Recent content by nairb

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    Started Work on Ficus

    Wow! thats a beautiful tree. Are those roots that are hanging down kinda like ivy or banyan tree roots? It really looks like a tree from the jungle. I didn't know Ficus would grow like this.
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    Storm on it's way...lightening strikes car... !?!

    I think its more like the car acts as a Faraday cage ? so you should theoretically be safe 'inside' the car...
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    olive/moss or lava or?

    The coarser moss looks much better than the previous moss you had, it has a more rough, wild look to it, good choice! If I recall correctly you looked for advice on this olive sometime back? At the time it was much taller and you cut it right back to the current trunk height? Its looking great I...
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    olive/moss or lava or?

    How about using Akadama? The following picture of an olive grove in Tuscany is what comes to mind when I think of olive trees, even though in this photo its grass, its brown and dry. Akadama might give a similar look...
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    Suggestion: Be able to block/ignore forum threads

    Very true, but as far as I know the Bonsainut admin is looking for suggestions/things to improve I thought that this would be a good idea.
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    Suggestion: Be able to block/ignore forum threads

    Wow! what brought this reaction on? I ask a simple question and this is what I get as an answer. I think you have some issues you'd want to think about. Jeez...
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    Suggestion: Be able to block/ignore forum threads

    Just an idea for the site, it would be great if you could choose to ignore/block some forum threads. An example might be a thread where the topic has gotten hijacked by arguments etc. and you'd rather just not see it ('cos it has nothing to do with Bonsai)
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    Scots pine evolution 2009 - 2015

    wow! the transition from 2009 to 2010 is amazing, amazing what a bit of wiring can achieve! (photo 1 to photo 3), very inspiring!
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    British Soldiers

    Thanks, I never considered using lichen before, I must give it a try!
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    British Soldiers

    How do you propagate lichen? is it the same as with moss? (scrape a piece off and place it firmly on soil and hope for the best?) Can you also grow lichen that grows on wood like this?
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    How to Get Think Dense Foliage (Garden Store Bonsai)

    You have some branches wired already, so why wait to grow new ones to give it a 3d look, pull some of your branches forward, some back, look at the tree directly from above so that you can see its no longer in a 2d plane.
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    Noelanders Trophy XVI (2015)

    Wow! looks like there were some great bargains to be had there! (judging by the prices on some of the items...)
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    Automatic Watering Alternative

    I've experimented with 2 litre plastic bottles with holes punched in the bottom with a needle, but to no avail; with a needle, the holes are too small and no water goes through. When I made the holes bigger, the water just flows out. I also tried putting a bottle with the top down in the ground...
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    Advice needed for unhealthy Schefflera (pics)

    I'm not familiar with this species but with 38C and full sun, not a lot of trees/plants can handle that. Is your tree also in a bonsai pot? I have a common privet bonsai which can handle a lot of abuse but full sun with those temperatures it just can't handle. I would say place it somewhere...
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    Ants on my Juniper. Should I be concerned?

    I had small black ants on an olive tree, they were farming scale insects. I started scraping off the scale insects every day, after about two weeks, no more ants and it looks like no more scale insects either.
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