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    Air layering crepe myrtles

    I'm thinking about getting back into bonsai after a break. It's a long story. I have crepe myrtles in my front yard that are probably a foot thick in some places. The trunks have movement and a twisted look to the bark. I know it's possible to air layer them in a thick spot. So if the plan is...
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    Hi again, and a boxwood

    Hi Sorce, I hope you're well. I'm still playing with aquaponics. I have 2 tanks and 4 growbeds. And a bunch of organic veggies in soil. And a hydroponic tower garden. One aquaponics bed is too full of strawberries, I have to thin them out soon. I had some ficus (of course) but they didn't...
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    Hi again, and a boxwood

    Hello again, it's been a long time since I posted last. I haven't had time or money for bonsai. But last fall my neighbor pulled out some boxwoods from his yard. I didn't know until they were half dug, half pulled out with a truck. I tried to save 2 but only one survived the winter. It's in a...
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    English laurel? And jade questions..

    My mother just bought me an English laurel from clearance. It is kinda skinny, but has a curve down low. Are they ok for bonsai? Or better off as a yard tree? It's leaves are kinda big, will they reduce size someday? And when is the right time to trim, repot, or otherwise torture it? And will it...
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    Grow Bags Versus Pond Baskets

    I had an idea for using colander that was working, til a "friend" pulled apart and screwed it up. I put a bouganvilla in a colander, filled with gravel (all I could get where I was). I filled a 5 gallon bucket (with holes) with potting soil and put the colander on top of the soil. In 2 weeks the...
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    Stateside again

    Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! I think I'll have a much easier time here, with species people know about and because bonsai stuff is close. Oh, and NAPA is a mile or so away. So my soil problems are over.. Thanks again, it's great to be back!
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    Stateside again

    Thanks Sorce, maybe my new LG phone will take better pics than the $50 phones from down there. We'll see today, because there are a bunch of bushes and trees I can have from here, out in the yard. I was not into bonsai when I went to CR, but I just figured with all the species there, I'd have...
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    Stateside again

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    Stateside again

    So now I'm back from my self imposed exile in Costa Rica, after nearly 9 years, and living in North Carolina, 7a. I've never lived so far north. I'd rather be with my son in the tropics, but that's coming. Anyway, what do Bnuts do around here now? I brought some pots, and had a basic bonsai tool...
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    Hunkered down in Florida

    My little bro felt it in Fl and Mom felt it in NC too, tho much softer. I'm very happy to hear that people are mostly staying civilized and helpful. Fl has better plans for hurricanes than La. I guess. And that is good, we have learned and keep anarchy from becoming the rule. Instead people of...
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    Photos from Saturday Sep 9

    You always show nice trees!
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    Big trees that make you say, "It's like a giant bonsai"

    I need to go take pics! There is an absolutely huge kapock tree not too far from me. It doesn't have a branch til 100' or more in the air. Some of y'all would love it for sure, a miniature one would be awesome. And there are guyaba (guava to most, but guava is another thing. The ones with yellow...
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    Houston cant have all the fun!

    Since global warming came up, let me share an idea that I have. I think the orbit of the earth changing may cause some of the heating because I've heard about a 20,000 year cycle. Supposedly 10,000 years ago it was cold. Now it's moving towards the sun on the hot part of the cycle. I doubt we...
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    Late night yamadori ninja mission.

    I like the term "liberated" or maybe "relocated"...
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    Houston cant have all the fun!

    I'm from Sarasota and my brother is still there. The predictions seem to be showing it headed east of there for now. But I grew up there and know that computer predictions may not be right. So I'm worried about family and friends there. Sarasota has not had a direct hit since the 1930's, but...
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