Czech Yamadori

     Boxwood.  Surface roots improvement. Nicely spread and weathered surface roots are very important for the visual appraisal of  any tree. Directly via their visual impact and secondly,  they stimulate the thickening of the trunk, especially in the most wanted area - a trunk flare that looks so great if we have it.   There are a lot of techniques to improve the quality of surface roots.   This one I have called " wet feet" Spring 2016.   A plastic fence has been placed around the base of the trunk and the area between the trunk and the fence has been covered by about an inch thick layer of a sphagnum moss.  The fence has been anchored to the soil by a  bent wire. The top of the sphagnum has been sprinkled by a gravel to discourage the blackbirds from a deeper investigation.  Then the tree has been placed in the area of scattered light.  The moss has been kept ALL the time WET. Autumn 2016 The fence removed.   Eagerly awaited white threads of new roots

  Revolution in bonsai design   In the existence of the mankind, there are certain milestones that have a dramatic and profound impact on our development.   The moment our predecessors have left the relative safety of the trees and  have invaded savannas, the industrial revolution in England, etc.   The discovery I have made is something possibly not THAT significant BUT I do believe that for the huge crowd of bonsai enthusiasts this will be the total game changer.  Something that will split our lives  into  two distinctive periods: BEFORE and AFTER.      Before I will explain the invention in more juicy details, please allow me to briefly describe the rationale behind.     I am sure that a vast majority of bonsai enthusiasts is familiar with the situation that you have to move a number of your trees around the garden or to have them in your  garage studios  for styling or basic maintenance, to bring your priceless trees to local club exhibitions etc.  How do you do that?  Mostly o