Bonsai professional

What is it? Growing bonsai from seed can be a very rewarding experience. Using a good seedling medium ensures that your seedlings get off to the best start possible.  Our Professional Seedling mix contains a mixture of Perlite, Coir and Peat Moss. Perlite is volcanic glass used to enhance aeration and drainage. It also retains moisture. Peat Moss is said to be a sterile medium and is harvested decayed plant material. Useful in this mix as it retains moisture and is very light. Coir is made from the husk of the coconut. Similar to Peat Moss in most respects however it is not as moisture retentive. How to use it Empty the contents of the bag into a suitable container with many drainage holes. Plant your seeds as directed and then water thoroughly. Place in a warm, sunny position although not in full sun, and keep slightly moist at all times. Damp sheets of newsprint paper are useful as a sort of mulch, covering the surface until the seeds germinate and can then be removed and discarded. Bag contents 30% Perlite 20% Peat Moss 50% Coir

Introduction If you are looking for a really special gift for someone or would simply like to spoil yourself, the Master Collection is ideal. It includes the most basic tools needed by any bonsai artist. These tools however are high quality and will last you many years, if not for the remainder of your lifetime! Also included are some good quality unglazed bonsai pots, growing media and even some seeds for you to start your own trees from scratch, or if you like you can bonsai a tree which you bought from the local plant nurseryman. What's included? Included in the Master Collection is the following: Two 10" (roughly 25 x 20 x 8cm) unglazed, medium quality bonsai pots (actual designs may differ from photo) Japanese handmade 205mm branch cutter from Kaneshin. Japanese handmade 170mm scissors from Kaneshin. Drainage mesh sheet to prevent growing medium from escaping through the pot drainage holes. A bag of 20 sachets of our incredibly popular BonsaiBoost fertilizer. One roll of 100g aluminium wire. A 2L bag of our best selling bonsai growing medium, the Professional Mix. Two packets of indigenous tree seeds highly suited to bonsai cultivation.

Description For over a century, Japanese bonsai artists have used an organic fertilizer to provide the nutrients needed to keep their trees in perfect health year round. BonsaiBoost is locally produced from high quality, pure canola meal, the same ingredient still used in Japan today. BonsaiBoost should be used on any bonsai or potted plant, from collected stock through to exhibition trees and on flowering, fruiting or evergreen trees. Easy to use with no mixing required, BonsaiBoost sachets are laid on the surface around the bonsai and watered as normal. At each watering, a little of the nutrients in the sachet is carried to the roots. Sachets can be replaced every 2 months during the growing season. Features Time saver - every time you water you are fertilizing at the same time. Organic fertilizer which cannot burn your trees. Sustained, slow release of nutrients to your trees. Promotes healthy, strong growth. Easy to use and will not harm pets if accidentally ingested. The above claims are guaranteed. If you are not 100% satisfied we will refund you in full. Easy to use BonsaiBoost is packaged in high quality coffee filter bags to ensure water penetrates easily but without allowing the ground fertilizer to disappear into the soil mix. To use simply place the BonsaiBoost bag onto the soil and secure in place with wire or a toothpick. For shohin (small trees below 30cm) you should use about 1 bag. Medium sized trees can take 2 bags and larger trees as required. For maintenance of developed trees you will not need as much fertilizer as trees which are still being developed. Replace the bags roughly every 2 months. When you first start using them they will omit an odour. This odour diminishes with time till eventually no smell is experienced. The ground canola cake will become a solid lump, this is normal. While using BonsaiBoost little additional fertilizer is needed. For many years, Japanese bonsai professionals have been using exclusively these cakes to fertilize their trees. However for flowering plants you may want to use a fertilizer specifically aimed at promoting flowering. A seaweed extract may also be a good idea to use once in a while. BonsaiBoost is the ideal fertilizer when using open growing mediums such as our Professional Bonsai Growing Medium. 100% Biodegradable After using the bag for your preferred length of time don't simply throw it away. You can do the following: Make a small hole in your garden soil and bury the bag, it will completely degrade and add to the nutrients there too. Use it around your overpotted trees which are still undergoing development. Fertilize your field growing trees. Place into pot plant containers. How many trees can I feed? 20 Shohin trees for 2 months 10 Medium trees for 2 months 7 or 8 Large bonsai trees for 2 months Contents Macro elements: 53 N g/kg 12 P g/kg 14 K g/kg Micro elements: 7.9 Ca g/kg 0.62 Mg mg/kg 62 Mn mg/kg 195 Fe mg/kg 5 Cu mg/kg 58 Zn mg/kg 40 B mg/kg If you would like to add a slow release organic fertilizer to your growing mix when you repot, then you may wish to consider our Milled Seaweed. Read more. You can also find BonsaiBoost at these leading nurseries: WESTERN CAPE Benbel Garden Cape Garden Centre Earthworx Garden World Improcare Hardware Kaap Agri Agrimarkte Kirstenbosch Garden Centre Stark Ayres Rosebank Stodels Bellville Stodels Constantia Stodels Kenilworth Stodels Milnerton Stodels Somerset West Super Plants GAUTENG Birch Acres Nursery Colour Country Nursery Keen Gro Lifestyle Garden Centre Newtown Fertilizers Obaro Plant Ranch Centurion Plantland NORTH WEST Clarks Tuinsentrum FREE STATE Parys Kwekery MPUMALANGA Montana Garden Pavilion Garden Terrace Imbali Garden & Pet Centre Obaro Plasgrow Secunda Kwekery NORTH CAPE Springbok Tuinsentrum KWAZULU-NATAL Grovida Horticultural Products EASTERN CAPE Green Fingers LIMPOPO Obaro

Grow your own bonsai If you would like to give someone a unique gift then why not consider giving them a bonsai growing kit? Our growing kit contains all you need to grow your very own indigenous Acacia bonsai tree, all packed in a nice gift box. Included is: Bonsai ceramic pot (13.5 x 11 x 5cm) and saucer with 3 Acacia seeds 8 page glossy, professionally illustrated booklet with step by step instructions. A bag of our Professional Seedling Mix and a piece of drainage mesh. Presentation box. Corporate Gifting Want to present your valued customers with something different this year? We can accommodate your corporate identity. Contact me to discuss your needs.

Please select your seed variety from the drop down list above.  As we all by now know, there is no such thing as special bonsai seeds. All seeds used to grow bonsai would develop the same way as the full sized parent plant. There is however much truth in the fact that seed collected from specific parent plants with desirable characteristics are preferred to those which are not. I have identified and selected from our indigenous flora, species most suited and easy to cultivate from seed. Our seed is supplied by leading seed specialists that regularly go on collecting trips and in this way ensure the seed is as fresh as possible. We currently stock: Acacia galipini (Monkey-thorn) Diospyros whyteana (Bladder-nut) Celtis Africana (White Stinkwood) Podocarpus falcatus (Outeniqua Yellowwood) Ficus Natalensis (Natal Fig) Olea europaea subsp. africana (Wild Olive) To ensure success with these seeds please purchase our Professional Seedling Mix and sow your seeds in plastic trays; select from our numerous sizes here.

SELECTED OPTION: COLOR: RED CLICK HERE for more options in this item. Description: This is a rugged and durable gardening scissors. Professional save effort design, ergonomic, feel comfortable. Beautiful, safe and reliable. Specification: Total length: 21cm blade length: 5cm Net weight:  235g Product Color: Gold,Black,Red Product Material: SK5 steel+Aluminium alloy   Package Includes: 1 x Gardening Scissors

SELECTED OPTION: COLOR: GOLD CLICK HERE for more options in this item. Description: This is a rugged and durable gardening scissors. Professional save effort design, ergonomic, feel comfortable. Beautiful, safe and reliable. Specification: Total length: 21cm blade length: 5cm Net weight:  235g Product Color: Gold,Black,Red Product Material: SK5 steel+Aluminium alloy   Package Includes: 1 x Gardening Scissors

The use of colanders initially gained momentum in Japan through their use by several Japanese bonsai professionals to radically accelerate the development of young pines. Their techniques became globally recognized after they were featured in several Bonsai Today magazines. The success of colander growing trees requires that a very open structured growing media be used to promote rapid root formation. However when the root tip reaches the edge of the colander it stops growing as there is insufficient moisture to sustain it. This results in the trunk issuing new roots. Ultimately the colander is filled with a network of dense, fibrous roots which promotes equally vigorous foliage development that rapidly leads to dramatic trunk thickening. Features Produced in South Africa for our extreme conditions Ample drainage space. Rigid lip for added structural support. Convenient size for young plants. Recipe for success with colanders Colander + Fast draining growing medium + Lots of fertilizer + Lots of water = Accelerated tree development For growing medium I would suggest the Professional Mix (LECA combined with White Peat) and for fertilizer I would suggest our top selling organic BonsaiBoost.