Recent content by crust

its doing great

Yup, still here up north. I dont hang much at BN but it is a good forum. I have been caring for bonsai for 40 yrs. I am 61. My interests are in trees from my biome and authetic design approaches.

In days of old and night of bold before bonsai was invented I ate my sup and drank my cup and went to bed contented But now I fuss and must discuss this art until I’m disconcerted And reject it all and have a ball and do stuff that’s perverted

As others have encouraged, embrace the trees of your own biome, draw design and composition inspiration from your amazing local, allow authenticity to lead, learn the day to day operations from successful local practioners, be inspired by technical experts works, listen and learn but default to...

Order a bonsai soil sieve set online. Mine is 30 years old and works fine

My Clearys 3336 is liquid and in a bottle and was fairly expensive??

I always referred to this as a one-point graft. I think I read this in a BT article.

Its going to get down to 25-28 degrees and I have too amy trees to run them all in the green house plus I have a sciatica attack going on. If I went out during the hours of freezing and misted or sprayed would this thwart injury?

I lived overseas for 3 years and my wife tended many many trees. Just watering is easy, checking when to water is the skill you must impart. Easy.

stretchy

copper-based spray to control. Copper Octanoate. remove fruiting bodies.

What is the best wire for tying in trees: experts seem to be all over the place in this one. there must be a great malleable strong rust-resistant wire one can use--but what? Galvanized wire its brittle and stick and rusts out pretty quick for me. Aluminum is OK for little things but too...

Very old thread. I am in the US and never have used Kaizen mixes although he surely has a great reputation and massive local experience. I would trust his mixes if you live in his area. I have little experience with imported Japanese soils. The only stuff I have ever dealt with was old slimy mud...

The root flare development is superb