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Hey guys. I just wanted to post this little poll to get some honest feedback. Do you sift your soil for prebonsai (1 gal pots or wooden grow boxes)?

yeah. Good advice. I went with moss cause sometimes I can't check as often as I'd like. Need to use a medium somewhere between turface and sphagnum. If it fails ill just use normal bonsai soil

Hey guys. Its been along time since I posted but I'm having an issue that I hope you can help with. I'm attempting an airlsyer on an a. Palmatum Ibo nishiki. It was going along fine and all of a sudden the leaves started to droop. I'm thinking that the moss around the layering site has been too...

With pines probably more than any other species there are distinct camps who have differing techniques. For example Naka recommends cutting candles longer than one inch as they develop while Boon mandates that candles are allowed to grow freely entil the candling takesnplace around the fourth of...

According to Brent walston in his article Over Wintering Bonsai, No winter protection is needed for temperate climate woody plants until the temperature falls below 15F (-10C). His statement is based on study and experience in over 30 years of horticulture. Not to mention the fact that more...

Rick and Dave, thanks for the help! I was afraid that it would be too warm under there. I have a shed that I kept my trees inmlast winter but I recently put a min max thermo in there and the temps at the coldest parts of the day are actually colder than the ambient temp. Not to mention that it...

Brian, thanks for the help but that's not it. That article contains alot of good info but the article I'm trying to find goes into more detail

I remember reading an article earlier this year that detailed minimum temps required for dormancy for a number of species as well as the number of hours required. Does anyone have the link to this article? I ask because I have a location under the house that is not heated but due to being...

With layering like most things you can't really rely on the calender for when a procedure should be performed. Wait until the leaves have open and hardened off then take the layer. It should be ready sever by next fall

In reference to Mr. Adams' comments on using more organic soil; I see this as one of his great moments where illustrates again "If it ain't broke don't fix it!" A loose and pourous organic mix will yield fat lovely and happy roots. If you have ever received a tree from Brent at Evergreen you...

Ok great. That's all well and good considering layering of yearling candles. George outlines the procedure for that prety well on his blog. My question is about the other layers that can be seen lower on the trunk on older wood. Is this something he is experimenting with? Do you know how his...

This is a really awesome setup and some fine specimen bonsai! I would love to do something similar and plan to when I get some more space! Good Work

Do you recall how old the mother plants being layered are? In the blog it sounds like uses only current years growth but in this image it appears as long as needles remain above the potential layer site then a layer may root. Just applying horticultural principles I think I can see whats going...

Do you recall how old the mother plants being layered are? In the blog it sounds like he uses only current years growth but in this image it appears as long as needles remain above the potential layer site then a layer may root.

Over the past few seasons I have been developing sort of a material development plan. What I do is during the late winter/early spring I prune away a few excess branches from just about every tree I am currently developing and root them as hardwood cuttings. I grow them out most of that season...