Next Meeting, Due to Labor Day will be:
Monday September 12, 2005
7:00pm at the Tulsa Garden Center,
2435 S. Peoria Ave.
Next Program:
A presentation on fertilizers and pesticides will be the evening’s topic.
August Meeting Notes
- The Meeting began with a sign up sheet for the Bonsai Masters Workshop.
- Saif Khan volunteered to take over the web site. His proposal is being considered.
- For show and tell Mike Flanagan brought a winged elm with a light colored bark, and performed a leaf pruning as the meeting was coming to order. This tree, collected in the spring of 2004, is already displaying mature characteristics. Mike also brought in some jade plant cuttings for anyone who wanted them.
- Norman Summers had a trained hibiscus that made a nice bonsai specimen.
- Pat Coen displayed a tray featuring karsted limestone from Kansas that was planted with Bamboo. He had planted the group this last Independence Day.
- A few items were raffled off after the swap and sale subsided. In addition to member’s items, the club offered the opportunity to purchase pots and other items that will be for sale at the fall show.
Bonsai Master Workshop
The workshop will be on October 1st and 2nd and conducted by Lindsay Shiba. If attendance numbers allow, the workshop will be in the usual format of morning and afternoon sessions on both Saturday and Sunday. The fee for each session is $50.00. Lindsay is currently President of California Bonsai Society, a show chairman of Baikoen Bonsai Kenkyukai's Winter Silhouettes Show, and a member of Nampukai. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in ornamental horticulture with a minor in irrigation from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Everyone should plan on attending, for an enjoyable learning experience.
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August Bonsai Care
What can we say about August tree care? It is much the same routine as last month; water and protect from hot wind, broiling sun, and pests. And speaking of heat, if you have noticed potted plants not drying out in the heat as you anticipated, it is because most temperate climate plants slow transpiration by closing stomata at a threshold of 86 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. This conserves water and slows photosynthesis to a rate at which the plant can survive. North Carolina State University states it more clearly thus: “Plants produce maximum growth when exposed to a day temperature that is about 10 to 15°F higher than the night temperature. This allows the plant to photosynthesize (build up) and respire (break down) during an optimum daytime temperature, and to curtail the rate of respiration during a cooler night. High temperatures cause increased respiration, sometimes above the rate of photosynthesis. This means that the products of photosynthesis are being used more rapidly than they are being produced. [hence the lime green appearance of some plants in hot weather—ed.] For growth to occur, photosynthesis must be greater than respiration.” With cooler nights, our trees will start drinking up again. Make sure water is there for them so they will look their best for our fall show.
References
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/weather/tempeffect-plants.html
Raven, Evert, and Eichhorn. Biology of Plants. 6th Ed. W.H. Freeman and Co. 1999.
Ken’s Korn-er
Q: What do you call a pot that you plant an ash in?
A: An ash tray.
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