Recent content by Mikee002

I’ve had zero luck getting a single root cutting to take… no idea why. I’ve given them a looong time also. 🤷🏻‍♂️

What emitters/sprinklers are you all using with your systems?

Yep. There’s 1000s at this point. Once final branch selection is made then that’s something I’ll do.

Pricked my fingers and arms 100s of times. If the BRT wasn’t a favorite species I’d get rid of all the thorned ones I have. Thinned canopy, multiple air layers. Repot in a month or 2 when the air layers come off if season allows.

Just picked up this tree yesterday, it has, this huge bulbous scar, in a place that it’s not good. Will the willow leaf ficus respond to simply carving it down and not allowing new growth to form there, which would obviously lead to the same thing happening again?

awesome, thanks! I'll take this into consideration

something like so... just have to figure out how... down to one arm for the next 6 weeks or so. lol I will do that with the drain holes. I need to anyway cause the dogs want to use it as their personal trough It is already growing better this year than last, nothing like the other one that I...

Thanks. Yeah, they’re not right at the bottom. Maybe 12 to 14 inches up.

I am at a complete loss on what to do with the cypress. It was collected a year and a half ago, and obviously hasn’t done great since then. The one side of the tree is dead. No buds have formed on that side since collection. Pretty much the one area on the one side with the multiple shoots seems...

I have a bag of clay and some tools sitting in my garage and lots of ideas. Been a rough year!

Sound advice. Thx 👊🏻

Going to be in the keys over the weekend…. any notable places in the keys for bonsai?

Watched these a handful of times in the past couple days… I petition for more! The technique is great… the narration is greater.

So, I have gone down the rabbit hole of wanting to get into pot making. Hopefully what I learned in high school will come back to me and it’ll be a semi-painless experience. What are some of the good resources out there for pottery and ceramics in general, not just related to bonsai pot making...