Recent content by Specialkayme

The puzzle piece very rarely understands it's place in the puzzle. I realize the irony. But ironic or not, it doesn't make the statement incorrect.

There are probably thousands of starving people in NYC, or the surrounding area, that wouldn't turn up their noses at those strawberries. But then again, if the salesman gave away whatever strawberries he didn't sell at the end of the day, eventually fewer and fewer people would buy any...

It looks like you got some stellar growth in six years, congrats!

Nice bend. I would have liked to see a little more taper in it, but you can't have everything :D What are your plans with it?

Stellar . . . how much did you let it go for, if you don't mind me asking?

The last JBP is still in the substrate the original owner had it in. Mostly lava stones and pumice. The Chinese Elm is also still in the original substrate, mostly peatmoss from the looks of it. And one of the Oaks is just in soil, as a form of experimentation. The rest of them are in the same...

Lol, I'm very hesitant to chop at this point. There is a little bit too much going on in quite a few spots, but I'm carefully selecting what to remove. I'm afraid I'm not sure exactly how to accomplish your suggestion Brian. How would I go about compressing the trunk, or bringing the third down...

Growing some JBP, JWP, and JRP side by side from seedlings is interesting. I've noticed that the JBP are taking off, the JRP are slow and steady, and the JWP are very slow growers. Perhaps my conditions arn't optimal though . . . . As you can see from those pictures, I need some help...

Here is a second JWP, followed by some JBP seedlings (of which I screwed up). I added too much peat moss to my mix, per a store attendant's suggestion. Due to our hot summers, I thought this was smart. But our damp fall ended up providing too much moisture this way. Live and learn :D And...

Here are a few random pine seedlings that I got. One on the left is a JWP, middle is a JRP (Or so I was told). One in the middle (net pot) is a JBP, and one on the right is another JRP. And a second JBP in a net pot. Here is a cork bark oak that I got last year. It was tiny...

Next is my first JBP. I got it off ebay for $20 (I think) like 3 or 4 years ago. I mainly wanted to see if I could keep it alive. I havn't really been trimming it (almost at all), but I did repot it last year. The moss has clearly taken over . . . need to do something about that . . . I...

Next is an Oak seedling. I forget the variety. I got it as a graduation present from the school. Elon University (Elon is the hebrew word for Oak) has a tradition to give an Oak seedling to each graduate, so you can plant it and watch it grow, much like your education . . . or something like...

Here are a few shots of the plants I have, from left to right: A Japanese Red Maple that I picked up from Home Depot for $15 . . . not sure what I'm going to do with it. It has a JBP seedling companion, for the time being.

I'm doing my best to get those shots, but without cutting the foliage off, it's easier said than done.

A few of the branching inbetween the base and the apex And one of the apex And one overhead shot There is a good scar in there, just trying to show that one off