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  1. Bonsai Nut

    bougainvillea emergency help please

    Is this a typo?
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    Who gets credit for a bonsai tree - the growers?

    You are extremely limited in not only what Japan can supply, but also what the USDA will allow into the country. By the time you work your way through the numerous regulatory requirements, prep the trees for shipping, bring them in, have them inspected, provide the necessary aftercare, and in...
  3. Bonsai Nut

    Ideal provenance

    I build custom wood furniture as a hobby. I was talking with another guy who bought some raw hardwood from a large tree that they had to take down in Mount Vernon (George Washington's estate). Because the tree was so old, and so much of the wood was decayed, damaged, there was just enough to...
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    Who gets credit for a bonsai tree - the growers?

    I moved this post and created a new thread... because I think this is an interesting topic to explore further. Perhaps because I know so many growers, nursery owners, etc, and I have stated on this site that I will not sell trees because I am here to try to help them versus compete with them...
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    Bougainvillea pests. What poison or do I burn down my greenhouse?

    Buy some ladybugs?
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    What's the largest air-layer you have ever successfully done?

    Yes, I was considering simply doing a massive pruning spree and waiting for a year... but if it is possible, I'd love to be able to save the material. The tree is approx. 30' tall. The highest I could reasonably do an airlayer would be about 15' off the ground - and even that would require...
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    Who gets credit for a bonsai tree?

    If I know a tree has been styled by @Brian Van Fleet it immediately looks nicer to me :)
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    Who gets credit for a bonsai tree?

    Yes definitely. If you can't say it in one line, it should be said somewhere else. Though I have never seen it, I could see how it would be cool to have a small sign by each display with a QR Code that linked to a web page where each artist could fill in info about the display, the plant...
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    Chinese juniper thickening / ground or large pot (basket)

    If you want to increase the girth of the trunk, increase foliar mass. If you want to increase foliar mass, let the roots run. Planting in the ground is generally the fastest route because it allows the roots the fastest growth - not only giving the roots room to grow, but keeping the roots...
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    Who gets credit for a bonsai tree?

    If you see the big koi shows in Japan, sometimes the owner doesn't even see their fish until it wins a big award :) The only time I think an exception could be made is if someone grew or otherwise collected a tree and did 100% of the work by themself. Similar to calling out a special pot or...
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    What's the largest air-layer you have ever successfully done?

    I know we're mostly talking in diameters. How TALL of an air-layer has someone successfully taken? I'm wondering if I can take a full 15' top off a tree... or if I would be better off pruning the tree back, letting it recover, and then air-layering when it was a more manageable size.
  12. Bonsai Nut

    Bonsai Design: Bald Cypresses: A Comprehensive Guide to Bald, Pond, and Montezuma Cypresses - Randy K Bennett (JUST RELEASED!)

    All I saw was Kingston Mines on N Halsted... my old stomping grounds :) (I just bought my copy of the book):)
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    What's the largest air-layer you have ever successfully done?

    I'm curious how big of an air-layer people have been able to successfully separate and grow out. I've got a medium-sized American persimmon tree in landscape and am wondering if I could remove the top 15'. Base of air-layer would be about 2" or slightly larger.
  14. Bonsai Nut

    Keeping busy this loooong winter

    Are we making pots? Or coffee filters :)
  15. Bonsai Nut

    Zerotol application schedule…

    I have never used it... but wanted you to know I'm not ignoring this thread :)
  16. Bonsai Nut

    Beni Chidori Japanese Maple

    A picture speaks a thousand words...
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    About To Buy My First Japanese White Pine.....thoughts?

    Japanese white pine is a mountain pine, and does best with a little cold in the winter and doesn't like hot summers very much. In the US on the west coast they were often grafted on Japanese black pine rootstock, which made them a little more heat tolerant, but also created issues with hiding...
  18. Bonsai Nut

    California Juniper Reinvented

    Try using a lot of Ironite (granular). Some of my SoCal buds swore it was the solution to tightening up and greening California juniper foliage.
  19. Bonsai Nut

    Help an Avid Beginner

    Try also Texas ebony, Brazilian rain tree, Brazilian ironwood. Very pretty trees with quite small compound leaves.
  20. Bonsai Nut

    Help an Avid Beginner

    Your juniper isn't looking too good. Did you have it sitting outside all of this time? Is it possible that it dried out?
  21. Bonsai Nut

    Hundreds of California Junipers

    (1) The big trees outside Palm Springs are in the lower elevations. You need to go higher. As you approach the treeline the trees will get smaller as conditions get more challenging. 3,500 feet sounds high until you realize Mt. San Jacinto is 10,834 feet (the mountain looming directly over...
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    Managing Deciduous Bonsai During Warmer Winters

    I leave them as they are. If they are still green they may in fact still be photosynthesizing. Every now and then in Southern California I would prune a deciduous tree late in the year, or have to do a late repot that would result in a push of new growth in the late fall. In most cases those...
  23. Bonsai Nut

    Sphagnum moss source….

    I buy the same one as @KateM
  24. Bonsai Nut

    Juniper plans

    When evaluating your tree, always start at the roots and base of the trunk and work upwards (with your eye). It is an easy tendency to start at the top and look down the tree - and get distracted by the apex or the top half of the tree - either of which is less important and can usually be...
  25. Bonsai Nut

    EMERGENCY! My sick Fukien Tea tree has brown fuzz.. and little bugs.. Please help before it dies!

    Wow... I have to admit I am not often stumped, but I have never seen anything like this...
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