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    Ampute Trunk?

    Hi Rob, Thank you for your response. I will follow your advice and maybe donate this tree to somebody I know who can give it a backyard :-) Vincent
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    Elm #1 (~Daygan)

    My apologies, I didn't mean to be insulting! I am just seeing more and more people collecting trees from the wild and transforming them into bonsais.
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    Ampute Trunk?

    Yes, I keep it inside. It thrived for a while and is now recovering from major fungus disease. What can I do about the top part of the tree (above the cut branch)?
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    Ampute Trunk?

    What I actually used was pretoleum jelly. I read somewhere that one can use it on trees. I hope I didn't read that incorrectly!
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    Elm #1 (~Daygan)

    Aren't you cutting corners by chopping an actual tree and letting small branches grow? I would be interested to see how it looks like in 20 years from now.
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    Ampute Trunk?

    Hi there, A few months ago I cut a big branch that I thought didn't look pretty. I covered the cut with some kind of vaseline. Soon after, this part of the trunk looked different, as if it was permanently wet. Although the tree kept creating new shoots, and although this tree has been...
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    Update on Elm Tree + One Question

    Thanks for the reply! Because I am letting the branches wildly grow, they are starting to bend because of the weigh of the leaves.
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    Update on Elm Tree + One Question

    Hi there, Thank you for your message. I just repotted the tree in "proper" bonsai soil from Dallas Bonsai. If need be I will have the tree at a friend's house for a few weeks and see what happens. Thank you for your advice, Vincent
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    Update on Elm Tree + One Question

    What the tree gets now is 16 hours under growing lights (2 x 4,500 lumens each) and misted three times a day. I am considering a humidifier. The branches look like they are growing too long which takes the "energy" to the ends of the branches and therefore there are no new shoots popping...
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    Update on Elm Tree + One Question

    :p I cannot figure out how to get the pictures right. They are right before I upload them. Yes, the tree is inside and, since I live in an apartment with a micro balcony, I cannot put the tree outside. What would you suggest I do about the strange growing pattern of the branches and leaves?
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    Update on Elm Tree + One Question

    A month later, my elm has been attacked by mites again. I am confident I got rid of them, and I also changed the soil and the pot. Now my issue is that the branches at the top don't get new growth, they look dead, and that the branches at the bottom only get leaves at their ends. So my tree...
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    Dying Gingensing Ficus

    These are encouraging news, thanks! That tree does need a good trim :-)
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    Dying Gingensing Ficus

    Pictures, of course, here you go: I am not feeding it and it is under artificial light.
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    Dying Gingensing Ficus

    2 months ago I got a ginseng looking Ficus that was in a training pot and doing well. I let it grow wild until a week ago when I decided to repot it in a proper zinsheng pot and proper bonsai soil. Ever since then the leaves have been drying up and falling down. The new soil does not...
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    Best Tropical Soil?

    That's good to know! I just saw your post and ordered Fujiyama all-around bonsai soil from Dallas Bonsai. I will let you know how my experience goes, as soon as I receive the soil and the pot I ordered on eBay.
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    Best Tropical Soil?

    Thanks for the info! So...I do not need to add an additional layer of small pebbles at the bottom, correct? Just throw the already made soil in?
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    Best Tropical Soil?

    Hi there, I am to report a ginsenging ficus I got a month ago. I must say, I am lazy and I will buy already made soil rather than making my own. I have a few questions: 1) How many quarts of soil do I need for a 7" round x 3.5" high pot? 2) do I need to buy pebbles to put at the...
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    Nire Japanese Elm

    Beautiful bonsai! And thank you for letting us know about this website. They have great trees!
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    Chinese Elm Gets wired again

    Very nice!
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    Update on Elm Tree + One Question

    Oh yes I sure it had mites. I could see them crawling on the branches and on their tiny webs. From what I've read, Elms are known to get mites easily.
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    Update on Elm Tree + One Question

    That's a good advice, thank you very much!
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    Update on Elm Tree + One Question

    Dear Friends, I got this Chinese Elm about a month ago. It arrived very healthy, and within a couple of days started to loose leaves. A week later, it lost most of its leaves. I realized that the tree was being invaded by mites. I bought pyrethrin and sprayed the tree, and got a new light...
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    10 years training this hinoki

    Your tree is beautiful, I really like the natural shape you gave it. On the first picture it looks like it's 10' tall!
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    First Elm, Falling Leaves and Yellowing Moss

    That is definitely reassuring.
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