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We will see if I can even keep it alive…

Thanks…What product name would pumice be? I went to a hydroponics store hoping they would have it, but nothing. A nursery has pumice but they want $8 for a small bag.

The rain stopped late afternoon, so I got after it. I had to quit because it got too dark, and I couldn't see. In about an hour and a half, I left with about 12 small stumps. The largest is maybe a five-inch diameter. I left seven that were too big for me to load up. I will get some help and...

Where do you buy your pumice?

I got on here 10 years ago. With olive questions, a bunch of you all gave me suggestions. I put a 100lb olive stump in a pot. I kept it alive for 2 years, then let it die when I did not water it. (Note to self hook up some automatic water) I want to try this again. Can or maybe should I make...

Sorry, new and have no idea what I am doing just reading threads… what is DE

Paul, do you places stumps in containers or in the ground. If in containers do you use regular bonsai mix?

Not sure if this is the right place for this? How long can an olive stump survive out of the ground? Near where I live there is some ground clearing taking place. Some olives in the mix that have been out of the ground for a week. Do you think they can make it if I chop the base flat?

my buckeye sticks are growing I am not sure what I am doing (no bonsai experience) more kind of playing around than anything. I have four stumps, I am getting a lot of new growth from down under the soil level. How do I discourage it? I have the same thing on my olive.

It lives... now what? At first I was concerned because the only growth was coming up around the tree. Then I started to see some back growth at the base of the trunk, now a few at the top. Do I just let it grow for a few months? Do I discourage all the bottom growth? If so how? Do I...

I went to my first bonsai nursery. What was crazy is it is less than a mile away from my house and I never knew it was there. Matsuda Nursery I don't really know what I was looking at but Mr. Matsuda was great. He gave me a tour, from starter material to finished trees. Some of the very old...

On Saturdays I take the kids out for a hike. I have been over this area a million times and never noticed these. Maybe not bonsai been pretty amazing.

We came across some monster trunks that must of been too big for the chain saw. I can see the latent buds you are talking about when a tree is chopped severely. It was a buckeye grave yard. There was probably 20 of these stumps. I will keep searching for some smaller material.

I am cheap, maybe a step up from potting soil, it is catus/palm mix. The bag lists ingredients as forest products, pumice, and sand. I am not sure of the ratio. It was $5. I guess I will see how it works.

My 200 lb takes three to move first bonsai project I don't know what I am doing. About $25 and 3 hours later this is where I am at. I realized part way through the second chop I still needed to cut off a few more inches. The problem is my saw quit on me 3/4 the way. I was not going to attempt...