Recent content by Sombreroisland

Thank you so much for the advice on posting in IBC I do 3 salt water mistings a week. Sincerely, Bing

Hi everyone, I have a problem which I really have no clue on what to do. I've lost a tree recently - Pemphis and my second one is starting it seems. I don't know what to do, everything is status quo - didn't touch, repot, just trimmed maybe but that's all. Clumps of leaves start wilting -...

Hi poink, Wow, I see what you see about pulling to the left and the right but to air layer the lower branches, I'm a bit unsure, yikes! Were you talking about the major lower portion or the sub branches. I don't know if it's just me. My mind is painting the shape of a Chinese dragon which I'm...

The deadwood in the windswept tree is a lot more pronounced. There's just a "central lifeline" running in between the deadwood. The windswept one is a lot more trained than the semi cascade one that's the one I'll have a lot of opportunity to work with! :) Was given a lot of very good...

@poink88 hi kabayan, I will check ibc out eventually, for now I want to just slowly get my feet into this as a private exercise. The goal really is don't get them dead! I do have easy access to saltwater so fairly easy for me to manage that bit. Thanks for the advice. @judyb thanks for the...

Thank you garir for the warm welcome. They cost a decent amount of money as a Christmas gift to myself. Keeping them alive is the goal! Figured I need to practice my patience! I've been in and out of the plant hobby as I used to make vivariums and terrariums before. Always been interested in...

Hi everyone, new hobbyist from Manila. Just wanted to say that this forum is a great resource for discussion. Most of what I've learned as a beginner are from the pages I've read here. Looking forward to meeting everyone's acquaintance. Got my first 2 trees as well - Pemphis Acidula. My...