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Yes Yes No No Read this, easy enough to understand. It was written 2 weeks ago warning what is going to happen if we do nothing. Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now What we should be doing: Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance If you have any questions please ask.

How do you handle a tick infestation? Can anything be done?

Duh, try to search the forum yourself. Shibui has some very nice ones.

Yeah, it must be. They can be found everywhere on earth where there is a suitably moist habitat with decaying organic matter and at numbers of around 100000 individuals per square meter. You basically cannot pick up a moist hand of soil without also getting some mites, nematodes and springtails...

Why is that wire on it? It seems too thin be of any use.

I don't, but sometimes they do. The one insists on Treezilla.

Peter, the slanted chop was in 2012. Martin, if you look at the first tree I posted it's trunk to height ratio is about 1:8. I find that pleasing to emulate a mature, but not ancient, deciduous tree. Going for a similar ratio gives me about another foot to work with at the top of this one.

Mine too, also the reason it was the first one I took out. Couldn't wait to start with it. My favourite shape of tree is a deciduous

Spiders are predators and eat insects. They are good and cannot harm a tree.

Yeah, it was obviously a joke.

Boerboel, the anonymous user you replied to was Will Heath. He is not with us anymore. He is still in jail for illegally collecting trees. Read about it here. Heed the warning, don't let your collecting become an obsession.

Same story. 2011 few years pass... Decided to chop as indicated and encourage the brances below the chop to thicken up.

Like this tree it was in the ground for 3 years to thicken and encourage lateral roots. Dug up 2011, chopped and planted in a tyre. I wanted my trees to all look different, so had to make one into a real bosai shape. Chopped it three times. The top section is a bit straight on the tight side.

Just like this tree it was in the ground for 3 years to thicken and encourage lateral roots. Dug up 2011, chopped and planted in a tyre. I can t find a photo, but it grew wild for a few years before I chopped it just above the thicker branch, right at the bottom and bent the branch up. There is...