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Does anyone know who this potter is. I have several pots with this marking. Thank you.

OK, got it. Here is a chop mark on one of my pots. Does any one know whose this is

Can someone tell me how to post photos from my computer into a thread? Not sure how to make a URL. Thank you!

About 10 years ago I bought this Amur Maple at a nursery and planted it in the yard. Three years later I dug it up, chopped it down quite a bit and placed it in an Anderson Flat for about 5 years. Here it is today. Coming along nicely.

I was once told to remove the flowers or cones on ponderosa pines in the spring because they take too much energy from the tree. Have you ever heard of this before?

The parent tree was cut down 2 years earlier - it had died. This was growing out from the base when I air layered it.

I would not say its a traditional broom - branches are not straight enough. I feel it looks more like a "naturalistic broom"

Yes, I believe this was the direction it was going from the start. I could have done other things with, it but I felt a broom style was the best choice.

I know it is looking like a Christmas tree, but that seems to be how it is going now.

update on my Japanese Larch Here it is now. Placed in a bonsai pot a few weeks ago.

Yes, I agree. Next time I repot. Here is another JM from Bill - from the same group of seedlings.

I prune back to two internodes. After doing this for a few years, the leaves reduce. I find these elms to be very tuff. You can probably prune back to one internode if you want to.

Sorry, Here you go.

These are some JM seedlings that I got from Bill Valivanas about 6 years ago. I wanted to make a JM grove and here it is 6 years later. Hope you enjoy - I do!

Update air laryred Amirican Elm. Hi all. Here is an update on an American Elm that I air layered about 5 years ago. Hope you like it !

It depends on what you mean by letting it grow out. I would start to create branches and prune yearly. I usually prune once in late June and again in dormancy - late winter. If its a branch I am trying to grow out, I let it grow one full year. I have found over the years that letting things...

Poin88 is correct. Unless wooden pots becomes a new trend in place of clay or mica pots, wooden pots are used for training only in bonsai. The wood roots. With the utilization of inorganic soils and regular watering (and sometimes freezing) wood will rot and seams come apart in a few years...

I wonder if there's a way to get my Ph.D degree in a week. Better yet... I want to be a professional musician. Does someone here know how I can become a rock star real quick??? I'd just like to give it a try. We American's have had to good for too long. We have grown used to getting...

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Poink88, If I'm not mistaken, were not you one who recently criticized a vendor who was selling bonsai to beginners making false claims about caring for trees???? I would not recommend selling junk material to someone who does not know much about bonsai.

Why not just quit talking about it and drop it now?

Don't worrry about trying to bend the trunk now ( IMO). Maples are enjoyed when they are in full leaf (spring, summer and early fall). When JM are in full leaf it is hard to see the trunk line - though it would be nice to have more movement, sometime you can't. Enjoy the tree for what it is...

Nice shimpakus. I had the same thought as you 4-5 years ago and someone told me that shimpakus deveolpe the pom-pom effect and therefore a grove or forest planting using shimpaku may have the effect that you are looking for. I made mine into individual bonsai ( I am happy I did this too).

In addition to what you just said there is also the following - do I dare to say it "BUSINESSES TAXES": 1)City property tax - which seems to go up regularly, 2) Personal 15% Social Security Tax, 3) Employer matching at 7% Social Security tax for every hired employee. 4) Medicare and Medicade...

You just HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. Does anybody wonder why things are made in China and Mexico.