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21d •
Undiagnosed issue
Hey guys, I have a wisteria chinensis. It was air layered 3 years ago and has stabilised ever since. Last winter, some sort of fungus formed around 2 wounds, although I had carefully covered them with antifungal Japanese putty. I had cleaned it with a knife and sprayed for fungus the whole plant in spring. When the wisteria bloomed, I’ve noticed that whole branch actually was dead. Can someone help me understand what happened? What is the disease? Is it specific to wisteria? Did it cause the branch to die? If not, why did it happen? Thanks in advance! Răzvan
0 likes • 9d
@Matt Blackman thanks Matt, I have updated my arsenal with a copper fungicide paste. Next weekend I will dig into the dead wood and see what I’ll find
Feb 16 •
New Video This Week!
Hi Everyone, Tien and I have had some time off over the new year after quite a busy end to 2025. I'm back into edit mode and a new video is coming out this week. It was one of my favourites we filmed last year, Tien makes a "Forest Style" bonsai by using the raft technique. Keep an eye out here or on Easy Bonsai YouTube Channel. Cheers Matt.
1 like • Feb 18
Hey Matt I love the new video! I am accustomed to see rafts as “a trunk placed horizontal on the ground with branches shooting upwards”. So this was eye opening! I do have a question though, which I can’t answer behind the screen: what is happening with the Apex in your setup? To add some more context, in the traditional setup (horizontal trunk under ground), while you would expect the apex to grow in the ground, the apex actually shifts to the now upward facing branches. At first glance, it seems to me that your Apex did not change and is in the middle?
Dec '25 •
Fertilizer
When I attended the Bonsai workshop, the lecturer told me that if my Bonsai starts budding 4 weeks after repotting it, then I should use some fertilizer. Was he talking about the Chinese Juniper or the Maple tree?
2 likes • Dec '25
I am unaware of the workshop you have attended. As a rule of thumb, if you DON’T apply fertiliser from spring, the internodes will develop closer to each other. You want nodes closer to each other at a later stage of development, when defining branch ramifications. This information would fit to what you have heard.
Oct '25 •
Introduce Yourself
Hi New Members, welcome to the Easy Bonsai Skool Community. Introduce yourself by adding a photo of your favourite bonsai and a bit about yourself.
2 likes • Dec '25
Hello, I’m Răzvan. I have started my bonsai journey in 2021. Currently, I have a handful of trees in development (Wisteria, Japanese Black Pine, Orange Dream maple, Scots Pine, Oak and Black Locust). My oldest tree, is an air layered (by myself) wisteria chinensis. It can flower so it should be 10-20yo. This summer I have attempted my 1st Hans van Meer technique on a Black Locust Tree. I have some Japanese tools and also a Dremel for smooth cleaning wounds.
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