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  1. leatherback

    New maple?

    Local tree to be collected this weekend.. Love the new branches color. Could be a sango kaku?
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    Leatherback’s 2023-2026 little Christmas tree entry

    Wel.. No guts no glory, all or nothing, Ready or not.. here she comes!
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    Jelle (aka Leatherback) bonsai bash

    I realize I sometimes want to share stuff that really should not have a thread of its own. Sort of like the "show us what you did today" but then for what is happening in the garden. Guess I will be dumping them in this thread. Let's see what pops up :).
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    Bonsai Workshop Design

    Hi All, I know several of you host workshops. Recently I have started to give workshops -better said, I have been approached several times to host workshops, and have answered positively-. I however feel that maybe I am not delivering what is expected. So .. Over to you: If you go to a...
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    New Bonsai Calendar tool online

    Still early days. Basic functionality should be working, but will take several weeks to months to mature. But for now.. www.bonsai-calendar.com/
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    Australian Natives from Seed

    Allright.. Had the luck of being in a campervan in Western Australia for a few weeks, and managed to find some seed / seed vendors. Now.. Wanting to grow Casuarina and a number of Eucalypt from seed. Looking for germination recommendations. Any ozzy natives able to give me pointers? Things to...
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    Leatherback's Acorn to Oak Tree Thread

    Getting started up. This year has been a terrible acorn year, I found just 6 or 7 living acorns. I have planted them, but will go out looking again, so just a placeholder, more later.
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    Dealing with social media

    Dear All, Many of us are on social media, and post about our trees and their progress. I am sure several of you have encountered idiotic remarks of people clearly not understanding what is going on. Recently I have noticed an uptick in very harsh, insulting, personal comments to the point I...
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    Show this weekend in Belgium

    Just in case you are near and would like to see trees in a castle. Will be around. Mostly in a workshoproom probably.
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    Rhododendron indicum "Asuka"

    Over winter I filled the back of my car with rooted satsuki cuttings the owner was getting rid of. In exchange for a few pieces of paper, he let me have a load of trees. He told me it is Rhododendron indicum "Asuka". Now that they have a few flowers I can see the range of patterns and colors of...
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    Bonsai Time Capsule 2023-2026

    So.. What trees would you like to share and forget about? You know, the ones you buried in the back yard and just need time before they are found again. Post up your 2-3 trees which are works-in-progress now, but you're expecting great things from in 3 years. Then we'll dig up the thread in a...
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    Blatant self-glorification

    But I cannot help it. I think this is the first time that an event is presented .. Using me as a headliner. Confusing, scary.. Time to deliver.
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    Advice: Work - workshop

    It is nice to be appreciated. So I was thrilled when one of our online-teaching experts, who is also in the "employees society" of the faculty reached out to me: Hey, I have been studying your youtube channel. And I think it is really cool: Would you do a hands-on creative workshop for the...
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    Big-ass olive progression

    Today I won an auction on this Olive tree. It is the wild olive, so small leaves that reduce to very small as the tree develops. This is right now in unworked state, and sitting in someone elses garden, so I can only think about paths into the future. Will post the updates in this thread. For...
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    Digging Elm from a garden

    Thought I might as well start a thread of this decade project. See whether this is still around in 2033.. A friend asked me whether I wanted to dig an elm clum from their garden. They had chopped it, and wanted it gone. So me being the good boy I am (YES I AM!) I went over with a spade, a...
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    Where is Adair?

    I was wondering whether I was missing things. And now I see he has not posted for several months. Hope all is well? Shout out to @Adair M J.
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    Grafting cork bark black pine onto Scots pine?

    Hi All, I was wondering whether there is a compatibility list somewhere for grafting pines. I have an ancient Japanese Cork Bark Pine. Last year I tried cuttings, and failed. I was thinking I should try to graft some cutoffs onto rootstock. Buut.. I know of no source for Jap Black Pine...
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    Rebuilding Arakawa Maple

    Last year I finally managed to get some decent 'Arakawa' Japanese maples. I have made a video of the first one, which floats around on the forum somewhere. The second I only repotted last year, and the summer I just left it to do its thing. This weekend it was time to get wild with wire, in a...
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    What to do with 18 young Azaleas

    9 pots. Two cuttings to a pot. 18 in total. Yes. A christmas present to myself, as I do not have Japanese azaleas. Now.. They were sold to me as being the variety "Asuka" which leads me to believe a variety of colours of flowers on the same tree. I have not seen these flower, so .. Not sure...
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    systemics? Anti fungal and insecticide

    Dear All, Later this year I might be headed to Mexico. I thought I might look for some systemic insecticide (and perhaps miticide) for my indoor plants. Every winter they get some pest which is really jard to get rid of with non-professional over the counter stuff available in the EU...
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    Someone got his Japanese paperwork!

    Right.. 3 days of exams behind me. And the results are in .. Nippon Bonsai Association and the International Bonsai School in Dusseldorf have decided to give me the label "Recognized Bonsai Designer", and granted me access to the teacher programme. Jay! One part of the test was a one-day...
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    Brazilian Raintree Giveaway

    Just thought I would share this here too, as I have noticed that for many in Europe de Brazilian Raintree remains difficult to get
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    How do you protect your trees against summer heatwaves?

    Hi All, In another thread there was a suggestion I should do a video on summer protection of trees. I was wondering: What tricks/tips do you have to deal with hot/dry weather in summer. (And do you have pictures or would you be willing to share a few secs of video showing setups you have in...
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    Salt water for japanese black pine

    A friend of mine recently recommended I use slightly salted water on one of my corkbark japanese black pines. Reasoning was they are coastal in Japan, and when they get weak, they need some salt. First time I heard about it, so would like to hear your experiences/opinions on this.
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    EBA meet?

    Hi All, Next weekend will be the European Bonsai Association show. Please do come and look me up. I will be on demo stage on Friday morning and Sunday afternoon. On Saturday I will be in the European New Talent contest. So I should be easy to find. Middle-aged, tall guy, in desperate need of...
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