Recent content by Zaelthus

Nice! Is the first tree on the left of the second picture the same as the tarantula from the first picture?

You are correct. It's been over two years since the last round of root work, and there is a tourniquet under there somewhere. That was my original motivation behind wanting to dig it up this season i.e. I want to cut below the tourniquet and plant it on a tile. I'll follow your advice and do...

Thanks, this makes sense to me. I'm going to chop instead and hope for a new leader and movement lower down and followup with root work the following year.

Hello, I have a few trident maples in the ground thickening up. I have one that I haven't done any root work on in a couple of years and it's over ten feet tall now. I want to dig up it up and do some root prning/placement to it this spring before it the bugs open. I'll most likely be...

Well said, but by the same token is not also true that this is the case no matter what our age may be?

In Canada it's the second one :D

Raid makes a good Borax based liquid solution that works pretty well in combination with bait traps.

My understanding is that the decline of pollinators is more likely due to the over use of insecticides especially systemic ones. Did you know even potato farmers are using systemic insecticides such as imidacloprid on their crops? I'm way more concerned about ingesting that stuff and the...

Do you remove any of the unwanted candles at this stage?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say no...

I remember reading this amazing post on internet bonsai club that showed the progression of what was basically a log in a pot, no taper, and poor initial branching. After carving, burning, back budding, and time, the end result was amazing. Can't find the post for the life of me...The artist...

If you are so confident in your detective work why not report this to the authorities instead of trying to be an internet hero?

Yes I was fertilizing it until about the end of August maybe early Sept. I'll take some pictures with a black background in January after needle trimming (running into holiday crazyness now :( ) I haven't been able to explore the root system yet, I'm weary of disturbing it too much since...

Quick update, I decided to remove a couple of branches today and open the tree up a bit. Taking things slow here because I absolutely cannot afford to lose this one. I will do some winter needle work tomorrow and then leave it alone until next fall/winter. As a next step I'm debating...

+1 I could have used the "thanks" button but this just seemed more appropriate :)