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How to water properly
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Re: How to water properly
Nah. at 1:20 on this video they show you how to water properly. It's called Indian monsoon watering and it's really the only way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIt8piVt3P8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIt8piVt3P8
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Re: How to water properly
When I saw the title for this thread that was the exact video that came to mind... one of my personal favourite things on YouTube.treeman wrote: ↑August 14th, 2019, 2:40 pm Nah. at 1:20 on this video they show you how to water properly. It's called Indian monsoon watering and it's really the only way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIt8piVt3P8
It’s not just the technique he employs but the commentary... as he sends a tsunami over that defenceless juniper he gives you bits of gold like ...
“You’ll probably wanna do this outside”...
I guess - unless you like your house flooded... but wait... shouldn’t it already be outside. It’s a JUNIPER, it lives outside!!?!??!
So good.
Apologies to the OP for ranting on his thread - hopefully the comic relief he gets from treeman’s link is worth the distraction.
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Re: How to water properly
For a whole range of reasons I needed a laugh today and that brief interlude at 1.20 provided the light relief. 
Crumbs - that is serious water flow. So much for my technique which has me watering a plant, moving around and coming back for a second and sometimes third go at some pots ... just drown ‘em in one hit! 
Crumbs - that is serious water flow. So much for my technique which has me watering a plant, moving around and coming back for a second and sometimes third go at some pots ... just drown ‘em in one hit! Tending bonsai teaches me patience.
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Ah yes. The rare Tsunami techniqueMJL wrote: ↑August 14th, 2019, 4:01 pm For a whole range of reasons I needed a laugh today and that brief interlude at 1.20 provided the light relief.
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Re: How to water properly
My word i'd not seen that watering video before, i'm not sure why? Why use the watering wand if you're going to set the pressure to the same as a Karcher?
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Re: How to water properly
I second that laugh. And I raise you a tear.
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I style Bonsai naturally, just as they would appear in the wild.
Central Coast, NSW
Bonsai: Casuarina Leptospermum Banksia Phebalium Baeckea Melalueca Ficus
Growing Australian natives as Bonsai: viewtopic.php?p=289480#p289480
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Growing tips for Casuarina as Bonsai: viewtopic.php?p=244995#p244995
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Re: How to water properly
You're doing it all wrong man. You need a torrential downpour. Go soak them in the Yarra for a few hours per dayMJL wrote: ↑August 14th, 2019, 4:01 pm For a whole range of reasons I needed a laugh today and that brief interlude at 1.20 provided the light relief.
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Ha, as soon as I saw the title I thought of the video from Eastern Leaf, (shared by treeman a few years ago, and still a classic!)
Sorry Gamauji, we like to have a laugh.
Sorry Gamauji, we like to have a laugh.
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It's all good. It made me laugh toomelbrackstone wrote: ↑August 15th, 2019, 8:47 am Ha, as soon as I saw the title I thought of the video from Eastern Leaf, (shared by treeman a few years ago, and still a classic!)
Sorry Gamauji, we like to have a laugh.
