Recent content by ysrgrathe

Late updates, repotting photos from mid-February

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I trimmed mine to encourage lateral growth. You can see an example here: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/ysrgrathes-contest-entry-thread.30619/post-619645 This may slow them a smidge but it won't hurt them. This is what the root mass will look like in a year if you clean it up during...

4 x 20W maybe? Have you had any luck with those mats? I feel like they only last 1-2 seasons for me.

A little late but I cut back my pines last weekend. The goal here was to let light into the lower growth and encourage growth in the main sacrifice branch. The third pic also shows the outcome of stripping the needles off of the sacrifice. This also helps bring light and air into the foliage...

I'm still in! I just updated my thread.

You can see a couple of examples of the embedded wire technique. I only did this on 3 trees, 2 of which are still alive (the really monstrous looking one is a fusion of 3 seedlings, the other one is just a single tree with embedded wire). I can see why growers do it -- while it is a very...

Some updates for the start of 2021. I moved last summer and am still working through a major remodel / new garden so sorry for the lack of recent updates. The pines are so big now that even with expanded bench space, I'm running out of room! Next up I'll be doing some major pruning to open up...

I would snap up that tree and give it a shot. I've had cuttings throw roots, so it seems like it should be possible to layer. I have definitely seen the phenomenon you are talking about. From my own experience, and what I've read elsewhere, I'm not convinced it is fungal -- it might just be...

I've had no luck with cuttings, and my mother isn't big enough that I want to risk layering it. Even my grafted mother isn't exactly vigorous, so you might consider getting (or making) a clean graft and growing it that way. It does graft easily, these are both struck grafts from last year...

I think you will probably struggle with humidity control in a fridge. I've heard stories of people killing trees this way by drying them out.

I was just there earlier this year, such a shame. Lisa and Chris seemed like such nice folks too, so glad to hear they and their dogs are safe.

I'm not familiar with this one. My cheat sheet says it is a Group 33 fungicide in the phosphonate group. Its method of action is unknown. It is a single-acting fungicide, so potentially can develop resistant strains, but it's listed as low risk. It is listed for the diseases you are...