The I Don't Care if Bonsai is Art, I Just Like the Trees Tread

M. Frary said:

I've found that in order to keep miss alive on a tree you need to keep it too wet for the health of the tree... ...

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Exactly!

Mellow Mullet said:

Yes, please post!

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I try my best that it looks like the Photobucket webpage is down... at least on me
Have been trying for a long time now but it has been a waste of time...

Well, it seems that things are getting a bit better with the working mode over on Photobucket.
But I kind of hesitate to post my pictures because all of you guys are such great photographers. My photos are all so crappy...

Some of my trees in progress.
I have not yet an ID for this tree. Was an offspring which I collected. Guy wires, some more guy wires and again guy wires


Ficus salicaria - Willow leaf ficus. A cutting donated by a generous gentleman from Florida on IBC


My flowering Quince, not known cultivar


A small Plumbago, I digged from my yard


This is a Murraya paniculata. It was meant to be a composition of three trees but I made a silly mistake...
I asked for cultivation advice and I was told it's easy to back bud and gets severe pruning well.
During pruning I disregarded the fact that this is a perennial and not deciduous and left some of the trunks with no green foliage And I paid my mistake!


A Pomegranates "forest". The individual trees were first fitted together by Peter Warren during a workshop as guest artist here in Athens. Since then one of the trees died and I have added two or three more trees. And pay no attention to the stone, it's been carelessly put over there


More trees perhaps later as it is very painful time wise uploading from Photobucket this night....

M. Frary said:

I've found that in order to keep miss alive on a tree you need to keep it too wet for the health of the tree.
It also seems that moss doesn't like extreme amounts of fertilizer. It lasts a day afterwords then turns to black sludge.

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Depends on your climate. In a humid climate like we have, I can't keep the moss off some trees, especially Elm!

Frets do burn moss when applied directly to it though, that is true..

quietobserver said:

I couldn't care less about what is/isn't art. I find working/watering/looking at trees relaxing. View attachment 143128 View attachment 143127

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Nice Kobai! Mine is blooming now, too.

Eric Group said:

Depends on your climate. In a humid climate like we have, I can't keep the moss off some trees, especially Elm!

Frets do burn moss when applied directly to it though, that is true..

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I know what you mean, I think if you stand still too long, moss would start growing on me here in Mobile. Algae, too.

Mellow Mullet said:

Nice Kobai! Mine is blooming now, too.

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Thanks! Sold to me as a Kobai sport (supposedly), Iwai Boshi. No 2 blooms the same. Different color variations, supposedly the new "thing".

Smoke said:

I don't really care, I focus on whats really important.

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Sucky news today....

Worst case scenario...six months to a year
Best case...two years.

We have talked, we are ready....we are good with it. Thanks.

Smoke said:

Sucky news today....

Worst case scenario...six months to a year
Best case...two years.

We have talked, we are ready....we are good with it. Thanks.

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Damn man... Sorry.
You just never know- when I was a young boy, over 30 years ago, my grandfather had cancer and was diagnosed with about 6 months to live. I believe he celebrated his 93rd birthday this past February and he and my Grandmother are doing fine in a retirement home together in Florida!
Good luck!

Thanks!
Starting a new chemo infusion, so back to a port in the upper chest. Maybe this treatment will do the trick. Hope for the best.

Smoke said:

Hope for the best.

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You two are a power couple to me a true real life inspiration. I know every couple struggles but I see that you two are really in love and it gives me hope. Thank you for sharing.
Big hugs.

amcoffeegirl said:

You two are a power couple to me a true real life inspiration. I know every couple struggles but I see that you two are really in love and it gives me hope. Thank you for sharing.
Big hugs.

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Big thanks, we'll get through this. I know it.

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Thats us after all the bad news today. We can still laugh and have a good time cause we are strong and full of life...however long that is..

Really sorry to hear Al.

Brian Van Fleet said:

Really sorry to hear Al.

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Yea...me too.

Smoke said:

Sucky news today....

Worst case scenario...six months to a year
Best case...two years.

We have talked, we are ready....we are good with it. Thanks.

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I don't know if you'll see this message, but I hope you do. I'm very sorry to hear this news. Lost my mom to cancer way too early, so it's personal for me. Best wishes, hope your wife beats the odds.

I don't really know what to say.

Smoke said:

Yea...me too.

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Hate to hear anyone going through that... Wish you guys the best for the days ahead.

Smoke, I pray for your other half a quick recovery. Sometimes I thinking to myself and wonder why we (human) can do almost anything but still haven't found the cure for this sort of disease. Very sad to hear this news!

Variegated pitisporum. Just gave him a little trim....and oh.....I don't care! I just like trees.

Let me back the train up here a bit. Smoke I posted this before reading the end of the thread. My apologies. It was not my intention to seem so callous! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your wife.