Hydro-sai

The potential of hydroponics is far to appealing to ignore and apply to bonsai. Not so much for a finished product but for recovering trees faster from collection or hard root pruning. And for pre-bonsai material.

 
 

If I can apply this to yamadori trees at the time they are collected this could drastically reduce the time it takes for the tree to go from mountain to show. From 10 years or so, down to just 4.

 
 

The current thought on substrates used for bonsai is almost identical to hydroponic growing mediums. As well as the use of pond baskets to encourage a denser root system. A combination of pond baskets and the flood/drain watering 2 or 3 times a day will encourage trunk development for smaller trees and speed recovery for yamadori or field-grown trees.

 
 

When considering the types of trees and the individual needs I believe that I can separate them in to two broad groups; Arid and "Wet." Arid trees are ones that are very drought tolerant and can have completely dried root system before watering again. Wet trees are ones that are native to rainforest and temperate zones, that won't tolerate drought for very long at all. In their current pots this means little to watering cycles, since nearly none of them are planted in the same substrate. Arid group would be cycled twice a day during spring until late-fall and every other day during the rainy season in winter . Wet group will get cycled three times a day from spring till mid-fall and once a day during winter.

 
 

Will start with some smaller mallsai in small pond baskets, and cuttings.

 
 

I will have to start the build by Christmas

 
 

Inspired by (also, refer to):

http://www.bonsaihunk.us/info/Hydroponics.html

Feeding, Substrate and Watering by Walter Pall.

Daily logs

5/5/2010, 12:39 AM

Weather starting to warm up. Water demands also increasing. Most cuttings from Pfitzeriana are nearly dead due to being in perlite and forgetting to water them on Sunday, transferred to cutting tray and watered. Ficus cutting also seems to have died. If it doesn't come back in the next few days it'll confirm that it's dead. Cutting dried out during the first hot days of May

 
 

Found a pair of 6 inch "utility shears" from Harbor Freight for $1.99 made of carbon steel and butterfly handles. Look just like "bonsai shears" that cost around $30. They are made in china. Workmanship isn't the best looking, but the cutting edges are sharp, well ground. The pivot is a thick rivet with brass bushings I believe. I will compare side by side with real bonsai shears when I get a chance to. Need to coat with oil to prevent rust.

El Pinon

Pinus cembroides

Mexican Pinon Pine.


 
Collected: 3/19/2010.

Location: Edgewood, New Mexico

+35⁰ 3' 2.83"

-106⁰ 12' 32.26"

Watering every 3 or 4 days depending on weather

Fed on 4/25/2010 wait 4 weeks till next feeding.


 Found next to a trail about 6 feet wide, going around private property owned by my parents. Area was nearly full shade it was growing under a much larger Pine, and a juniper which also found in approximately the same density. Two needled pine with length of about 2.5". The crown was about 14" from the ground level.

Munny in Training.

starting on the Munny. shooting for a scarecrow. hopefully it will be done before next Halloween.

3 months of rocking them jeans.

3 months have gone by since i first put these on. worn everyday except the days that dress pants where needed.

the whiskers are started to get more defined. nothing on the combs yet. more pictures after the jump. 

501s_3months (10)

501s_3months (10)
Originally uploaded by abattoir

3 months of daily wear, more later.

H&M Sliq Denim

ah finals are over.

here are some of my favorite pants from last year. H&M Sliq fit jeans, wore them for about 5 months, with monthly washes. manly bike rides. and work. retired cuz i don't want my wallet to fall out.

the back pockets are to close together for me. my wallet was rubbing on my bike saddle and made a fatty hole, and these i got on sale for like 20 buck or something, so not worth a 20+ dollar repair. so if you ride a bike. DON'T BUY THESE. waste of money, but they are rather comfortable.

check some pics

best color representation. don't wanna photoshop all of the.


again with the rivet fades.



cuffs and roping. front,


back







this is what happens when designers put the pockets to close together, then i ride a bike with them.

Denim: 501's at 14 days

worn them every day for 2 weeks so far. already getting fades on the back. in the pictures my wallet is NOT in the pocket. i hung them up for a steam bath, and some starching. and decided to catch some pictures while i was at it.

527's going to bed now.

well, since there's no real reason to post anything new on my 501 STF's i'll just post some pictures of my last pair of jeans that wore.


Levi 527's got them in May '08, had some "light whiskering" as Levi puts it on there website, but i out faded them. check out some pix. wore these about 5 times a week for the first 3 months and washed them once a month. from august to the begining of november wore them everyday without washing. riding my bike about 10 miles a day, sleeping in hostels, cars, couches, i was homeless again. either way some sick fades happened over the the already existing "whiskering."






check those fades coming from the rivets.




you can see my wallet in there still... even though it's not in there.



i don't repair my hems. oh well.

wish list.

well since people have asked, this is what i want for christmas.

Selvege, Raw (dry, unwashed, rigid, shit that will bleed indigo), japanese denim.
waist 34, inseam 34+.

Self Edge x Sugar Cane = SEXSC06
Self Edge x Imperial = SEXI04
Samurai Jeans - 21oz Mid Rise Straight Fit S5000VX21oz
makeyourownjeans.com

Brooks Swift Saddle
Profile, track hubs

and a mac.

Denim: Week 1

well been wearing my 501's for 5 days straight, taking them off only for showers. i even sleep in these things.

here are some pictures.




marked for the first day of wear. hella rigid at first, damn near uncomfortable.


strange shine right above the back right pocket... hand rub from getting my wallet? idunno, but looks cool kinda. honeycombs.

so that's 5 days straight, with sleeping in them most night. they are starting to feel good and still pretty rigid. more in a few days.

Denim: day one

new pants.
my denim mania has returned. yea. 4 pairs,

501 STF x2

501 Pre-shrunk over dyed black

514 Dark, no shitty wash.

back in the saddle.

holy shit... it's been a hell of a time getting my computer back up and running. but it's finally good again.

not 100%, i need some more RAM. but other than that it's legit.

just got a bad ass old bike. a Fuji Royale!


so far only spent about 30$ on it.
new chain, new freewheel, tires, chain ring bolts, and tubes.
currently set up as a single speed 52x22 gearing... HARD AS HELL. but able to fly uphils.
still trying to find out how old it is... i think it's late70's or early 80's.... old as or older than me.

Addictive game of the week.

http://fogdogg.net/digg/Boomshine.swf

very addictive...

365 days.

i've decided to give up drinking and smoking for a whole year. i'm going to dedicate that year to skating, riding, and my artwork. everyday for the next year i will either skate, ride my bike or make a peice of art. possibly 2 of the 3. i need to stop clouding my head with alcohol and pot, when my head has been clouded by those, i can't draw or create anything that is a cohesive image. they are lost in a cloud of carbon that has nothing to do with what i want them to be...

the skating and riding will help me more than the gym as those are fun... and the gym is not.

and i need short pants.

http://www.jasoneppink.com/pixelator/

awesome.

sad state of affairs.

this is a double edged sword. i'm a artist that trained myself on street walls with graffiti. there's always that underground stigma to it. to be known, but not famous. to be famous, but not get paid for it. soon as you're able to make a LEGAL living with it... people start calling you a sell out. these are the purists. so lame. if some has the talent to become something with it... who's to say that they shouldn't? if you have talent, use it. there are people making lives out of themselves with faked street cred, getting some spray paint and putting it on a canvas with some oil paints and claiming they are a graffiti artist. i'm part of a new wave of artists that neither accepts nor rejects tradition. I've learned from experiance and i've hit a plateau in teaching myself. but with the article that i linked to, people would be willing to buy my art as an investment. not as a peice of art... a tradeable commodity. if that's how some of my work will be bought, then i'll be reluctant to sell it. i hate putting up my art for public viewing already, becuase by the time anyone sees it i already have had time to critique it and hate it. even the stuff i paint and put on my own walls i hate after a few days at most. I'm basically calling myself out as a hypocrit right now as i'm gonna goto art school for illustration, and be a "professional" artist...

EPIC IN THE MAKING.

FOOKKEN LOL