Bonsai Wire

This week Jonas sits down to chat with John about his apprenticeship with Michael at Crataegus Bonsai.  Check out Crataegus at https://crataegus.com/.

This week Michael sits down with Jonas to discuss everything that goes into writing and publishing a bonsai book aimed at helping people start off on the right foot. 2D vs. 3D teaching, tips for bonsai photography, and long lines at Kokufu make appearances along the way.

This week Jonas sits down with Michael to discuss the science, tradition, and fantasy that inform his new book, Bonsai Heresy . It is a deep dive into the thought process, anguish, and joy of writing a book that undoes bonsai myths. You can purchase Bonsai Heresy at:  https://stonelantern.com/

Ever wonder what it's like to be a bonsai apprentice in Japan? This week Jonas speaks with Adam Toth, an apprentice with Taiga Urushibata at the Taisho-en bonsai garden in Shizuoka to learn about the experience. Join Adam as he shares anecdotes that convey the joys and challenges of apprentice life. Learn more about Adam at: https://www.instagram.com/adam.jp.bon

In this episode Jonas and John catch up with Eric Schrader and talk about growing trees, working with local natives and much more.

This weekend would have been the US National Bonsai Exhibition, so to honor that event Michael and Jonas sit down with Bill Valavanis and talk about his years of experience.  The 7th US National Bonsai Exhibition has been rescheduled for September 11-12, 2021 . Please check their website for more details: https://www.usnationalbonsai.com

In this week's bonus episode, Andrew Robson calls Jonas Dupuich about using colanders for pre-bonsai. Enjoy their conversation and please forgive the poor audio quality. We are still working on the watering/fertilizing episode. Please send any questions you have on the topic to  talk@bonsaiwirepodcast.com by September 30th, 2020

This week John hosts a question and answer session with questions that were submitted to us via talk@bonsaiwirepodcast.com.  Michael and Andrew join in with expert answers and a bit of banter.  We are requesting questions for an upcoming episode about watering, fertilizing and pH adjustment.  Send your questions to talk@bonsaiwirepodcast.com.

Michael Hagedorn's apprentice, John Eads, shares tidbits from his apprenticeship in a new bonus series.  This episode is all about watering, especially in the summer. We are soliciting questions for an upcoming round-table discussion on watering, pH and fertilizing. Please submit related questions to talk@bonsaiwirepodcast.com.

Jonas, John, Michael, and Andrew share how they got into bonsai, heckle one another with mispronounced names, state goals for the podcast, and offer an ad from our esteemed sponsor, ‘Patina Buster.’ 

 A roundtable debate among the four hosts about the nuanced decision making that goes into selecting trees for one’s backyard including the power of the single decision, the appropriate number of trees, and how choice of species affects both daily and yearly time commitment.

British bonsai icon Colin Lewis shares his move across the water with Jonas and Michael, including his dislike of demonstrations, how to toss your worst tree, the best way to nab a Japanese beetle, and a few really cool observations about bonsai, the community, and how things ‘are a changin’.