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2013 MAHALO YEAR-END SALE!
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ISSUE #10. OCTOBER 2013
WOW!!! WHAT A HECTIC MONTH! It seemed that the shipment to
the Kingdom of Bahrain took up all of our time and energy since the last Journal
issue! Burton Flake's project to introduce True Indoor Bonsai to the
military station and the residents of Bahrain was a challenge as we had not
shipped internationally since the early 1980's. Since then, the terrorist
9-11 attack on the World's Trade Center changed everything!
There's a host of new regulations and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service is a challenge! The permits must provide accurate details, the
application for the phytosanitary certificate must be made online after you've
been verified; and it is probably as frustrating as those trying to sign up for
Obamacare! It's also necessary to become a "known air freight shipper" with a
similar equally frustrating set of obstacles! But with help from Burton
and the Bahrain agricultural officials, we met requirements, the shipment
arrived in 5 days in good condition, and a more extensive report will be in next
month's Journal! This is summarized on the BAHRAIN PORTAL PAGE.
The
study groups have been struggling with the Root-Over-Rock option,
especially if participants must sculpture and prepare the rock. This is
something that is done in large quantities for our popular Hawaiian Lava
Plantings that made great easy-care gifts for home and offices. But
Root-Over-Rock may be too difficult. George McLean and John Boryczko have some
bonsai experience and they struggled. But then Pat and Mary Lou were
provided presculptured and prepared rocks and they breezed through the
workshops! So Root-Over-Rock Workshops will likely include presculptured
and prepared rocks and may only be offered to those in the study groups and
Mid-Pacific Bonsai Foundation members.
There's a major 8-month updated report co-authored by Ryan Chang of the three
1:10 Project workshops he did here in Kurtistown in February. Those were
advanced workshops and while Ryan struggled, the total new knowledge that he's
gained is impressive! Ryan's article next month will show some of his
extraordinary progress. He's helped me to also make progress in finalizing
the plants that will be part of the Premium Introductory Workshop Package.
This is another major Fuku-Bonsai milestone! Mahalo to all who provided feedback
and assisted!
Growing plants from seed is challenging as plants are fragile and you need
attention to detail. But there are advantages as explained by Jerry
Meislik in his article. At Fuku-Bonsai such a mutation appeared a number
of years ago and a related story is in this issue with others to be in future
issues.
This month we were visited by Paul Bakerman of Phoenix, Arizona who got me to
plant a rock that he left with me last year. This year we worked on rock
preparation, he ran the Kona Ironman Triathlon, and returned to do to rock
plantings and assisted me on a third. The story of the past year is in
this month's Journal and the newest plantings will be in next month's issue.
To celebrate the first year of the Journal of Tropical &
True Indoor Bonsai, we are starting our:
To
qualify for this special discount, please send an email to
sales@fukubonsai.com
or david.f@fukubonsai.com
with your name, address, phone number, order items, shipping
instructions if gift order, total the order (including shipping
charges) AND SUBTRACT 10% OF THE ENTIRE ORDER! If all
information is sufficient and amount correct, a return email
will allow phoning in your credit card authorization or we'll
send a PayPal Invoice, or you can send a PayPal Payment. The sale starts
now and ends December 31, 2013!
For your Christmas gift-giving, please consider our Hawaiian Lava
Plantings which are the most successful gift bonsai for anyone,
anywhere who can grow houseplants. The quality is better
than ever and there has not been a price adjustment for many
years. We will confirm but schedule Christmas gift orders
beginning 1-2 weeks before Christmas or deliver as specified. An adjustment will become effective January 1, 2014.
So now's the time as prices will never be lower! Mahalo!
CONCLUSION. Editing and publishing the Journal of
Tropical & True Indoor Bonsai has forced me to keep making
progress. It's given me excellent feedback and is
producing more interesting articles including some that did not
fit into this issue! Mahalo for a great and challenging
year!
~~~David (david.f@fukubonsai.com)
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