{"id":922,"date":"2010-05-17T23:41:38","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/?p=922"},"modified":"2010-05-17T23:41:38","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:41:38","slug":"bonsai-land-update-black-cloth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/17\/bonsai-land-update-black-cloth\/","title":{"rendered":"My Bonsai Land Update – What is the Black Cloth for?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reading my earlier post about my bonsai land<\/a>, a friend, Irene, asked me why I covered up the soil with the black cloth again after all the plowing and pulverizing of the soil. I told her the black cloth is there to avoid weeds from growing. And here, with a few more photos, let me show you how the black cloth is used.<\/p>\n

\"bonsai<\/a><\/p>\n

In a 10 ft x 10 ft space, I have planted five trees.\u00a0 At the top left, there is a Ficus Microcarpa “Tiger Bark” (\u864e\u76ae\u6995 in Chinese).\u00a0 At the bottom left, there is a Eugenia uniflora. Linn., aka Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry (\u7d05\u679c in Chinese). In the center, I have a Murraya paniculata, aka Orange Jasmine (\u4e5d\u91cc\u9999 in Chinese).\u00a0 At the top right, there is a Carmona microphylla aka Fukien Tea (\u798f\u5efa\u8336 in Chinese).\u00a0 And for the one at the bottom right, all I know is its Chinese name – \u535a\u6960 – but neither its botanical name nor common name…\u00a0 I did a Google search, yet found no luck.\u00a0 Does anyone know the botanical name or English common name of this tree?<\/p>\n

And instead of planting the trees on the ground level, I have planted my trees a bit higher for easier viewing and pruning in the future.<\/p>\n

\"bonsai<\/a> \"bonsai<\/a> \"bonsai<\/a><\/p>\n

In order to give the root systems of my bonsai trees as much space to grow and develop as possible, I have cut an opening on the black cloth underneath every one of my trees.\u00a0 While some openings fit perfectly with the bendable plastic sheets that I use as container (like the one on the left), there are some that are cut too big.\u00a0 To avoid weeds from growing, I covered up the exposed soil ground with some bricks.<\/p>\n

\"bonsai<\/a> \"bonsai<\/a>
\nLEFT: This is the tree that I have no idea of its botanical name, as well as its common name.\u00a0 It is called \u535a\u6960 in Chinese;\u00a0 RIGHT: Carmona microphylla aka Fukien Tea (\u798f\u5efa\u8336 in Chinese)<\/p>\n

\"bonsai<\/a> \"bonsai<\/a>
\nLEFT: Murraya paniculata, aka Orange Jasmine (\u4e5d\u91cc\u9999 in Chinese);\u00a0 RIGHT: Eugenia uniflora. Linn., aka Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry (\u7d05\u679c in Chinese)<\/p>\n

\"bonsai<\/a> \"bonsai<\/a>
\nFicus Microcarpa “Tiger Bark” (\u864e\u76ae\u6995 in Chinese)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After reading my earlier post about my bonsai land, a friend, Irene, asked me why I covered up the soil with the black cloth again after all the plowing and pulverizing of the soil. I told her the black cloth is there to avoid weeds from growing. And here, with a few more photos, let … <\/p>\n

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