Laziness Plus Foolishness Equals Trouble

I posted this haunting strangeness the other day, and then, without doing an ounce of research or exercising even a small sliver of my overtaxed intelligence, I conjectured that Nick Lenz must be the guilty party. I could blame it on the fact that I was in the middle of summer vacation, or because I grew up in an age well before photoshop and have never really caught up (I still struggle with my TV/DVD remote). The good news is… … it elicited more comments than 98% of our other more accurate and (in my opinion) more useful posts. I … Continue reading Laziness Plus Foolishness Equals Trouble

Larch Roots & TMS

Larch bonsai in full fall display. By Larch Master Nick Lenz. Larch roots & TMS I know the topic in this post is a bit arcane, but I’d like to know if anyone out there has any more info on TMS. The research quoted below is from this journal. “The roots of 200 one-year-old Changbai Larch (Larix olgensis) seedlings were soaked for 6 hours at the TMS concentrations of 2000, 1000, 500, 250, 125, and 62 ?L·L?1. Mean seedling height, root collar diameter, main root length and number of lateral roots were measured every 15 days during growing season from … Continue reading Larch Roots & TMS

The Dog Days

Bonsai? Weird perversion? Highly innovative new cross art? Whaddya think? And to answer your question, I don’t know for sure, but I’d bet my third born grandchild that it’s a Lenz (it just has too many marks of the old Master to deny). Anyway, you can blame it on BUNJINJOURNAL.COM. Or further down the chain of blame; FreakingNews.com.