Recent content by akhater

Salut @AlainK , any chance for progress images on this one ?

Hi Maroun Maples are not as rare as that here, I do have one and there are quite a few in the areas used as landscape. A friend of mine has 2 in Hazmieh so yours should be just fine They will get the required dormancy in the winter nothing to worry about (again both in Ain Saadeh and in...

to thicken the trunk 1. over sized pot or ground 2. a lot of fertilizing / water /sun 3. leave it alone, no cutting / trimming etc...

You are right I did misunderstand you. Thanks for the clarification highly appreciated

Thanks for the input. I can't 'slip pot' it. I am sure the roots didn't 'hold' the substrate yet. Moved it from full sun to partial shade hope it will recover

So much for "you can't kill a berberis" ? This started about a week ago affecting only few leaves so I didn't think it was nasty. And here it is now... Underwatering? I don't think so it is being watered twice a day Over watering? It is in pouzzolane so I don't think so either Moved it to...

wow it's jaw dropping

Fig reduce leafs size very well. There is a lot of details about that in a French bonsai forum but, the short version, is that you cut the leafs as they grow and the next one will be much smaller.

A Kaho I was able to put my hands on 2 weeks ago flowering today... Should I worry about the brown leaves or just give it time?

Darn that looks nice ??

I started an orange dream 6 Weeks ago, yesterday I saw the first root just peeking out. Hope more will follow

I wish Thank you for that... so the "Second portion" is too thick with respect to the trunk / "1st portion" ?

This one grew quite a bit in 1 month ? didn't really notice... Shall I leave it be or cut back?

This thread makes me feel less guilty but still 'yes I've killed more trees that I currently have'

Never been able to strike a hawthorn cutting and, from what I read, they are notoriously hard to root from cutting unless in a professional setup