Gave all bonsai and pre-bonsai plants a final feeding for the season with Peter's 20-20-20 at 1/2dilution. Then treated all plants with Captan fungicide by Bonide, using a solution of 1 Tbsp. CAptan to 1 gallon water. Cloudy white emulsion was sprayed on tops of all leaves and trunks and finally from beneath leaves. Prior to spraying, I covered the Japanese Black Pine with foil to minimize how much fungicide was rinsed into the soil so as not to kill any mycorrhizae.
Spraying was done outside with a breeze blowing and 45 F, but wanted to complete treatment today as we had snow flurries this morning; winter is definitely on the way. Returned the JBP, Parson's Juniper and Shimpaku Juniper to the shed. Brought the other bonsais indoors with the Ficus benjamina, Ficus salicifilia, serissa and bougainvillea sharing the southern window and the Crassula ovata and portulacaria afra sharing an eastern window with an old amaryllis I found in the garage this summer.