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Bonsai No Satori

Happy Summer 2016!

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Page 1 The Young MastersPage 2 Spring Flowers Page 3 June, July, AugustPage 4 Sept. Oct, & Nov. Page 5 Letter from Chase

Page 6 Jeker’s VisitPage 7 Earth Day WeedsPage 8 World Bonsai Day Page 9 Rochester, NY US National Bonsai

Soli with three Bonsai Lords!

Marco, Peter and Akiyama

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Spring Time

at

Home & Studio

Stay Tuned for our Celebration

of Autumn Colors

Something different & nice!!

China Penjing & Scholar's Owner name: Zheng Daxing.

Bougainvillea spectabilis

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2016 SUMMER

JUNE June 18 Saturday All Day WorkshopJune 25 Saturday Beginner’s ClassJune 26 Sunday Pine Workshop June 29 Wednesday Pine Workshop

JULYJuly 9 Saturday All Day WorkshopJuly 10 Sunday Bonsai for the YoungJuly 13 Wednesday All Day WorkshopJuly 16 Saturday Indoor BonsaiJuly 18 to 22 Bonsai Boot Camp @ Grounds for Sculpture Hamilton, NJJuly 27 Wednesday All Day Workshop

AUGUST

August 7 Sunday All Day WorkshopAugust 13 Saturday All Day WorkshopAugust 27 Saturday Beginner’s Class

Complete information @ http://www.rosadebonsai.com/classes.html

Stay Tuned for our Celebration of

Autumn Colors

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AUTUMN Stay Tuned for our Celebration of Autumn Colors

September September 3 Saturday Indoor BonsaiSeptember 14 Wednesday All Day WorkshopSeptember 17 Saturday Beginner’s Class September 18 Sunday All Day WorkshopSeptember 24 Saturday All Day WorkshopSeptember 28 Wednesday All Day Workshop

OctoberOctober 1 Saturday All Day Workshop October 2 Sunday San Jose ProjectOctober 8 Saturday Beginner’s ClassOctober 9 Sunday Indoor Bonsai October 19 Wednesday All Day WorkshopOctober 22 Saturday Quince WorkshopOctober 23 Sunday Beginner’s Class

november

November 5 Saturday Beginner’s ClassNovember 19 Saturday Indoor Bonsai

http://www.rosadebonsai.com/classes.html

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THE FUTURE OF BONSAI IS IN THE HANDS OF OUR

CHILDREN

9 year old neighbor Will arrived recently and said“Chase, I want to learn bonsai….today!!!!”

Advise and tips from Chase

In my 50 plus years in bonsai these past months have been the most difficult for the health and well being of our trees. The warmth in February and freezing and changing temperatures in spring affected trees tremendously. We have trees that are still in the recovery stage. This global warming is a serious matter and I find myself moving my conifers more towards filtered sun.

Now that real summer is starting, don’t trust light or short rain. Instead remember during this summer to use abundant water, maybe even water twice some days.. If you cannot check trees constantly place all small ones on a tray with pebbles and keep moist at all times. I do not water during the heat of the day and if I must water due to bonsai being dry I only water the soil. I prefer to water early morning or late afternoon or evening. Our tropical trees needing leaf reduction are all being defoliated before mid July so they will have good leaf coverage by October.

Never seem to do enough fertilizing. Some of our students do it weekly using 4 or 5 different fertilizers and I have to say they are getting a lot of good growth. We use liquid fish twice a month as a foliage and soil drench. Our homemade fertilizer balls have been placed on all Bonsai and are changed about every 6 weeks.

Tropical Bonsai repotting is in full steam using a well draining soil mix which has 20% akadama. This helps retain moisture in the soil during the winter months while in the house.

Have a good summer. If you have any questions about your Bonsai feel free to call.

Chase Stay Tuned for our Celebration of Autumn Colors

Max, 12 years old, and his mother Emily enjoyed taking a class and learning together!

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François Jeker

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20% or cleaning strength

Spray on a sunny day for better and faster results.

We have been successful using this mixture to get rid of unwanted weeds!

Earth day at Rosade Bonsai

Stay tuned for our Autumn Colors

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WORLD BONSAI DAY &

SPRING OPEN HOUSE

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This is the highest level bonsai exhibition in America

http://www.usnationalbonsai.com/