 30cm
Pot: 18cm

Kifu Irga Bonsai, 7 lat (2010)
Sadzonka pozyskana z natury
W mojej hodowli od 2003 roku
Wysokość: 30cm
Doniczka: 18cm

Picture taken in 2007; three years after collecting a natural sapling. It traveled with form Poland to Ireland and it is the only tree (or I should say a plant) I brought from back home.
Some initial wiring and branch placement is done. 

Zdjęcie zrobione w 2007 roku – 3 lata po tym jak sadzonka rośliny została przeze mnie wykopana. Jest to jedyne drzewo (a raczaj roślina), które przywiozłem ze sobą z Polski do Irlandii.
Drzewko jest wstepnie odrutowane.

 

 

Autumn 2008. 3rd branch / pad is created, trank is left to grow freely to accelerate thickening

Jesień 2008. Utworzona 3-cia gałąź, główny pień “puszczony dziko” w celu przyspieszenia rozwoju drzewa


 

Spring 2009. Tree in bloom. It produces small white flowers which turn into little fruits after few weeks
Wiosna 2009. Drzewo w fazie kwitnienia. Z kwiatów powstają po kilku tygodniach małe owoce.

Early Autumn 2009. End of the feeding season. Tree was heavily fertilized throughout all season to promote vigorous growth and back budding. 

Wczesna Jesień 2009. Koniec sezonu naworzenia. Drzewko było bardzo mocno naworzone w celu przyspieszenia tempa wzrostu oraz pobudzenia nowych pąków

 


 

Autumn 2009. Autumn colours – it turns into yellowsh – red and brown.

Jesień 2009. Jesienne kolory – żółcie, czerwienie i brązy

 

Spring 2010. New growth with few new flowers.

Wiosna 2010. Pierwsze liście i pierwsze drobne kwiaty

 

Summer 2010. Tree is allowed to grow freely to promote thickening of the trunk. Flowers turned into fresh fruits which will shortly ripen and turn red.

Lato 2010. Drzewo pozostało nie przycinane przez cały sezon w celu przyspieszenia procesu zgrubiania pnia i gałęzi. Świeże owoce, które zaczynają czerwienieć od słońca.

 

Autumn / Winter 2010. Tree after post-season pruning. Autumn colours.

Jesień / Zima 2010. Drzewo po po-sezonowym przycięciu. Kolory jesienne.

22
Aug

Ficus ‘Tiger Bark’ bonsai’s leaf drop solution

I have purchased this Ficus last year.

I have repoted it last winter in a mix of:
4 parts of bark,
3 parts of Akadama,
2 parts of Se-T (like pumice stuff from Kaizen Bonsai)

I have found it work very well in my previous place (very worm and sunny apartment). I had to water it twice a day which means it had good drainage. Picture taken after repoting below.

… and then we have moved with my girlfriend to a little house around May. On the beginning everything was fine; the tree was placed in similar to previous place at the huge window but this time at the ground level floor, not this worm as previous one (some old trees are blocking the sunshine for some part of a day). I found the soil being dump and wet for much longer than before and adjusted my water routines to the tree requirements – I THOUGHT….

Suddenly it has started throw the leaves; they were turning yellow first. It was worst and worst so I have cut off watering and feeding as it was clear to me that it has problem with roots and water absorbing. The scariest thing was that the soil stayed dump for over a week without watering! I have decided to act and replaced top layer of soil with a mix I used this year for my outdoor deciduous trees (3 parts akadama, 1 part kiryu, 1 part Se-T, 1 part bark) with 1 extra part of Se-T to keep the mix dry. I did not touch the roots, just took everything that was loose above them.
This sort of slow down yellowing the leaves and engaged new leaves but even that new and young ones were getting yellow; few of them every day.
I have started to read my books and I have found something interesting in ‘Ficus: The exotic bonsai’ book by Jerry Meislik. He is suggesting to use plastic (bag) to cover new graft; it helps to keep it moist.
This made me think. It was obvious that roots stopped to grow and they not transporting water up the trunk of the tree. On the other hand – this is ficus and as you can see on the picture it can creates aerial roots very easily which means it (probably) can take water literally from the air….
And I have cover entire tree in a huge plastic bag.
… so now, after few weeks of being almost completely leafless my ficus looks like this :)

It is still a bit leggy but I am going to let it grow freely.

I think that the combination of well drained soil and a plastic bag is very good cure for ficus leaf drop.

Ps. I went even one step further… I am using plastic bag technic to create additional aerial roots as I have found many new tiny ones on the tree after ‘plastic bag’ therapy.

8
Aug

The Mirabelle Plum – air layering project – MOVIE

8
Aug

The Mirabelle Plum – air layering project

The Nöelanders Bonsai Trophy – miedzynarodowa wystawa Bonsai odbywajaca sie rokrocznie w Cultural Centre (Cultuurcentrum) w Heusden-Zolder w Belgii.

The Nöelanders Bonsai Trophy is an international Bonsai exhibition that takes place every year in January at Cultural Centre (Cultuurcentrum) in Heusden-Zolder in Belgium.

POKAZ SLAJDÓW – SLIDESHOW

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