Recent content by leatherback

thats serious water.

I only understood this the second time around. That is insane! WHY? is the question that comes to mind. Not a production failure?

it remains odd how these prices vary within one economic region. I mean.. Import into EU is the same cost everywhere right?

two weeks ago those lows were our highs... swapping sweaters and jeans out for t-shirts and shorts.

their fysical store is an hours drive from me. It is a reliable store, run by people that do bonsai. In europe IBUKI is also a brand often used for substrate.

this suggests you intent to take it out of the pot. Do not do this. There is no real reason to look at the roots probably the difference between a greenhouse and outside full exposure that is showing on the leaves.

Don't attempt to colelct this. There is a 99% chance it will not live. The absolute worst place to go collecting. Stay the * away with your spade. All the more reason to leave it alone. If there are only 10 or so of a species in a whole reserve, these are all needed to rebuild a presence. Not...

they have been kept too dark and possibly have dried out at some point after which the foliage dropped. If you fertilize well, do not let them dry out too much and give them lots of sun, they will look very different next year.

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Building a good rootspread takes time. If you start with your plants and you ensure spreading roots early on, it helps develop the rootcollar. If you do not do proper rootwork early on, you get entangled ropots, very geavy roots or one-sided nebari which are hard to fix later on. Hm.. you seem...

Finally summer weather for 2 weeks in a row. So OFF with the leaves. Then repotting, wiring and pruning!

agreed disagreed that this has anything to do with the source. The larch seemed to have grown plenty last season. However, repotting a larch when not dormant is a bad idea. Add to that a hot summer and possibly someone new to the species and/or bonsai..

no. It is NEVER a good idea to scratch bark away.

Repot in spring. Then also do proper rootwork. Consider making a large flat box, or buying something in the USA sold as anderson flats. Then allow to grow unrestircted for another year or 2. That will give you a very nice solid nebari & fat base. At that time look at airlayers. What you could...

I'll take the one in the blue pot ;)