Mulberry - Morus nigra or Black Mulberry.

Black mulberry is commonly grown in our region.
It's a fast vigorous growing specie full of goodness but not so good to become bonsai.



The goodness of mulberry friuts.

The mulberry fruits turn from green to red then black when ripen. Ripe mulberry fruit is delicious,fleshy, succulent, and.............
.... it contains health promoting phyto-nutrient like............ and have high content of pheolic flavoniod phytochemicals called ANTHOCYANINS........
..have potential health effect against cancer, AGING, neurological and so on......so on....
You can Google to find out more details on "Mulberries Nutition Facts & Health Benefits"



Four mulberries a day keep the doctor away!



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: May 17 2014, 12:21 PM

Taking the advantages of the cool and shady weather today, decided to do
some clearing and cleaning to my plant and bonsai materials yard which I've not been doing for sometimes.

Came across this old Juniperous Horizontalis, looks so good and healthy on this side.



But on the other side... Oh my goodness ! It's TERMITE ATTACK !!!
The termite has eaten into the trunk and formed a net work of route from main trunk to almost all the branches.



And so now the super insect killing pesticide has to come into action.



This is something I hate to use unless that's no alternative. It's classified as a class 2 poison, which can also kill small animals instantly.
After poured and washed the whole tree with a diluted solution of the pesticide, the soil surrounding the stump was also treated by
pouring on with the pesticide solution to make sure that any termite in the soil can also be got rid off. In order to be sure that the tree doesn't got
killed by the super pesticide, the next step is to dig it up, clean and plant it in a pot.
But then .... Oh no! A sudden heavy thunder storm started....


( to be con't )

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: May 17 2014, 01:15 PM

Hi elmer,

I think it has all to do with over watering. It has been raining almost everyday + the auto watering 4 times a day is definitely too much water for any potted plant.
Sorry to say that your cucur attap seen quite impossible to be saved now. And your other 2 plants have all the symptoms of roots attacked by the pathogenic root rotting fungi due to over watering or soil waterlogged.



For the ficus and premna, change the soil materials to more porous type and watering once a day is more than sufficient.
You might need to cut short all the branches in order to stimulate new growths after re-potting.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: May 17 2014, 10:50 PM

TERMITE ATTACK! (con't)

It was a 2 hours heavy down pour and another hour of drizzle before the rain stopped.
I can't wait to go out to dig up the juniper even though the ground was still wet and muddy.



The main trunk and the branches were brushed and cleaned, and the damages were inspected carefully.



Damages done by the termite were quite substantial. the main trunk and branches were actually hollowed, wooden tissues in the middle of the trunk and branches
were eaten by the stupid termites. However, the pattern of the cavity give an idea of crufting design to follow. But over crufting at his stage is dangerous can result in
non recovery of the tree. so only some light crufting works was done.



This is how the Juniper looks like now...front or back? back or front?



The trunk and foliage will be further enhanced after it has showed sign of recovery and growing well.

Oh! I nearly forget. Here's the size comparison of the Juniper to a 1.5 liter bottle.



This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: May 18 2014, 12:22 PM

[quote=elmer,May 18 2014, 12:43 PM]
Thanks for your feedback. I think my cucur attap became like this from insufficient water! I just found out my watering system ran out of batteries! I hope it will survive.

Sanfong people told me the cucur attap needs lots of water and thats why i increase the watering frequency. It was doing very well for a good 6 months with the system

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quote=Bonsailelong,May 17 2014, 10:18 PM]


Hi elmer,

I think it has all to do with over watering. It has been raining almost everyday + the auto watering 4 times a day is definitely too much water for any potted plant.
Sorry to say that your cucur attap seen quite impossible to be saved now. And your other 2 plants have all the symptoms of roots attacked by the pathogenic root rotting fungi due to over watering or soil waterlogged.



For the ficus and premna, change the soil materials to more porous type and watering once a day is more than sufficient.
You might need to cut short all the branches in order to stimulate new growths after re-potting.



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Ooop!

Maple is the only specie that I'm not be able to keep alive for more than a year.
Still trying to learn how to adapt it to the weather here.
From your photo, I think this tree was newly brought into M'sia. If not the nursery boss will have sold to you straight away and not telling you to come back 2 months later.
There are maple for sale in Sg Buluh but not sure of which specie and it's not so thick trunk and good nebari like the one you showed. BTW, how much it costs?

Ooop! sorry to hear that.

Sanfong has shifted to a new location further down at Jalan Semenyih near a petrol station.

WoW!

Hi Bro,

You can Google to find out.

I did the same but then the tree die off. I hope some body can share his experience on planting maple in our country.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: May 21 2014, 08:38 AM

I wonder those so called Japanese maples are from China. Really not cheap and hard to grow. I gave up on this specie.
BTW, I think I won't be posting anything for the next 2 weeks. Hope you guys can post the photos of KL Lake Garden Bonsai Shows for sharing.

TX

Hi brett,

That is a nice one.

You bought from plant nursery in s'pore or brought in from Japan?

You might have problem in de wiring if copper wire is used.

Good collection brett!

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: May 23 2014, 12:41 PM

Thanks for sharing the photos oc.
I missed this bonsai show.
If there are more photos, please kindly post up. Tx.

Bonsai Off Topic

The Norwegian Red Pine - Pinus resinosa.
I feel so lucky that I can come in contact with this specie of pine which is hardly know over here, and also have the chance of the great,
peaceful, and tranquility feeling when walking under a forest of mostly of this one specie of trees - The Red Pine.



Living by the edge of the red pine forest....



Old forest red pine growing on rock





Excellent bonsai materials.....



However Norwegians are one of the most nature conservative people in the world. They believe growing bonsai is like robbing away the freedom of the trees.
Training bonsai is a cruelty act to tree.

Again, here's the Great Red Norwegian Pine - Pinus resinosa !

Hi buddy,

How's "Kannada"?
Any photos of the boxwood in Pavilion Tokyo Street ?

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jun 8 2014, 04:16 PM

No chance at all unless we have something like this for a certain period of the year.

Welcome Khairul,
U better watch out for that fellow called bonsailelong, he is spreading bonsai racun all over! Hehehehehe....

It looks like Santalia or may be Jasminum sambac (Indonesia's national flower). Can u show a photo of the flower.

This post has been edited by Bonsailelong: Jun 13 2014, 02:04 PM