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Ha! Don’t listen to anything Texans tell you. 😆They tend to exaggerate—a lot. 😁 I’m from a very long line of Texans. My grandparents used to tell me beware of the TBS -Texas Bullshit Syndrome whenever I was conversing with one. They said believe only half of what some say. Of course WHICH half...

I wouldn’t pay anything. You’re not obligated if you didn’t order it. Mark it return to sender if you haven’t opened it I’d also change your passwords on the account you have ordered from ASAP Whoever sent it has some of your personal information I’d report the shipment to Amazon or wherever...

Nice price but shipping from Japan? Luggage would seem to be a death sentence?

Good luck with those Nick Lenz trees😆 I hear they’re valuable

If you received this from Amazon, etc and didn’t order it you should check your credit card statement. Could be a sign you’ve been hacked. Report it to Amazon/shipper as an unwanted package. Could also be a brushing scam which involves a crummy company sending you an unsolicited crummy low...

After almost a month and a half of closure, the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum is open again. Some pics from this past weekend. Most of the fall color on the trees happened in October when no one could see it. Some color left though. The pics are: From the front gate Windswept Chinese Elm...

Not intimidated. Mostly disappointed that you really don't really want to do bonsai, just show off. Like many young people today, it seems performance counts more than actual accomplishment. Your trees show you're pretty much a run-of-the-mill beginner with no real knowledge of bonsai. That...

worked up because along with that pathetic seedling came a heaping helping of misinformation and plain ignorance. The people he accuses of various sorts of affront and questionable behavior are people I know and people I know are far from what he accuses them of being

You could apply an anti nematode treatment to the soil. Root galls are generally produced by soil dwelling nematode worms that get to to root tissue and cause the tissue to callus forming the gall

😆😁😂😅 nah brah. 😆😁😂😅🤣😄

You know Kimura? yeah, sure... FWIW, yo also might know John Naka, who predates Nick Lenz in American bonsai. Naka was the 'Father of American Bonsai" and has a number of trees at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum. You might be familiar with his most well-known work "Goshin" I bring this...

Sorry can’t resist one last thing. Here’s an affront that might give the OP nightmares. He won’t know WTF Kimura is but Bonsai with CHAIN SAW

uh. WHAT SPECIMENS have you produced? “An affront to bonsai” 😆😂🤣 “conveys an apathy to delicate complexities of tree devel…..😂🤣 “botany” 🤣😁😆😂 I’m going Ron White on this string—he knows what caint be fixed.

Yeah. We know. 😆 some members here knew Nick Lenz, some have his pots, some have his trees.

You might ask what the above statistics are measuring. They are not measuring the “cottage” industry of bonsai artisans for the most part-although hard goods like tools and soils possible are. I’d guess They’re gauging mostly MALLSAI sales. Bulk. Quantity not quality. The market people like...

Do a search yourself. Amazon has them for around that price, Etsy too.

I’m sorry but this is claptrap There is no real $100 value in a run of the mill bald cypress seedling. The tree you collected has not adapted into some separate race just because it sprouted north of its natural range. BC are planted all over the world. They haven’t become separate species. They...

I have had the opposite results. I never use rooting hormones for collected trees now after starting out using them for years. Success rates for me have steadily risen since I began collecting and improved even more after I stopped applying hormone. This implies that the success was more me...

Superthrive in smaller doses MAY help but I’ve not seen overwhelming results using it with collected material. There is NO EVIDENCE that it’s effective at anything beyond selling reliably because people believe it works. There is no supporting research. There is some evidence that using massive...

Snow cover is a good thing and will help. The tree on the left here is a collected cedar elm. Snow cover provides excellent protection for cedar elm. The tree I. The left is a bald cypress

Can’t immediately ID it. Might help if you posted where you are and where this pot came from. Potters can be regional. An olive suggests the west coast? You might look through here: https://americanbonsaiceramics.com/american-pottery-signature-resource/ And here...

I found the most useful way for me to learn watering was by weight. Water a pot until soil is saturated (dripping out of drain holes for a while). Pick up one side of the pot. The weight is how heavy a well watered pot feels. Ove the next day or so when I wonder about watering I pick up the side...

Don’t formulate design plans. Your first lesson is to learn how to care for the tree. That takes time. First time owners tend to overcare for their trees or attack them with needless possibly detrimental design assaults before they learn what the tree requires physically. You can’t design a...

You’re likely right about the live oak and yaupon. I’m in zone 7 and have a few cedar elm (and a live oak) collected in Texas. I overwinter the CE in my back yard under mulch on the ground. Done that for 25 years now. They do fine. I’d bet the CE would be ok in a shelter like a garage with...

Glad to hear things are turning around. Seems you’re making a reverse retirement destination It’s usually moving from a cold place to a warmer place😁 Species you’re talking about. Can’t really give much help without that info