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Winter is not a problem. I have two in the ground they have had -20 / -25C. They bud out very late here, this year bud swell was May 1st bud break May 15, last frost snow warning has always been and still is May 24th. A tent like tarp will keep the frost off. I'd say go for it!

Heat to 350 in oven until bone dry, fill a bucket with water and let the hose run at the bottom. As it over flows add dry dirty old substrate slowly and the dry organics sit on top and are washed over the side as it overflows. Have a small sieve to skim the top occasionally, it's fast and does...

Thank you, I've learned well... EVERYTHING right here!

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Looking good! Thanks for the pics.

Thank you, I will have some time tomorrow and later in the week, I will definitely look into this! Yes I think this was what I was looking for, by compartmentalize, you're saying it would break the local connections between roots & limbs, make one less dependent on the other? Thanks for...

Can we see some updated photos of these trees?

I had bad experience with a Horse Chestnut a few years back, a gift from my Father In-law. I clipped an ugly root coming out of the trunk 2" above soil level, looked great without that root, this killed the branch it was feeding and the strip of trunk between the two, also the entire core of...

This shows the base of one of them, germinated in a peat pod, you can still see the remnants of the outer net. You can see that with the annual root pruning the root ball is flat and it is developing a few larger radial roots. There is a mass of very fine feeder roots mixed in with the...

As for this year, I have transplanted them yet again to the lawn, sounds dumb but they are close to the patio so I can keep an eye on them. First up, buds were here @ transplant, maybe a bit late. Roots and a trunk reference of only one, this is it's 4th summer. Oh yeah, Leafs are on top...

I like birch a lot (as does everyone) but I don't see many as Bonsai, in fact I have only seen one, that was here, styled as an informal upright but nothing like a birch. Consequently I see no definitive info on Birch other than what makes them bad Bonsai. I have heard the negative traits...

Yes, they must be moved and they need to go where they can sit for some time to gain taper. Thanks for your input.

Looks like you're done here so... can I hi-jack your thread for a moment? Look @ my BC buds, could someone tell me if this is ready for a transplant today or is it too far along? Thanks.

I have just heard back from treehelp.com re. where's Fungi Fighter? Off the market, they cannot source the ingredients, temporary? possibly. In any case you have far more choice in the states than here. Systemic is a must because you are not there when infection occurs.

Nice tree, they're strong and they grow like weeds. I use "Monterey Fungi Fighter" the active ingredient is "propiconazole". I cannot find it available online today meaning it's been banned, here anyway. It's locally systemic (I don't even know if that's a thing) by that I mean it absorbs...