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Then you don't believe music is art? That dance isn't an art form? Getting back to art and craft as complementary, I can give two musicians Mozart sheet music. Their level of expertise with the piano will dictate how I respond to their performance of it. I can give a beginner bonsai...

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@nurvbonsai make sure you read some of the contest threads in our 2018 Japanese Black Pine Contest: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/ryceman3s-6yr-jbp-contest-entry.34349/

I think the whole "craft versus art" thing is overblown - like they are opposing ends of a spectrum, instead of being complementary. Art without craft is not art. Craft without art is not craft. Reminds me of a favorite old quote "anything worth doing is worth doing well." Hence why they...

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Get rid of that Spanish moss :) To strengthen your foliage mass, you need strong fibrous roots. Junipers typically pout for a year or so after a repot, so when I look at this tree I just see a tree that needs a little time in the pot, a little time letting the foliage run, and these two things...

Treat your deadwood with lime sulfur. Pretty much every animal on the planet can't stand how it smells (including humans).

Note those three pages are managed under the "Bonsai Auctions Group" community. There is a separate page called "Bonsai Auctions" that has nothing to do with that group that has about twice as many members - and sells a little bit of everything (pots, finished trees, starters).

No... you can get water softeners that use potassium chloride (versus sodium chloride) to refresh the filter elements. That way you get residual potassium in your water (which is good for plants) versus residual sodium (which is not). Potassium chloride water softeners are very common where...

Did you try a water softener or a reverse osmosis filter first? (both of which will lower alkaline water pH) Dosing water with acid is kinda the last gasp / nuclear option.

I didn't know he did pots! I've got some of his artwork - where are you finding pots?

Conifers can continue to photosynthesize in the cold, even at temps slightly below freezing. However once temps reach the mid 20's F (or lower) the stomata close, and the tree will reduce the water in its extremities as a protection against freeze damage. This causes the foliage to get...

Sweet! I have a few of those now in landscape, and every time I see them I think of you! I've also got Nuccio's Gem (white) and Nuccio's Bella Rossa (red). Can't wait until they are 8' tall bushes!

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I have never tried... and to be honest am not aware of anyone who has. I would think it would be pretty straight-forward(?) Give it a go and let us know!

Hey what is that spade?

Harvested princess persimmon fruit before the deer started getting ideas!

This is done all the time with deciduous trees - just look at Japanese maples and you will see that 99% of all cultivars will be propagated via scion grafts. I can't say that I have ever seen this done with elms - possibly because elms can be propagated so easily via cutting or root cutting. I...

The only JM maple that I was able to keep alive for more than a year was a Sango kaku that was tucked into a lee corner of our backyard in 100% shade. Even so, we never saw any fall color. The end of the summer would roll around and the leaves would crisp and dry up instead of changing color...

I gave up trying in the OC, but if you want to be successful you have to solve for sun, wind (combined with low humidity), and bad alkaline water. My Japanese maples would bud out in the spring and look great until the first Santa Ana, and then the leaves would crisp, they would defoliate, and...

Unacceptable! (Just kidding) Rootwork on junipers is best done in early spring/late winter after risk of hard freeze is past (or if you can provide some protection). I say this because your tree is in a plastic planter and the surface of the soil looks broken down with very little void space...

Well... if I offer advice, it is with the expectation that people can take it or leave it. I have lost track of the times I have offered (what I considered) to be sound advice, and it was soundly ignored :) I always like to see what people do with their trees, and may not always agree with...

I hate to delete any content from the site - particularly a cool-looking BRT. I will move this over into the tropicals forum (for now). If the OP wants it deleted, just post here.

There is a reason why Snapchat, TikTok, and even YouTube shorts came to be. If you look at content creators, there are many who create literally hundreds of "short" videos showing not much of anything... dogs being goofy, cats jumping, people being pranked, quick dance moves, skateboard tricks...