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April 2008 - Posts
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This thread is dedicated to Rob, aka 'October', who has been lusting after this tree for some time. It's a yew, in a 5 gal can, I picked up on a nursery Read More...
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This is a tree I picked up last year. I don't have a before pic and wish I did...truly a great transformation here as all the foliage was out at the ends Read More...
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Swedish spruce now takes "the oldest" honor, by several thousand years..... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080416104320.htm Bria Read More...
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It is 12" to top of chop and 24" to top of shoots. 3.5" trunk. 4.5" base above roots and 11" root spread. 17"x13"x4" Read More...
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I was given a bonsai by my girlfriend for my birthday. It was purchased by on online bonsai shop called Eastern Leaf. This was an amazing looking bonsai Read More...
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As promised, here are the pics of the trees I dug from my in-laws yard in upstate NY. The second tree didn't come with many roots, but I'm still optomistic. Read More...
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April 30th, 2008 Hi everybody,
Man! am I exited, in less than 24 hours I will take off for my first Bonsai trip in the U.S.A.! First I will fly to Portland Read More...
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It seems to me we have a lot of you guys that post, so I was wondering how many members from the land of OZ do we have. So speak up now of we will never Read More...
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As Tropical work season is coming online for Zone 7 in North America, I had some questions about aerial root development on Ficus. I know all Ficus Species Read More...
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Any successful approaches to air-layering wild honeysuckles? Read More...
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Hi all My uncle gave me this tree yesterday, as he no longer has he time to care for it. He bought it from someone who described it as a ' Japanese patio Read More...
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hi all... this one is for the aussies... i'm fairly new to bonsai and so far have purchased 3 trees (fig, maple & juniper)..
my main query is regarding Read More...
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Hi! After a long period of transition, we have updated our website www.bonsaimenorca.com . Now it is interactive and allows visitors to participate in Read More...
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I bought a thuja occidentalis several months ago. Unfortunately, there is not much detail about the species compared to others. I hope some of you can Read More...
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Hey Everyone! My family just adopted a 7 month old rescue boston terrier about 4 weeks ago, and he is up for "Windstream Cover Dog". He has been Read More...
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who thinks I never work on anything. A Kingsville Boxwood workshop for a friend that bought a tree and couldn't make it to the workshop. Harry Read More...
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How sucessful is punching small holes at the base of a maple, filling the small holes w/ rooting hormone and then raising the level of soil to cover the Read More...
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Hello all.......This is a tree I found at my bonsai nursery as overgrown stock in a nursery container. It is a japanese garden juniper. Normally, I not Read More...
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I wanted to show off my new shohin display stand that I plan on using in our club show. It may be rearranged a few times before I get it like I want it Read More...
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I recently bought this maple but i'm unhappy with the pot. It looks bland and doesn't do the tree any justice. What size/colour/shape pot do you guys recommend? Read More...
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I have the opportunity to collect an ornamental flowering red-leaf cherry from a friend's yard. When is the best season to do this, and are there any special Read More...
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I fibbed a little, because I didn't want you to know who was really in control at my house. I come in a distant third after my wife and dogs. I do have Read More...
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This is my ficus on it's 2nd year of training. The pictures show the tree in it's original form, the top of the tree and the tree as it looks at the present. Read More...
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There are innumerous conversations/jousts about soil and bonsai on the many Bonsai sites on the web. I am an unapologetic proponent of 100% inorganic soil Read More...
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Hi,
This is a juniper that I picked up in a Cheng Kung Cheng workshop at GSBF 2005. Another case of a tree that was worked on then set aside for a couple Read More...
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Got a wild hair up my butt to go outside and play with a tree. Headed out around 10:30pm EST to my greenhouse. After turning on the rope lights I went Read More...
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Some of my bougie's bracts , which are originally magenta have faded spots turning white. Is this a problem because of overwatering or bugs? Read More...
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what does a thread I post always have to do with bonsai. Well he's right as usual. My wife and I were sitting on a bench and she said that would make a Read More...
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Hi everyone, I recently purchased a Zisha pot through ebay and I was wondering if anyone could take a look at these pics and give me some insight into Read More...
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Last year I promised Carl L. Rosner that I would post some pics of my malpigghias so hear are some of them....Carl? This one is a Barbados Cherry, Malpigghia Read More...
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So here is (what i think to be) and Escallonia that i dug up out of my backyard yesterday. THe previous owners of the house had planted it i guess and Read More...
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Hello all, I am in need of some advice. I recently purchased a mature (20-25yrs), Alberta Spruce Bonsai. I removed the old wire and rewired several large Read More...
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I bought some new trees at Lodders in The Netherlands and took 180 photos of other trees while I was at it! These are my new trees - hiding in a distant Read More...
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Please help me identify my Bonsai . Need some help and suggestions Read More...
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Here's a little kusamono I am growing this year.... the leaves are starting to unfurl, it's a yellow and green verigated leaf which is purported to have Read More...
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Hi all, This will be my first message here. I bought a new Japanesse Maple last weekend. It is about 180 cm (6 feet) tall. I have bought it for is nebari Read More...
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Hello all, i have been looking at your wonderful fourm and decided that i would start a worklog of sorts. I have been gathering information all over and Read More...
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Thought I'd share some shots I took at the, British Bonsai Traders Association Show, at Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry, on 27th April. Read More...
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As promised, here's the photo shoot I made while at Lodders Bonsai in The Netherlands, April 26th 2008. I'm not posting the photos here on the bonsaitalk Read More...
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Hi,
Lot's of threads on Juniper styling lately. Here is a first workup on a juniper that my wife found on a nursery crawl 3 years ago, she bought a number Read More...
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I tried, I really did. Promised myself for months that I would sell off a bunch of the little stock, and only keep the trees that had a lot of potential. Read More...
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so a little gift mom gave me was a chinese elm. it was doing GREAT when i first got it but now its acting "funny" dropping alot of leaves, about Read More...
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I did my first real potting today, of a Blue Rug Juniper I've had for about two years. I had intended to wait until the next bonsai club work day to get Read More...
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Had to go to H### Depot to buy a new sump pump. Basement flooded. Just another spring in Michigan. While I was there, just had to walk through the gardien Read More...
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I am wondering if some more experienced people can offer some advice on what time of year is best to perform drastic pruning on bonsai. I'm talking specifically Read More...
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Hi all
Just a plug to any Melbournians on this site that Bonsai Northwest's Exhibition and Sale is coming up this weekend. Hope to see some of you there. Read More...
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I'm getting ready to order shade cloth so that I can shield my maples from the hot summer southern sun. I've found two types of shade cloth, WOVEN and Read More...
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weary or wicked, I can never remember which one that is. OK, I need some suggestions. When I had all big trees, I built stands that would accomadate them, Read More...
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I finally got some time to work on this San Jose. The cascade Branch will be brought down more in the future, but for the moment thats as far as I could Read More...
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Hey i live in England and the weather has just got warmer so all my Bonsai's are out full time now but i keep watering them and then the next day i wake Read More...
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I have a question about the frequency of applying e.b. stone's all purpose plant food 5-5-5. The directions only say "as needed during the growing Read More...
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hi all... as an irishman realtively new to australia it wasn't long before i came across this most publicised of trees.... i don't really think much of Read More...
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I've got a landscape mugo in the yard that needs to be removed. Of course, it's heading for a pond basket and eventual bonsai. But my question is, when Read More...
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I just recently purchased this Trident. This is my first Trident and I'm relatively new to Bonsai. It is 12 inches wide at the top and 19 inches tall from Read More...
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Hey there, I'm new here because I would like to learn about Mini Bonsai and would like to grow a few pots myself. I don't know much about it other than Read More...
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I have this bush in my backyard that i plan on digging up and attempting to use as bonsai material. I was wondering if anyone could help me identify what Read More...
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You don't have to rich to have a nice Bonsai collection. My wife and I are just middle class Americans. my wife had a career and I had a career and worked Read More...
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After all the reading and looking, I feel kind of comfortable looking at deciduous trees. Well, I say that, maybe I'm confused, but at least I kind of Read More...
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Hello! I've just picked up my Thuya from it's winter home and groomed it for the second time. http://nu11.info/emmanuel-f/images/2008-04-26-DSC01524-web.jpg Read More...
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I have a 2.5 year old red dragon japanese maple. It is a cultivar and was grafted. What i would like to do is grow one with no graft wound to use as bonsai Read More...
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Heya! I just got a substantial amount of money and I need to buy some new tools. I'm first and foremost looking for a spherical concave cutter, preferably Read More...
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We've all heard about, read about, or seen for ourselves the damage that can be done by an introduced, exotic insect or disease. Probably the best-known Read More...
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OK, I have grown a bunch of pines, but am having LOTS of troubles with the Japanese Black Pine 18" seedlings taking transplanting in #2 pots. I assume Read More...
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It seems like ALL of my trees are dying. :( Since I replanted using my turface/perlite mix, they've all become ill/sickly looking. When I asked the green Read More...
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Can anybody tell me what kind of bonsai is my bonsai and how to protect it from die :D
i don`t know anythings about it plz help me
thank u Read More...
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A big Ponderosa I bought from Andy Smith that is supossed to be sold, but I haven't seen any money yet and a JBP I sold but the guy couldn't come up with Read More...
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hi guys this is a nursery stock i got relatively cheap. I got it yesterday and decided to do a semi cascade. Love to hear some opinions on it because i Read More...
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Well I wen to a nursery today and got this Azalea Gibralter for free. I think it needs to be repotted since it is in earth soil. It's buds a just swelling Read More...
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Hi all, I picked up a small Princess Persimmon at the Shohin convention in CA but it hasn't leafed out yet. Does anyone know if they are slow to leaf out? Read More...
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Hi, I´ve decided to post some pictures of my Radiata pine, I bought it several years ago (I think maybe 9) when I was a teenager, I didn´t know much about Read More...
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I remember seeing somewhere (think it was here) not to use copper wire on some species of tree/shrub because it is especially susceptible to copper poisoning. Read More...
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