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well what zone are u in? typically the plant will yellow at the needles close the the main stock due to it sheads them periodically. white bugs flying around sound like white fly just cut back on the wattering but not bone dry as well. they thrive on wet enviroments. they are typically harmless...

O H I O!!!!! grew up in bridgeport oh, went to OHIO STATE ATI for nursery management! now live in wv and there are no bonsai clubs in wv anymore?

the cloth growers pots or great for root pruning. start small and when moving up into bigger pots you plant will expload with growth. is what i have seen at some large scale nurseries.

have been away for a while. lost 90% of all my trees due to a late frost that the buds were not completly swollen. well starting over from scratch..... going to train on is Persian ironwood exbury azalea orange variety thorned common honey locust black oak sycamore - have tried in past but...

Makes alot of sense thank you Mark. What i was coming at with the fertilizer is for the microbes to help out woth nutrient uptake. Bot the jobes and espoma are both organic and will not burn your plant if used at recomended or slightly above. The more root contact you have with these types of...

One thing for sure you can add to all pine, spruce azaleas is a acidic type of fertilizer to help so that you dont starve the plant. I like the types that add microbes to the soil. Jobes all purpose mixed 50/50 with the espoma holly tone. There is a mixture of beneficial bacteria and two types...

How about when you collect evergreens? Do you do the same process? I just collected a large eastern cedar and could not get all the root and with what i trimmed off the bottom i took off the top. Was that a mistake?

I have had luck with this technique yah it stunts the growth but have not lost many with this approach. I did it on my hemlock and it has done quite well. What ever you take off the bottom you have to take of the top. This is what i have learned and works well. Each person hs their own way of...

Time will tell.

Thats really amazing! Thank you for sharing

Heres my beast. Has a little sun scorch had one week the temps 21 and it was budded out so brought it in and now is acclimating back to full sun.

Heres my hemlock! Am growing it to aprox 5-6' and growing the branches to about 2-3' and have them growing out straight with a slight upright taper. I have a few years before this tree is remotly even close to being what i am invissioning. Hope you like

Lol just went through mine and lost my hickory from last yr and an oak that had a huge exposed root. Was vigorous all last year but dead this one. Oh well more room fro the the hickory and five oak and numerous others i collected this spring.

New plant!!!!!

here is the first of the trees in my collection that i have had the longest and have had alot of fun with. Working now to creat level pads that are thick and full. Still need ti figure out hot to finish and groom the apex. Hope you like Paul