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Saturday, 1 February 2014

Kokufu live 2014

For all three of you waiting for updates from kokufu...we are at T minus 5 minutes...

All the usual suspects are here for set up...

We have five trees to set up when they arrive in Akiyama-san Seniors car. The tension is...non existent. Judging is this afternoon. Who will get the spoils from the first half of this double show?

 

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5 comments:

  1. Andy3 February 2014 at 10:53

    Peter please can you explain how the double show works this year.

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    1. Peter Warren3 February 2014 at 11:17

      For the first time other than at every 10th show, it is a split into two with four days each time and new trees in the second half. With a total of 340 trees over the two parts

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  2. Andy3 February 2014 at 18:18

    I get that bit but how do they judge each class if its split is it pre judged.

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  3. Peter Warren3 February 2014 at 21:06

    Each show is judged separately. The awards are not for classes, but for a tree of the highest quality, it usually happens that a deciduous, conifer and chuhin win, but it is not set in stone. Sometimes there may not be a tree that deserves it, other times there maybe more than one so you might find two or three deciduous with an award and no conifer. Unlikely, but possible

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  4. The Bonsai Pot 11 February 2014 at 10:03

    Hi Peter,
    Just started reading your blog and finding it really entertaining. Great photos !

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