Recent content by Steve Kudela

There are millions of these things in the south Georgia/ north Florida/southeastern Alabama region. I see them mainly in fence lines around fields as well as the outer edges of woods. While I do not have one(never found one good enough to dig), I saw one in a bonsai pot over at Rayford prison...

Thanks so much Wilson!

I'm curious to hear more from MichaelS as well.

Come on dude, no one is trying to be mystical here. That term is nothing more than a very simplified way to talk about backbudding. I would hardly call that ignorant. You call it what you like. And yes, you probably should let it go. I just don't see the point in trying to flame someone over...

In my experience on a healthy tree, wiring helps with backbudding in that branches can be repositioned to get more sunlight. another thing that helps is removing terminals. Terminal buds get all the energy and when you remove them, it's forces that energy to go to buds further back on the...

Hey Alexandra, I like this tree! Nice wild appearance. I like the thought of having a stone rather than leaving it open. I'm fairly certain that with several years strong growth the lower trunk would clasp the stone pretty well. I don't think that I would prune it too often for the next several...

Beautiful bit of work!!

Great bit of work Walter and Gang! I agree with Don, for me the better picture is the one on the slab. Something about that 90 degree angle trunk extension that bothers me. Again, great work!

Do alligators like koi?

Still another good one!

Didn't mean to!

Oh no!!!

Clematis isn't it!?

Jeremy, I'm not sure how to take this. I don't consider myself an expert or a master of bonsai by any stretch, it doesn't matter. And yes, i've had a number of very good trees die over the years, some that I never knew why, they just didn't leaf out that spring. The only trees that I've had to...

LOLOL.............Well I have been wondering how long it was gonna take for folks to realize that! Only you dude!!!..................................Oh and now I see that it's actually Nonsense Rascal Fibber!....."somebody just say the word and I'll do it............." I can't wire it yet "...