The Bonsai Society of Acadiana
(BSA) will meet on Wednesday May 1st at
7:00pm. BSA meets on the First Wednesday of each month at the
Ira Nelson Horticulture Bldg., 2206 Johnston Street, Lafayette, LA.
NEW BUSINESS - We would like to welcome New Members Lauren Daspit and
Sandra Creswell to the Bonsai Society of Acadiana.
BSA was contacted to do a
display at Stokes Nursery on Moss Street on Saturday May 4th from
10am -4pm for the nursery’s Spring Fling
. There will be music and food. BSA Members are asked to please check your
email for details concerning arrival time and set up assistance for our
display.
RECENT NEWS
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We would like to thank BSA
Director Johnny Hardcastle for his presentation on “The Need for Patience in
working with Shimpaku Juniper”. He demonstrated with a Shimpaku juniper he had
purchased in May 2012, and on which he had done some brief wiring a month
earlier. Here are some of the highlights of the presentation:
Johnny stressed the important of
“patience” in making decisions about style, pruning, and wiring on this
shimpaku juniper to avoid stressing the tree.
Despite some current opinions and experience that suggests it is a
tolerant tree, he suggests that to avoid the pitfalls of branch and foliage
loss, a slow and steady approach has provided the best results.
Johnny’s asked BSA members
opinions and suggestions for what each of them saw as potential concerns with
the tree, styling options, repotting time frames, and where and when to include
jin or shari. He also opened a discussion on leaving stubs on cut back or
pruned branches in order to avoid die back close to the trunk, as well as
leaving stubs for anchor points as the tree is styled over a course of time.
Johnny’s presentations provided
a much needed “slow down and be patient” approach for old and new members alike
in dealing with junipers which heal slowly. He also provided some details on
the amount of sunlight preferred by junipers as well as information on leaving
old growth on the ends of branches to stimulate interior growth.
We would like to say Thank You to BSA Member Dario
Billiot for providing food at the April meeting.
BLOG/USEFUL INFORMATION:
Check http://www.acadianabonsai.blogspot.com for any updates on upcoming events, current information
on BSA, and a list of vendors/companies that sell quality materials. This is your best source for information you
might have missed if you are unable to attend meetings each month. You may need to use a Google search to
connect to acadianabonsai. blogspot.com
UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 1st, 2013 BSA
Monthly Meeting
June 5th, 2013 BSA
Monthly Meeting
