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New Video – Japanese Larch Restoration Part 1
Graham Potter begins the process of restoring this old root over rock Japanese larch. Assembled by its former owner in England over 45 years ago, latterly the tree has become a little weak. In this video Graham concentrates on work related to improving the bonsai trees health and vigour with a simple repot.
Bonsai Repotting Adventures
Graham Potter of Kaizen Bonsai shares hints and tips on bonsai repotting technique with examples of recent work he’s completed. Bonsai repotting adventures
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Bitchin-n-Moanin Again
So, anybody that knows me, or our business will know we are always busy. Not busy in the sense most of Britain at work is busy. I don't consider 2 hours work followed by three hours of needless paperwork to be busy. We have one of the lowest outputs per head of...
Table Sale !
Seeing as everyone has been shut down for the foreseeable future there are no car boots or bonsai bargain basement, knock it out cheap events going on I figured we could host a bonsai table sale. However that's not what you think. In fact it is just a special offer...
44,000 Hours Well Spent – Growing Bonsai Trees
Starting out in bonsai is a tough thing to do. It’s easy to get it wrong, be misguided, be deceived or bamboozled by the ignorance of other egotistical self proclaimed ‘experts’. The fact that someone has a large following does not guarantee they know what they are...
Upside Down Bonsai
I remember decades ago, around the end of the seventies to be precise, my parents took my best mate Woody and I down to that there London. We were heading to Wembley arena to see Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, a big deal for a couple of clod hoppers from the sticks and...
New Soil Packages – A History Lesson
Today we have changed the packaging of our very popular soil mixes. Before I launch into a history lesson let me explain. For reasons I will explain we can no longer ship products NOT in neat cardboard cartons. Sadly that means an end to our infinitely popular 50l...
Abuse! Abuse!
It's been one of the most difficult weeks I have experienced here at KB. One of those periods of time when I was considering a new career as what we used to call a 'drunk'. HOW has modern life become so terrifying? I have dealt with some serious shit in my life from a...