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Haha, I walked past this serving dish in a second hand shop....and a thought came to me. I can maybe make a bonsai pot from this....🧐...

Nice. I've planted a few some years ago. I'll be planting these up soon. Others I have chopped and trimmed the roots already.

I'll be watching this thread....hopefully people with experience of it will share. I have this Mikawa that I plan to air layer this...

Thanks, REALLY thanks for that photo. I rescued this poor wee thing from the garden centre, and had no idea what to do with it. Until...

My apologies Bossman...:p I kinda forgot to respond to you. I fully agree not to carve to the bottom. It'll look nasty actually. My plan...

I would not extend the carving into the soil, because that would mean you would lose that big buttress at the base of the tree. I think...

Haha...I don't fuss much about the 6.5 part anymore. Ginko loves alkaline soil, and that's all i'm shooting for. The lime will do the...

Yeah you have a point. Thinking about it....You've actually caught me out contradicting myself.... 😁 I've been assuming my organic...

Yes that was exactly my plan. My go to to grow out trees in the ground has always been...I drill holes all over the pot and place the...

Add a bit of Dolometic Limestone.

As mentioned, your water pH and but importantly the buffering capacity of your water will drive your substrate pH long term. If your...

Ginkgo bud from bare wood. Anywhere there was once a leaf node, which is right down the main trunk, has the potential to bud after...

This has been my experience.

You're right. That is always the safest approach. I just took this image off Google. This trunk seems to me has been chopped low down...

I can see that situation is tough... was thinking more in a way that if you leave two thicker branches you increase the chances of...