Recent content by tatorger

Thats exactly what it looks like, on some of the faster growing trees or the ones that have rough bark its no big deal but my JMs and azaleas will be permanently scarred

Every one of my trees has cicada damage! :mad: i thought i had them well protected, i had them in a 1/8'' mesh enclosure. One of my 10 year old seed grown JM's has about 30-40 spots where the females layed eggs. this is just a warning from NY watch your trees!

I wasn't questioning ryan neil as an artist, I have yet to see a tree of his that I didn't look at in awe. I just think it would be cool to see what he would do stylistically with a tree that he started from scratch. Everyone has that tree that they started from a seedling and do nothing with...

I am fairly new to bonsai, about a year, so my opinions in this topic are fairly uninformed. But i kind of agree with the guy stirring up all the trouble on the other site, but i think he went about it wrong. Dont get me wrong, I dont question ryan neil as a bonsai artist at all but it seems...

Are you sure this is a mango? I've grown several mangoes over the years and none of them had serrated leaves like that.

I went to central america and saw strangler figs of some kind that killed the host tree and the dead tree rotted away leaving the fig hollow in the middle. I cant seem to find my pictures but here is one I borrowed from a google search...

What I was saying was whatever you had to put in the gel to kill bacteria would possibly be poisoning the tree at the same time

This sounds like flasking orchids. The only problem is keeping it sanitary once it is exposed to air, orchids you have to flask in a sanitary environment and keep sealed, and if you put anything in the gel to kill bacteria how good can it be for your tree?

I have two ficus planted in that exact mix for about two years now and they are doing wonderfully, it has alot of fines though so needs to be sifted.

I have a question, at what time of the year did you do the initial chop?

A while back in another thread of mine someone mentioned that larch do well in my area. Since then I've kinda become obsessed with them. Now, with all these spring larch pictures being posted the obsession has gotten worse. Does anyone know of a good place to find decent stock at a good price...

I go to school in Utica, like 5 minutes from Genesse st.

where do you guys meet? I've been looking to get involved in a club, and i go to school in the mohawk valley

The first position of the stone looks like a lion, excellent work! Would you happen to know the origin of the stone?

Since this is my first juniper, or evergreen for that matter i know nothing about pruning techniques, and things of that nature. Does anyone care to share their knowledge/experiences or know of any good books or articles on the subject? Thank you, Travis