Recent content by tnaz71

Little update, I still have this tree. I didn't touch it for quite sometime. The top where the tree was cut back started rotting so I removed what was rotted to preserve what was left. It will require a lot more carving in the future. I will get a picture of the whole tree and post, but till...

Just found this at a nursery labeled Japanese black pine, it was in a 1gallon pot with very little dirt in it, less than 1/4 of the pot if that. I searched for more but sadly didn't find any others. I just slip potted in a bigger pot I had on hand for now to help it get stronger. I will let it...

Thanks, I assumed it was something like that due to it coming from Louisiana. I don't have that issue here it's too dry so I am sure it will leave rather quick

Just got this today, I noticed this stuff (pictured) not sure what it is or how to treat it. Plant came from Louisiana.

A few more pictures.

Sorry I haven't been able to get some pictures till today. I have a few ideas but not sure if they are the best. First is to just hollow out the larger trunk & possibly integrate the larger low branch into the carving. I know that Japanese maples are really not supposed to be carved per say...

Thank you Bob for your valuable insight, I appreciate it. I was curious about the pinching if it just needed cut as you said or pinched so thank you for answering that. The tree was dug then allowed to recover but hasn't been styled as of yet. I will post up some pictures when I can...

I recently acquired a California Juniper after dreaming of having one since I started this adventure close to 20yrs ago. I have been searching forums for how to properly care for them. I found numerous posts on how to collect, what type of soil etc, but none really on trimming & day to day...

Thanks for the encouragement on this thing, I thought it was pretty neat with the bark. Now to just figure out what to do with it. I am sorry I thought I put the whole tree picture in but here it is.

My neighbor was tossing this out today, I thought it had some interesting qualities so I grabbed it up. She thinks it's a type of Asian pear. She said it has fruited the last few years but the fruit is small about 2". Not sure, I looked at pictures online and the bark & flowers appear to...

Pulled it out this morning. Lots of roots, mostly alive. I washed some of the concrete off and put it in a pond basket. I will let it grow this year and hopefully get healthy.

Thanks Vance and everyone else for your input. Now, I know my skills are not great but, one thing that has been misunderstood is that I was aware it was wired into the pot before I brought it home. I removed the wires after got I home and I snapped a few pictures of it before I did...

It was wired into the pot and I removed the wire but still wouldn't budge I didn't want to try too hard to remove it. I will wait till I'm ready to repot, the soil is very hard and compact, not sure if it's too late to do it here? I usually repot in February. And yeah it's a local Bonsai...

Picked this up last weekend at a local nursery. It was marked for $50 so grabbed it up. I haven't done anything to it yet. Seems pretty healthy, I tried to pull it out of the pot to check the roots but it won't budge. It seems to have been in there for a while, so I will repot when its...

Thanks, I was planning on keeping the smaller branch to become the new trunk. I am sorry for bad pictures, I will get some others but until then on page 2 of this post are some of the tree that may help.