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    Collecting Oaks - DURING growing season as opposed to before?

    I don't believe I collected any more oaks between the time that I wrote that last message and the end of 2014 when I left China. Since returning to the States, I haven't had the chance to collect oaks properly during the growing season, so I still have more experimenting to do. I've got my eye...
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    Can anyone identify this maker

    Indoor Bonsai. I don't know if there's a potter who calls himself "Indoor Bonsai" but if so, there you go. Otherwise - it's just a label to let the reader know what the pot's supposed to be used for, I guess.. ;)
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    Napa Oil Dry part no. 8822

    You should be able to order it for most NAPA stores on their website. I believe there are some stores that don't participate in the ordering option, but it should be possible for most of them. I'm looking at the NAPA site right now and it looks like the stores in and around Warrenton do...
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    Never thought I'd Be Posting About Kitty Litter ......

    One more thing to try - this is the diatomite-based cat litter that Harry Harrington uses, for sale on the Philippines-based section of a site called Ubuy. I'm not sure if the fact that it is listed on the Philippines section guarantees that you can have it delivered there or not, but maybe it's...
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    Never thought I'd Be Posting About Kitty Litter ......

    @grouper52 - maybe this would help? It's a Philippines site, so I assume it's for purchasing things to be shipped to the Philippines: https://www.galleon.ph/product/detail/1857727/akadama-premium-bonsai-soil-from-bonsaioutlet Try this google search - it selects only sites that are under the...
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    How to collect this red oak?

    I'll confirm the information on Bonsai4me does also seem to apply to other oaks. I have collected oaks in both China and the northeast here in the states successfully by following Harry Harrington's recommendations. It's still a bit of an experiment with oaks here in the U.S. because I don't...
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    Is this D.E. any good?

    I’m pretty sure they’re the exact same thing. The NAPA branded floor dry has the exact same images and the graphic image for the words “floor-dry” are identical. According to this page Floor-Dry is a trademarked brand name, so it would stand to reason that it’s the same product despite the...
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    Pigletts Progress

    I agree with @MACH5 - a large canopy on this will make for a really majestic looking tree :)
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    Mushrooms

    hey, @wireme , cool mushrooms, but also, great looking tree! What is it? (first picture, beside the mushrooms).
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    Purple Plum Air Layer

    ah, right - then, yeah! This does make me think a bit more about how sunlight differences could affect air layers or ground layers and what might be done in response to ensure better layering. Good thinking, @JoeR . I probably wouldn't have given it a second thought if you hadn't commented. Thanks!
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    Purple Plum Air Layer

    ... or it could be: more sun, and thus more leaf growth, and thus more auxin production, which travels downward and stimulates more root growth in the areas where it collects in the cambium at the bottom of the air layer.
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    Mugo pine repotting test

    I found the post that @Dalmat was referring to: - on page 2 of "Field Collecting Lodgepole Pine"
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    Mugo pine repotting test

    true. still waiting :)
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    Mugo pine repotting test

    @Dalmat - right, so it seems that, if you use Vance's growth-stage timing indicators for repotting, you will be doing a repot sometime soon. And now I am wondering, since your candles are developing so early, and your climate is so mild, and you probably have a considerably long growing season...
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    Purple Plum Air Layer

    ah, I see what you mean. Although, I have heard it said that the lifespan information that most sources are pulling from is actually data that was developed years ago for the forestry industry, and that the numbers are actually a reference to the amount of time that a particular species...
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