BSA July Meeting Date

The Bonsai Society of Acadiana will meet on
WEDNESDAY  July 11th, 2012, since the July Fourth Holiday falls on the first Wednesday of the month.

Hope to see you all there!

BSA June 2012 Meeting

NEW BUSINESS  

The Bonsai Society of Acadiana had an exhibit at the Annual Daylily Festival in Abbeville, Louisiana on Saturday June 2^nd.  We had great weather, beautiful trees from our club members and many festival goers stopped by the exhibit.  Thanks all the BSA members that were able to participate and provide trees for exhibit.  

RECENT NEWS –

On our last monthly meeting on June 6^th, BSA President Boyd Snellgrove gave a talk on “Growing” Bonsai.  The talk stressed the importance of growing out trees to their desired trunk size before considering putting them into bonsai pots. This included keeping them in a “grow mix”, rather than bonsai soil; as well as being more aggressive with fertilizing, not worrying about rapid growth and internodes at this point. Additionally, Boyd talked about dealing with  the methods of trunk chops for growing a trunk with taper and movement. Finally, he talked about the use of sacrifice branches for increasing trunk and branch size and healing wounds.

We would like to thank BSA Member Boyd Snellgrove for providing snacks and drinks at the meeting.