BSV Bonsai News Official Newsletter of the Bonsai Society of Victoria Inc. Registered No A 0008936H Secretary PO Box 4023 Gilberton Vic 3072 E-secbonsaivic@gmail.com General Meeting are held at East Kew Uniting Church 142 Normanby Road East Kew Vic 3102, on the 4 th Monday of each month at 8 pm SEPTEMBER 2015. Next Meeting 28 th Sept 8.00pm. Peter Fewster demonstration- Air Layers Peter has been growing bonsai for 40 years. He has friendship with growers of bonsai in Japan and he imports some plants. Peter will talk about air layering deciduous trees and conifers. He has used air layering effectively to produce material for Black Pine Minis. The methods can be used for small and larger trees. Bonsai Society of Victoria Annual Bonsai Exhibition Come and see a wide range 0f bonsai, including flowering trees, Australian natives, Maples and conifers, featuring some bonsai displayed in the traditional Japanese set up. Also there is the opportunity to purchase: Nursery Stock and Bonsai related goods and Supplies Ask an expert about bonsai: If you have bonsai at home or interested but are unsure as to how to treat your bonsai the come and ask one of the club members wandering around the exhibition For further information please visit our web site at or Facebook, search for Bonsai Society of Victoria or email secbonsaivic@gmail.com
In Memory of Geoff Vanner!! Vale Geoffrey D Vanner 1926 2015 Geoff Vanner passed away after a long battle with illness on 12 th September and he is now at peace. Geoff joined the Bonsai Society of Victoria not long after it was founded in 1972. He quickly started making a contribution to the Club by becoming a committee member in 1974 and remained on the committee until 2009. In that time he served as Vice-President and in 1989 he took on the role of Secretary which he held for twenty years before stepping down from the committee in 2009. An amazing 35 years of service to the Club. Apart from serving on the committee Geoff played a large part in producing the newsletter for many years. He would, in the old fashioned way, hand write the newsletter, and his wife, Marge, would in the very modern way type it up on typewriter. Copies would then be made to send out to the Club members. Geoff was made a Life Member of the Club in 1984, and Marge in 1991. Geoff attended many workshops by overseas demonstrators and he and Marge had a real soft spot for Hirotoshi Saitoh. Geoff and Marge welcomed Hirotoshi into their home and billeted him for his visits which occurred bi-annually over more that twenty years. Geoff and Marge had many trips to Japan attending conventions, and touring the country and developed a real love for the Japanese culture. Many Club members experienced great generosity from Geoff. He gave freely of his time in helping Club members at meetings and workshops. Many current members are proud owners of an ex Geoff tree. His unique handmade pots are also keenly sought after. Geoff will be sadly missed by the Club. Geoff and Marge really appreciated the friendships made over the many years of association with the Club. Marge sends her thanks to everyone for their kind wishes and thoughts
Monday Monthly Meeting 24 August 15 Grafting At this meeting we had a demonstration by Mike Simonetto on grafting of branches and attaching additional trees to a raft bonsai. The members then had the opportunity to discuss their bonsai grafting with Mike and other members who had this experience. Grafting is a great way to restyle and add branches position on your bonsai To graft you need a sharp grafting knife and wire Original Bonsai with Grafted trees on the main raft trunk by Completed ready to be grown on to a additional trees to be cutting into it and attaching the new trees stage to be potted grafted on Member discussing their trees with Mike and other members
How to graft a Bonsai tree When? Pines should be grafted in the winter, Junipers and most deciduous trees in the spring or summer. How? Grafting will only work when the stump and the graft belong to the same botanical family. Two techniques are commonly used for Bonsai purposes; side-grafting (to add a branch or root to an existing tree) and topgrafting (to merge a stump and a graft together to form a new tree). Side grafting First step is to find a suitable graft to add to the tree; you might take a graft from another tree or you can use material from the tree itself (basically relocating a branch or root). The graft should not be too large, about 5 cm (2 ) is enough (see photo 1, below). Make a shallow incision in the bark of the stump (using a sharp, flat knife) of about 1 cm (0.4 ) long. Be careful not to cut into the hardwood of the tree (see photo 2, below). Now take the graft and cut the last 1 cm (0.4 ) at an angle, to make it fit properly into the incision of the stump. Next place the graft with the barkless portion facing the interior of the tree into the stump, making sure the cambial layers of both the graft and the stump contact. Use wire or an elastic material to wrap the stump and the graft tightly together (see photo 3, below). It will take about two months before the graft will show signs of growth, however, do not remove the wire that holds the stump and the graft together for at least a year to make sure they bond properly. Top grafting 1 Take a stump of at least 5 mm thick and cut it straight off at about 10 cm (4 ) height (see photo 1, below). The graft should be thinner than the stump and around 5 cm (2 ) long (see photo 1, above). 2 Using a sharp knife make a vertical incision (of about 2 cm, or 1 long) into the stump, splitting it just outside the middle (see photo 2, below). 3 Next, take the graft and cut the last 2 cm (1 ) at an angle. Insert it into the stump with the bark-less side of the graft pointing towards the middle of the stump; make sure the cambial layers contact (see photo 3, below). 4 Use wire or an elastic material to wrap the stump and the graft tightly together. After about a year the graft should start growing, however, do not remove the wire that holds the stump and the graft together for another year. The point at which the graft is inserted into the stump will be clearly thicker than the rest of the trunk, although this will slightly decrease over the years.
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Saturday Meeting A great day last Saturday majority of members had brought along bonsai trees for discussion. As we have a limited number of Saturday workshops for this year members were keen to have their bonsai discussed to make the adjustment to their trees to grow on during summer The October Saturday workshop has been cancelled as it is the weekend of the Bonsai Society Victoria Annual Exhibition -10 th and 11 th October Members arranging themselves for a busy workshop Members critiquing each other s bonsai Quentin using his experience to discuss the member s bonsai Spring Blossom
Annual Club Membership Dear Members The Club committee is aware that some members still have outstanding payments for 2015/2016 membership Fee. If you haven t already paid your membership fee please support the Club by paying promptly. We are not able to accept membership payments at the entry to the show so unfinancial members will have to pay the $5 admission fee. Membership payments can then be made at the Sales Area payment points. Thank you for your understanding on this matter Bonsai Supplies Victor has stocked up on some very good glazed and unglazed pots. He has a new supplier for the unglazed pots and he was also able to get to John Guo to see his latest shipment of new pots I have also stocked up on wire and we now have plentiful supplies of every size to about 4.5mm. A few rolls of wire above that size are also available. Bonsai Meeting Dates Club Meetings BSV monthly meeting is held on the 4th Monday of each month at 8 pm. Next meeting is September 28. Meetings alternate each month between demonstrations and workshops. Club members are invited to attend the monthly Saturday meeting held on the second Saturday of every month. Meetings start at 12 pm, this allows club members to discuss the progress of their bonsai and receive expert advice from experienced members. Next Saturday meeting the 14 November Monthly Meetings 2015 East Kew Uniting Church 142 Normanby Road East Kew Vic 3102, on the 4 th Monday of each month at 8 pm 28 September - Demo - Peter Fewster 26 October - Workshop 23 November - AGM Saturday Styling Review Meetings 2015 East Kew Uniting Church 142 Normanby Road East Kew Vic 3102, on the 2 nd Saturday of each month at 12 pm 10 October Cancelled (Annual Show Date) 14 November 12 December
Coming Event Month of October Bonsai Society of Victoria - Bonsai Exhibition 10 th 11 th October At Box Hill Town Hall 1022 Whitehorse Rd Box Hill Ballarat Bonsai Exhibition Saturday, 31st of October 10 am - 5 pm Sunday 1 st of November 10 am 4 pm Admission $ 4.00, Kids free At the Robert Clark Centre in the Botanical Gardens at Lake Wendouree in Gillies Street North, opposite the Glass Month of November Goldfields Bonsai Society Bonsai Exhibition Sat 31 st Oct and Sun 1 st Nov 10am 4.30pm Adults: $3 Children under 12 free Behind Information Centre, Market Building Adjacent to Victory Park and IGA Car Park Bonsai Northwest - Exhibition and Sale 7 & 8 November 2015 10am to 4pm Adults: $5 (Children under 15 free with adult) Footscray Community Arts Centre 45 Moreland St Footscray Geelong Bonsai Show Saturday 14 th Nov 9am-6pm and Sunday 15 th Nov, 9am 4pm Admission Adults $5.00 Children accompanied by adults FREE Geelong Masonic Centre Regent St Belmont
Bonsai Society of Victoria Inc. Registered No. A0008936H P.O. Box 4023, Gilberton Vic. 3072 With the date for our Annual Show fast approaching there are a number of things of which you need to aware. Once again we will have a catalogue of all the trees on exhibition. If you wish to display tree please forward some brief information about the tree. What is required is as follows - Botanic Name Common Name Tree information (20-25 words) - this could be - approximate age as a bonsai, was it nursery stock or collected material, any horticultural peculiarities it may have etc. The cut off date for this information to be received is Monday September 28. Please email the information to the following - eventsbonsaivic@gmail.com or secbonsaivic@gmail.com If you are proposing to sell any tree stock or bonsai related material you will need a personalised Sales Sheet. You also need to be a Financial Member of the Club. No items will be accepted for sale unless they are listed on this personalised Sales Sheet. Each sheet has room for 80 items to be listed ( you are welcome to request as many Sales Sheets as you like). These can be obtained by requesting them from the following email addresses. - eventsbonsaivic@gmail.com or secbonsaivic@gmail.com If you prefer to mail your responses/requests use the Clubs P.O. Box (See above) Looking forward to your support