Weather change just around the corner

The weather will turn cold pretty soon are you ready?
I've already got my tropical s in the green house.
Just to catch you up  the Dallas Society Auction was
a huge success. A lot of excellent trees & pots were
auctioned off!!!

                              This is a trident maple that I won at
                              the auction

                                It is made up of many seedlings that
                                are bundled together. In time they
                                will fuse together to form a single
                                trunk.

                               I will plant this in the ground to speed
                               up the progression. I will post on it in
                               the future 

                               Much like the above tree I have
                               bundled five ficus trees together
                               so that they will fuse into one
                               trunk. I will also post on it's
                               progress later.

                                 I sold this fukien tea tree but
                                 the customer didn't like the
                                 pot.

                                So I put it into this pot which he
                                 did like, we aim to please!!!

                               I'm sorry I forgot Giovanni's wife's name
                               but they came & also bought a tree but
                               wanted a different pot , customer is
                               always right!!!

                                These are assorted pieces of driftwood
                                that I'm preparing to make Phoenix 
                                graphs from with Shimpaku juniper


   I'll post on the graphs later that's all for now


              WAX ON ...................WAX OFF

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Dallas Auction Saturday

    Dallas Bonsai Society's Annual Auction is this Saturday at North Haven Gardens
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.  Don't miss this chance ....bonsai / tools / pots / books
any thing related to bonsai will be auctioned off to the highest bidder!!!!
    See you there!!!!
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yea rain today & yesterday summer is almost over

        Summer is almost over but not yet ...we still have a few more hot days left!!!
Fall is just around the corner and trees will start displaying their fall colors.
         The Texas traveling artist for this year is Cheryl Manning and she was in
Ft.Worth on the 14th of this month. She did a presentation on a green mound juniper.

                                   She explained how you have to
                               fine the tree under all the foliage

                                        Here she starts to cut away

                                    Scott helped he worked on top
                               of the tree while Cheryl worked
                                the bottom

                    
                                 After she carved and styled the
                               tree she told about the after care 


           Cheryl also gave a presentation for the Dallas bonsai society
the next day but I wasn't able to attend that meeting.
  

            The Dallas club auction will be held Sat. Oct. 5th
9:00 a.m. to 12:00  noon at North Haven Gardens.    
          
           Don't miss this event, see you there!!!!!



                That's all for now....    WAX ON .......WAX OFF






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Dallas Bonsai Society's annual auction coming soon

     A lot of personal issues have been taking a lot of my time but
 here's  a quick post to let you know what's going on in the
 Bonsai Dallas area.


     Dallas Bonsai Society will be hosting their annual  auction in
the near future.
 I will post the date as soon as I find out when it is.
Don't miss this opportunity  to  bid on trees,pots,tools &
other Bonsai related items.
     The following are a couple of pictures of trees I plan to submit for auction :

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                       Brandon and Misty from Oklahoma stopped by
                       and bought several bonsai, thank you guys!

                                  Hard working Emiliano       

                                  and his sister Luna

                              Jacob,Luna & Kizer


































The whole crew having lunch  peperoni pizza and soda ....just like old times!!!!



 That's all for now.......


                                        WAX ON..........WAX OFF



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C. Vazquez

         Per your request here are some of my Bonsai trees
that are for sale:






















These are Junipers

$20.00 each





























This is a nerofolia   $20.00












This is Chinese Elm  $30.00
























This is a Bougainvillea $35.00

This is a Twisted Pomegranate $75.00




















This is a Schefflera forest  $80.00












This is a  large juniper $250.00





  I have many more but I don't know what
price range your looking for call me.
        Thanks, Ray.

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Another heat wave

Well we're in for another heat wave  102 with the humidity it'll  feel
like 107.  make sure your trees get watered. The sun will scorch
 your trees & pots. If your trees are in dark colored pots or
 nursery containers they can get well above the 100 degree
 temperatures  and cook the roots.
 Ideally you should have your trees situated some where they can
get sun until about 12:00 or 1:00 in the afternoon then get full
shade the rest of the day.

 

   I also use Styrofoam boxes to keep my pre-bonsai in because
they stay cooler in summer 

     Hey, I thought if it works for beer & cokes
     why not bonsai trees?

    It also works in winter time the boxes keep
    the trees warmer

            
                  
                   This is my pomegranate bed

                          I've already trimmed it once this year

                  
         This is the 2nd. trimming this yr.I'll have to trim it again,
         probably in Oct.

       All this trimming comes with a price all those scratches
       are from the thorns on the pomegranate tree.

         Casey & his wife Mindy stopped by my
         shop and bought two bonsai,they're
         baseball fans from Oklahoma.
          See you in Sept.   

           Also Mr. Nguyen from Dallas & his brother
           or cousin from Oklahoma came by an bought a
           Forrest planting . They both have nice collections
           of Bonsai bought mostly from my shop
                          thanks guys.



                                       That's all for now

                           WAX ON ....................WAX OFF



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wow July is almost over

        This is almost the last of July !!!  The time is really flying by. Well I better catch  you up.
I forgot to post about the  Ft. Worth Bonsai Society show & sale last month, June 15th  to
be exact. It was supposed to be Sat. & Sun. but there was a mix up in scheduling & the room
was booked for a wedding Sun. Long story short we were limited to Sat. only.   It was a good
show & sale anyway.    



          The following are pictures of  the show or the display area :





























































































































































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                                           Joe Andrews pointing out a good pot buy
                                      

                                                                        My wife Maria              ^

                                               What..you mean we got to pack up at 5 ??

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   A week later we were having a really bad day. I was frustrated & mad.
   We were down to one vehicle my wife's van had been in the shop for a month
 & Ihad spent a wad of money trying to get it fixed. I bought another van
 only to find out it wouldn't stay running. I was at end of my rope...on top
 of that a customer from Oklahoma came by to pick up a bonsai he had put a
 deposit on it a couple    of weeks earlier. He said how are you doing today?
 Not to good I've got car trouble. Well he said do you mind if I take a look at it?
 I'm a retired mechanic.

                                      I know God sent me this man cause I prayed for
                                       some help & Tito sowed up !!!           

                   Tito & his wife, she helped by looking up stuff on google
                    on her phone. He found a loose wire in the ignition &
                    fixed it.He wouldn't accept payment for fixing it-it's
                    what I do,I like to fix things. So I gave him his
                     Bonsai in return-it's what I do-barter if you know
                     what I mean---thanks Tito!!! 

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                                    A couple of days later we had to cut down this
                                    tree in front of my driveway.

                              This is the stump that's left of the tree it took
                              2 wks to cut the trunks & branches &
                              haul them to the dump






                         That's all for now I'll post again in a couple of days


                              WAX ON ...................WAX OFF






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