cascade
Shohin
That's a cool tree. I wished we could grow them down here. A Japanese garden without a Japanese Maple is like a cake without frosting..or French fries without salt.
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Dorothy
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Dorothy
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MrFancyPlants
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Too little gets a too little pot
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Neli
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Dorothy, Is it because of your temperatures that you can not grow them? What are your minimum temperatures?
I had one for 3 years now, totally neglected but from 10cm at least managed to grow to 40 cm high in 3 years without any fertilizer, and badly cared for.
This year I covered the roots with soil and started adding acid fertilizer, and watering with acid in the water. It looks so happy now.My water PH is over 8.5, and has been on that for 3 years.
got another one present from my Oyakata in Japan. So I am thinking will they survive in the long run here?
cascade
Shohin
Neli, we have no winter break (average 60's and upper 50's during the night, only sporadically in the '40s) and too hot summer nights (80+). Now I am talking about Naples Southwest Florida area. Japanese Maples will survive 3 seasons. We do have a Swamp maple, but you may as well grow cucumbers as bonsai, which should be easier..
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Dorothy
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coh
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People do grow akebia as bonsai. They somewhat resemble cucumbers...Neli, we have no winter break (average 60's and upper 50's during the night, only sporadically in the '40s) and too hot summer nights (80+). Now I am talking about Naples Southwest Florida area. Japanese Maples will survive 3 seasons. We do have a Swamp maple, but you may as well grow cucumbers as bonsai, which should be easier..
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Dorothy
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Neli
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Neli, we have no winter break (average 60's and upper 50's during the night, only sporadically in the '40s) and too hot summer nights (80+). Now I am talking about Naples Southwest Florida area. Japanese Maples will survive 3 seasons. We do have a Swamp maple, but you may as well grow cucumbers as bonsai, which should be easier..
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Dorothy
Ay ay ay! Another disappointment. So does it mean I should expect it to die soon, or just be slow? How about trident? Thanks.
cascade
Shohin
Neli, perhaps you are lucky. Who knows. No, tridents won't grow here either, no maples besides swamp maple.
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Dorothy
jkd2572
Masterpiece
I'm very excited to wait for the before pic. I bought this tree on eBay a couple of years ago. I have since taken it to a workshop with Peter tea and restyled it. The point of this post was that the gentleman I bought it from told me today that he dug it as a seedling in 1980 that was under a 40 ft pine and had it until I got it a couple of years ago. Does that make it yamadori?...... I was just happy to have found him again, because I did not get the story the first time.
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Neli
Omono
Are you planning to make it upright?
Neli
Omono
And I have such cute tridents...
lordy
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I've been fighting this tree for a long time. Bougainvillea pink pixie. Before is Sept. 12, 2013 and it's first meal of Bougain fertilizer. After is Oct 11, 2013, AND it has been primarily indoors for most of the month. During the winter I keep my tropicals at my office with floor-to-ceiling windows. If the temps are above 50F, I put it outdoors for most of the day.
As has been said on Bnut before, Bougain fertilizer seems to work well. I have thrown everything in my arsenal at it for the last two years with mixed results. I plan to document it's progress every month for a while just to see the progression.
As has been said on Bnut before, Bougain fertilizer seems to work well. I have thrown everything in my arsenal at it for the last two years with mixed results. I plan to document it's progress every month for a while just to see the progression.
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Shohin
My experience with my pink pixie is not to "mess" with it's environment too much. They tend to go into shock when they change environments (indoor to outdoor or vise versa). If you bring it in, I would leave it in for the winter. I think the constant change may be difficult for the tree to have to adjust too, hence the varied results and difficulty.
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Dan
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Little privet
Thought i might also share one before and after pic, of my small privet.
Did some pruning and wiring (first time btw) to try and open up the foliage to get more light in - and also make it look more appealing and actually like a little tree, duh!
What do you guys and gals think? I personally am quite satisifed. New pot coming next spring also.
Sorry for bad lighting, it is what it is
(Before, new front, new back, top)
Thought i might also share one before and after pic, of my small privet.
Did some pruning and wiring (first time btw) to try and open up the foliage to get more light in - and also make it look more appealing and actually like a little tree, duh!
What do you guys and gals think? I personally am quite satisifed. New pot coming next spring also.
Sorry for bad lighting, it is what it is
(Before, new front, new back, top)
lordy
Omono
Understand that this in-and-out is VERY short-lived, and I feel sure that the benefits from warm and full sun outweigh the drawbacks from taking it back inside. And the growth results sure seem to back that up. The results are not varied at all. It drops leaves due to some event, they regrow, bracts form and last for weeks, then that happens again. The difference here is that the regrowth is more robust and much faster than usual. But time will tell if it lasts.
cascade
Shohin
Thought i might also share one before and after pic, of my small privet.
Did some pruning and wiring (first time btw) to try and open up the foliage to get more light in - and also make it look more appealing and actually like a little tree, duh!
What do you guys and gals think? I personally am quite satisifed. New pot coming next spring also.
Sorry for bad lighting, it is what it is
(Before, new front, new back, top)
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Interesting pot!
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Dorothy
cascade
Shohin
Podocarpus
Shohin, with plan for the future, before I sold it.
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Dorothy
Shohin, with plan for the future, before I sold it.
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Dorothy
Bandru87
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Interesting pot!
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Dorothy
Yeah its..interesting
Just startet with bonsai, so this is the pot it came with, and it's really bad actually.
So gonna by new pots for the next repot.
But for now it would have to do, i would imagine repoting just about a month after the last one, will hurt the tree..
Am i correct?
At least that is what i understand, but maybe it wont
Eric Group
Masterpiece
You are an amazing artist! Your trees all look like sculptures... Like cartoons of what everybody should want a bonsai to look like! Truly amazed by the stuff you put on here...
Such a. Wide range too... Just... Wow.
Joedes3
Shohin
Dorothy:
Great looking tree! Also a great plan.
Joe De
Great looking tree! Also a great plan.
Joe De
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