Summer is finally in!

Summer is finally in!
Its slightly late, but still in time to start working on your trees, pre-bonsai and bonsai.
Seeds are sprouting, buds are swelling, trunks are growing, wires needs to be checked :)

Quick list of activities you can start to do :

• start re-potting your bonsai
• start to plant some seeds
• check on your wires or wire your trees
• start some air-layers
• take some cuttings
• balance buds and shoot growth

Little warning : Its Summer here in Mauritius in November, but Autumn or Winter elsewhere. So if its going to be freezing for you, don't start re-potting or working with roots or start making air-layers if its not the right time for you. What's important is the season, not the calendar month!
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With that said, here's some the stuffs I've been doing over the last weeks:

Sowing Ambrevatte seeds - Sowed 3 weeks ago

I've been trying to find a bonsai suitable nursery plant for some time now without much luck.
Finally managed to get hold of a pot and some random seeds on the road and decided to sow them.
Out of six seeds collected only two sprouted.







There's still a long way to go before it turns into a bonsai, but that's still a first step/.

Lantana Camara [ Vieille Fille ] - Starting to work on the roots and preparing nebari structures.

Acquired at Medine Nursery last september when it was having its discount week.
The plant is not yet bonsai material with all those lateral roots and tap roots, but  now's the time to start working on the roots and preparing the future nebari.

Ficus benjamina - rewiring, repotting.

Third wiring session for this Ficus benjamina. I also placed it in a larger training pot to encourage more growth, the bonsai pot can wait, right now it needs to bulk up.

Shaping a Juniperus sapling.

This little guy's trunk is starting to harden off but its just flexible enough to get some tight bends in it without snapping off.