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    Watering wand

    I can vouch for this one. Was a much finer spray than the dram 1000 red one.
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    Greensboro NC Bonsai…

    Ironically, Skip is who sold me the seedling lace leaf maple in this post for 5$. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/laceleaf-japanese-maple-seedling.62542/
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    Greensboro NC Bonsai…

    Definitely call before you go. Pretty incredible what he has built up there. Would hate for you to miss it and he is very responsive.
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    Greensboro NC Bonsai…

    I think his name is Skip. I called earlier this year and he closed his nursery. I don’t remember what it was called but I stopped by several times. Would strongly suggest Bonsai Learning Center around Statesville it is pretty close.
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    Cedrus Atlantica

    Well here is a bit of an experiment. Several people have recommended growing trees on slabs in 100% muck. Well I did not want to risk one of my nicer trees, so this cedar seedling got potted up about 3 months ago and has looked fine. Will see how it does over winter. If it stays happy, once it...
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    Laceleaf Japanese maple seedling

    It needs to be cut back and wired.
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    Laceleaf Japanese maple seedling

    I find it interesting that the laceleaf forms of Japanese maple are not developed more for bonsai. I know that the majority of them are grafted and have some traits like long Internodes that are less desirable, but they have an exceptionally graceful quality to them. I have seen some good...
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    Acer palmatum ‘Ryusen’

    Here is the fall color. Better than last year
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    Ueno Yama maple

    Fall looking great.
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    At what temperature should you protect trees in containers.

    Updated question. I am in the Piedmont of North Carolina, and generally, most of the forest trees have changed color and are dropping leaves. Many of my bonsai are also changing color but several are still green. None of them are dropping any leaves yet. It has been warm here in the 70s, we have...
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    Triple trunk Sango kaku

    Here is probably one of the biggest reasons I grow this variety. Most of the maples I grow do not show such consistently excellent fall color.
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    Triple trunk Sango kaku

    It definitely stays red through the summer, perhaps, just not quite as red. Here’s a picture going into fall.
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    Can anyone give me any tips regarding Atlas cedar?

    Here is mine. Ive had it for 3-4 years. Its a horstmann, so its dwarf but grafted. Takes full sun in 7b without a problem. Mine is in 1-1-1 akadama pumice lava. Im just growing it out slowly. For the right or wrong I cut out long extensions to maintain a silhouette in the late fall and have had...
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    WiFi App Controlled Water Timer

    More complex than most want but I don't have to water my trees. I just check on them every day or two to make sure the watering plan for a specific tree does not need to change. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/bonsai-irrigation.55984/ I have not lost any trees last year or this one since the...
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