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Modern Bonsai Practice : 501 Principles of Good Bonsai Horticulture - Larry W Morton

Modern Bonsai Practice

501 Principles of Good Bonsai Horticulture

By: Larry W Morton

Hardcover | 25 May 2016

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The most current, useful information on growing Bonsai.  Fresh, practical, definitive, comprehensive reference guide to the finest art of horticulture: growing miniature trees. Common sense bonsai answers separating myth from fact with depth and detail. Appropriate for both bonsai hobbyists and experienced practitioners. Featuring Walter Pall Bonsai.



Contents:



Foreword, by Walter Pall 7



Acknowledgements 9



Introduction: From the Plant’s Point of View 11



Soil and Substrate Questions



Out of Sight Is Not Out of Mind 17



Organic and Inorganic Materials 20



Physical Properties 26



Chemical Properties 32



Biological Properties 35



Understanding Fertilizers



Essential Elements 38



Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers 40



Fertilize Flawlessly 43



Feeding 101 47



Fast or Slow 49



Liquid or Granular 52



Spring or Fall 54



By the Numbers 55



Fertilizers Are Supplements 62



Can’t Always Blame Fertilizers 64



Understanding Biostimulants and Other Such Chemicals 635



Growing Superb Roots



The Perfect Tree 73



Growing Superb Roots 73



Sink Your Roots 75



How Roots Respond 81



Root Pruning 86



The Root Collar 90



Getting Back to Roots 92



Keeping Branches Happy



Branch Parts 97



Keeping Branches Happy 97



Switching Systems 101



Branch Responses 104



The Form of Trees 106



Branching Out 112



Pruning and Manipulating Stems



What Is Pruning? 117



Responses to Branch Pruning 117



Before Making the Cut 119



That Was a Kind Cut 123



Prune Like a Pro 127



Wiring, Major Bending and Minor



Tree Surgery 135



Tools of the Trade 139



Treat My Cuts 139



Keeping Foliage Happy



Solar Power 144



How Foliage Responds 146



Budding Bonsai 151



Leave Our Leaves 152



They Shrunk My Leaves 157



Leaves a’ Blazing 158



Responding to Potting



Plants Grow in a Tightly Connected Systems 162



Why and When to Repot 162



Before Potting or Transplanting 166



During Potting 167



After Potting 170



Water, Light, and Temperature



Water Wisely 175



Lighten Up 182



This Cold, Cold Pot 185



Extreme Heat 188



Bonsai Challenges



Content with Our Natural Beauty 192



Why We Are So Small 192



How We Adapt 194



Looking Good 197



Pestering Pathogens 200



Good and Bad 202



Crawling Critters 203



Time to Recover 204



Walter Pall Gallery 209



Index 335



About the Author: Larry Morton, BS Ornamental Horticulture, is the former owner of Landscape Consultants, Inc, and Preferred Trees Nursery. He provides seasoned, proven, professional advice on how you can care for your miniature trees.

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