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My area temperature is much cooler now. I moved this tree to the coldest area in my yard - north side . Sign of thermal burn Thụ Thoại

Thank you very much. Yes, it is viola. Thụ Thoại

Hi all. I need your expertise again . I got this little plant 2 years ago. The seller told me its name, but I already forgot!!!! I should have written it down ! Thanks and have a beautiful Sunday . Thụ Thoại

Haha . Thanks for calling me out Greg! Yes, it is very challenging to grow bonsai in IE, but if you know how to, it will be fine! 😊 Unfortunately you posted this a little late. We have a small group of people (6) come to my teacher’s home at Norco,Mr. Richard Ota, for years. Recently he moved...

It is very easy to germinate crabapple seeds. I did not do cold stratification at all. Just removed the seeds and put them into the soil. One thing you should be aware is that crabapple seedlings would take many years to have a first bloom. I am talking about at least 15 years or more. If you...

I know this one and tried once in the past. It was very consuming time and did not work well for me. Thụ Thoại

Thanks for suggestion. Yes, I know I should have made standard samples for scientific comparison, but because I just thought about this technique last year, and I wanted to try it as a trial. If it works well, then I will compare it with other technique. So far, I really like it. Because of...

Hi Leatherback, CptnGlyn answered your question. Skin graft helped the healing process quite a bit even when it failed. It means if we can use anything to cover the wound such as cut paste, tape, vaseline, it should help the healing. As far as I know, skin graft with the punctured tape...

While I was working on this KBP this morning, I found some things to answer your question. These 2 branchlets were spring shoots and were partially pruned in mid June 2021. One has 6 shoots emerged from every needle bundles below the cut (red areow) Another one has 4 shoots These...

Today, the healing process of this cut is almost the same ! Thụ Thoại

Pomegranate supposes to grow all year around, but in the cold area, it has no choice to go to dormancy. So, if you can give it suitable temperature, it can grow in winter. I let all my pomegranates go to dormancy. The reason is that, I can see its structure well when there are no leaves, so that...

This KBP had skin graft in 2 places on 6/14/2021. I did a Fall work on it this afternoon. After. 2 grafts still had grafting tapes on Grafting tapes were removed Both of skin graft heal well!😊 Thụ Thoại

Thanks . I hope so !😊 Thụ Thoại

Thanks for sharing with us. Yes, the cutting method is similar to mine. It is very important to have some leaves left on the cutting to get it survives. Thụ Thoại

Hi Clicio, Very nice flowering bonsai you have. I truly love this kind of flower. Thanks for sharing. I have a thorn BRT bonsai to which I am patiently looking forward to its flowers!! I have some 2 years old Monkeypod seedlings. I hope I can see them in flowers years to come.! Thụ Thoại