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I've been placing/planting things that bugs/pests/bacteria prefer to avoid. Like citronella, sage, rosemary, peppermint and spearmint, etc. Also, I'm slowly adding dropped foliage or leaves from those into my mulch pile hoping to benefit from their natural repellent properties for next year's...

I would like 2 , dibs on the 3 year olds?

I always thought it to be dried out sap crust. I'd like to know as well ;)

WiredTree sounds like a perfect home (namewise) for bnut, or are you admin'ing things other than bnut?

I have two which grew under about 68W/200W equiv. cfl's. Used a custom made light hood that cost me about $10. Grew alright. I added another light, and it went nuts growing, had it for about 2 years now.

I tried some with a juniper from lowes. Mixed in with clay pebbles and a smidgen of coarse perlite. Worked fine so far (~6 months).

They would be for seedlings and shohin trees. I hadn't noticed the lack of holes on the sides. I thought perhaps the collapsible containers would make it easier to take the tree out of the pot for maintenance.

I don't think people here are considering that the nice fish emulsion fertilizer cakes they love, are the collected and dried version of what the OP would be using. Aquaponics involves two separate parts. One part a fish tank with lots of fish adding fertilizer to the water, and another part...

So a lot of people love their colanders for training pots, I was wondering if anyone is using the collapsible silicone colanders and how they like them? I think this one has a decent shape, and am considering buying one to try out...

I've kept mine inside knowing it was an outdoors tree, it's a juniper procumbens nana. I wanted to do an experiment. This is the beginning of the second winter it has been kept inside in my grow tent.

I'd like to mention to those who aren't aware of it, but you can also just go with some high power white LED's. It would be less efficient since your using energy to produce colors of light that the trees use less of, or none of. Blue and Red are the two that are used the most. Google PAR...

They will if you do it right. As suggested, a high power grow light can keep it alive for 18 months. This coming December will make it 24 months alive, and growing.

That doesn't sound anywhere close to being remotely bright enough. Growing things inside requires very bright light. Very bright. Minimum lumens should be over 5,000, especially if its 2 to 3 feet away. Google grow lights. Dont be afraid to look at cannabis forums for lighting...

I use a commercial cucumber oriented chemical fertilizer which is 8-16-36 at the recommended strength according to the packaging. It works great.

I love seeing posts like this. Rock on with your experiment, I'm about to go into year 2 of a similar one w/out dormancy. Mine aren't dead yet either.