Recent content by cubbie

i'm not moving there. My sister lives there and on her last visit she kidnapped several of my trees, and is now hooked

Are there any groups, clubs, individuals, etc. in the vicinity of Hermann, MO?

does vinegar affect the pH of the soil?

Bonsai4me has an article about Armillatox Cleaner. It is advertised as a driveway and patio cleaner but they claim they use it on their bonsai trees to remove the green algae on the trunk, and also as a general fungicide. I can find nowhere in the US that it is available, only in the UK...

yeah, i'm sure i'm just being silly. nothing is moving on it's own, and doesn't pass the squish test. thanks guys!

I am finding these threadlike "things" on my trees, they remind me of dandelion fluff. we don't have anything nearby in bloom right now. am I just being overly protective?????

I just didn't know what else to blame it on! ;)

Bellota Enterprises, Inc. Paul Katich, from Jacksonville, FL. bellota.pots@gmail.com He has really neat and unusual pots at great prices, but i'm not sure if he has a web site or not. he is a vendor every year at the Florida convention

IMG_1769_edited-1 by cubbie posted Aug 4, 2015 at 12:58 PM"what had happened was" this tree was pushed to the back of those that could be left outside during the occasional really cold Florida days. When I realized it, there was a split all the way up the trunk. I kept it on its normal...

I almost threw this away 2 years ago when the bark split, I guess from not giving it winter protection. IMG_1770_edited-1 by cubbie posted Aug 1, 2015 at 2:00 PM

at least Death Valley has dry heat. I live in central florida, and this has been the hottest spring I can remember. humidity approaching 100% most of the time. this is why i'm guessing at heat stress. the trees have been in their spring grow-like-crazy mad rush, probably overwhelming...

have lost one more tree, a rosemary. I have come to the conclusion that it was heat stress. we have had an unusually HOT spring, these trees were in pretty shallow pots. I did not find any evidence of borers, but there were no seemingly healthy root tips. guess my trees needed an A/C.

cant find help on this forum to post pictures?????