Recent content by keri-wms

Weevils seem to find them more easily too on the ground (in the UK at least)

My trees are tucked away at the back at the moment, will try to remember to take photos next time I reach them!

This is about as good as mine get at this point!

Still in, pretty lame though!

This was actually a surface root off a bigger tree which was cut the year before, the rootlets happened to grow evenly and it developed a sucker.....so I took the hint that it wanted to be it’s own tree!

I don’t need to avoid it, I can’t afford it!!!! :D

I found two more in the UK! ;p

Not cheap but not ridiculous either as they are rare here. They air layer really easily too! ;) I’d grab it and split it into three projects.

I think one major advantage of learning from someone who did the time in Japan is you can trust what they teach. Some of the most POPULAR bonsai youtubers (insert rest of sentence as you feel fit! ;) )!!! I firmly believe that a minimum of 51% of what most people know, on any complicated...

I kind of get the feeling the two main guys in the US ( :) ) have such different styles of presentation that they largely avoid each other’s market in terms of audience, but maybe the overlap % is pretty high? I’ve not seen the paid-for content though to be fair...

Yeahhhh, crossed my mind too tbh! But I reckon we’re safe-ish at the friendly ribbing end of the spectrum with this one! It’s part of the everyday fly on the wall style that’s being used, it’s not all trees - we get to meet Bjorn’s dog and Ryan’s generator and see other behind the scenes things. :D

(Loads of edits, sorry) Re the differences, I’ve got Sekka and Chirimen and they are VERY similar, Chirimen has whitish bits under the foliage and is a bit less “bubbly” where the new buds/shoots are. Neither are anything like Nana Gracilis which is huge by comparison and in my case can be...

Ebihara’s method/s are covered or at least referred to in some detail in Meriggioli’s maple book, not sure if there’s any difference between that info and what’s in the 11 Kinbon pages though as I’m unable to compare them :/

If there’s a lighter note to be found in all this, it has to be the minimal reaction to serious vandalism in one place, compared to the reaction to a leaky pipe in another! For the record both guys are awesome, just funny comparing that week’s videos. :)

I wonder if dipping them in lime-sulfer before bagging might be one old school solution worth trying on a small number? Smelly though!