Recent content by doctorater

Those are very nice, clean holes. May I ask what kind of bit you used?

Please post pics of this monstrosity in use. (On a tree please, not someone's chest)

Coming along nicely. Thanks for the update. I saw all the brown needles and was worried about your tree for a second there and then I remembered it was a larch. Whew.

Sorry to hear that. Thanks for sharing the outcome so we can learn with you.

So how are these trees doing in 2022?

@BrianBay9, thanks for sharing your knowledge on the Coast Live Oaks. Do you have experience as to whether your process for the Coast Live Oak would also apply to other evergreen oaks such as Emory Oak, Scrub Oak, Arizona White Oak, Palmer Oak, etc, or for that matter a dry climate deciduous...

Would love to see an update on this tree. Such potential.

Here's an update on the Texas Scarlet above. Gave it a vigorous root prune and a repot in the fall. Pruned branches for structure. Added one piece of wire to change the direction of the main trunk more to my liking. Then left it pretty much alone. Growing fine, but it didn't flower for me this...

I'll be at the Phoenix Bonsai Society show tomorrow (Saturday April 2, 2022). Anyone else going to be there? David Nguy from Bonsai Jidai will be conducting morning workshops on both days and an afternoon demonstration on Saturday.

@miker, did you imagine when you started this thread in September of 2017 it would still be active in March of 2022 with over 260 posts?

That one's going to be nice.

The phoenix has fully risen. Amazing. Kudos to you for sticking with it. I think it really is going to be a better tree than it was.

Here is an Emory Oak I just collected yesterday.

These three oaks were collected over the last several weeks. All are short on feeder roots unfortunately so we'll see how the do in the next few weeks as Spring comes on. They are Emory Oaks and Arizona White Oaks. They've been fully defoliated as in the first pic.

Why, yes, I would like to win that lovely little pot.