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Good Morning, Good Evening wherever you are. My japanese maple, Acer Palmatum, has uneven growth when cutting back to two buds. Usually one grows like crazy and the other does not. How can I get a balance of energy for two buds? My developing lowest branch has never had a balanced...

I removed the bottom 1/4 of the root mass. All of that was swampy and squishy. Is it possible for the die back to be a feature in later years?

Hi there I haven't posted in a while but I just recently purchased this older Japanese red pine. Compact Tanyosho ( Pinus Densiflora Umbraculifera- Compacta) I traveled to Chester CA and found this. Originally priced at 99 but I pointed out the ailment and the nursery owner accepted $50. She...

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Jelly coming out of the top! Seiju elm

Leo, your response with great detailed advice is very much appreciated! Nurseryman indeed!

Thanks a ton Grimmy!

So clip and grow would work well on a yew, almost like a deciduous tree. And to encourage width....do I clip new growth on the top leader during the growing season? Would that cause branches on the sides to reach out further laterally?

Taxus straticca? Irish yew? Anyways.... These guys grow straight up and down. Best way to approach a little sapling like this for future bonsai? I know a lot of people would suggest putting it in the ground and letting it grow and yeah I figured. But any maintenance I should implement to...

Foemina juniper? Come on man!

OK so the information I have on this guy is.... Found in my back yard at a previous address in redding ca (northern ca) in the valley. About 500 to 1k elevation. I know it looks like it's ground spreading but it really wants to grow up right, the soil is granular and the sheer weight of the...

Thanks all! Not getting email notifications so sorry for the late reply. Feeling pretty decent about it. It'll go into the ground come spring to get massive.

No repot, just wiggled the little 5 inch pot off for a quick peek.

Will It Live? Weather: 50° Root ball: tiny, but has white fleshy ends showing health So I bought this guy and I know you should never do this, but it was on sale because no one bought it in three years. I chopped it, might have wasted a whole 5 dollars. Question still stands. W.I.L

Just bought three japanese maples! My first ones! They look like three sticks in a pot, but hopefully not so much here this year.

I see what yur sayin sorce, In the pic with all the leaves off, the plan for the branches are To let them expand, be decent branches. But do you see the guy at the tip top of the chop? (Circled on pic) I thought wiring the branches beside it would slow their growths and to give the little...

Branch form this summer was very heringbone growth. Was it correct to select and eliminate throughout the heringbone growth on the three main branches? The two pictures, one is the middle of summer, and the other is yesterday 1-10-16

Hey so sorry guys. I was expecting email updates on replies. Didnt get any. Im in redding ca. Heat is huge here, but obviously thats coming to an end. Ill leave it alone and do some work on it around february when spring temps start up again.(really its that soon) thanks for the suggestions i...

What to do with this here seiju? I chopped it early summer/spring. It had nothing on it at all. Then after some care all this started happening. Am i in danger of letting something getting too long? Whats it going to take to get branches that are more "branchy" instead of this fishbone ferny...

Yeah i did read your post awhile back. Really helpful. I am going to chop it right about there. Ive done so much already and its shown me promise, so my worries of killing it have increased lol. When i do cut it, should i use cut paste? I cant remember if you kept it on there or removed it.

Thought id post an update on this completely ruined thread lol. Yall totally used my thread to talk about current world news, awesome. Anyways, no harm no foul. I chopped off the top foliage against advice i received and was rewarded.

I ended up loping off the top foliage. I figured that in doing so, i risked its life, but as you can see it went were i wanted. i had faith in it after new growth started popping out before i did the deed. Now, im constanly redirecting energy by rubbing off buds in places im not going to want a...

So far ive got from you guys is Layer it in half a year from now I have buds growing below where id chop. Which im sure ill do. How can i insure those buds turn into very thick established branches???

What do you mean by maintaining the top?