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Holy Grail? or NOT! I bet I could kill it. Spill my morning coffe on it and I bet it would dissolve.

zoom in, check out small white sign it says "Not for Sale". I wonder if this is some sort of e-bay rip off. Where are the nebari? If I won the lottery and was gonna drop 50k on a tree, it better have awesome nebari.

cool temps I think I agree with you. I am going to try to let the Serissa have cool temps this autumn/early winter. I see you are in Zone 5. How do you manage when it goes below 25? Do you have a place where the temps are stable at 25? Thanks. - G

notorious Better luck next time! Serissa are notoriously difficult to keep alive outside of a greenhouse. When I repot mine it will not be into a bonsai pot. I'll put it into a deeper pot so it can do some real growing. Regards, G

Humidity Tray Hi Spunog, How is that Serissa doing? Did you make any changes, and what was the result? I am amazed you have kept it alive for 6 years. Nice job. Was it thriving with new growth? When was the last time you repotted/trimmed? I see from your posts that you are in Ireland...

I will look for a non-dwarf variety and give it a try.

looks like it worked. Click the link above to see really ugly knuckles. The mugo is about 5-6 inches tall. There is a toothpick in the soil I use as a moisture gauge. The stump at right rear above the knuckle is a stump from an unwanted branch I cut off. The plant has undergone bud...

http://bonsainut.com/forums/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/649/cat/500 I hope this works... my first attempt.

Note the prominent lateral bulges on lower trunk.

Vance, thanks for the guidance on priorities! It makes the challenge manageable. I am going to go back to the nurseries, look at all their material in search of a knobless mugo specimen, and add it to my little collection. I removed some of the needles from the branches so I could see the...

Thank you for your informative reply Vance! I understand your first paragraph and preventing knuckles will be more understandable to me, I suspect, as I see the mugo progress. I have a glimmer of understanding, not having seen the unusual Mugo progression before. Sometimes bonsai seems...

Hi - I picked up a couple of nursery dwarf mugo to learn on. I am enjoying learning to select buds and pinch candles, and observing effects and growth. When I bought the pines they appear to have had lower limbs trimmed as there are knuckles on both plants. Can I trim the knuckles with my...