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Challenging the Bonsai A to Z entry for Oak - English (Quercus robur).

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Existing Bonsai A To Z Entry for Oak - English (Quercus robur) Oak - English (Quercus robur)  - (Tree Type (Outdoors)) The traditional English oak displays a strongly grained trunk and distinctive short-stalked, muliple-lobed leaves which start out as bright green becoming prgressivly darker and ultimately a bronze-brown in autumn. STYLE : Best suited to medium/large size specimens in informal upright, slanting, twin trunk and group styles. WARNING: Oak is particularly vulnerable to mildew. Spray regularly with fungicide. Care Info REPOT : Annually until 10 years old and less frequently, as required, for older, larger trees. SOIL : Free draining soil : 40:60 grit:organic. PRUNE : Branch prune winter/early spring. PINCH : Pinch new shoots to 1 or 2 leaves in early summer. Remove larger leaves to encourage leaf size reduction. WATER : Water well in growing season, sparingly in winter. FEED : Every 2 weeks after leaves have emerged until late summer. WARNING: Oak is particularly vulnerable to mildew. Spray regularly with fungicide.

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