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I don't know about you but those scars sure don't look natural to me. Something made them.

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bags of hard akadama. Ran out while mixing a batch of soil last week

Best laid plans of mice and men often go awry Wanted to repot 3 trees today but as I was half way through the first one, the sky got dark and it got cold Just before I finished it, the rain started. So I finished it up, put all the tools and things away and went inside. After about an hour, the...

if you are dealing with a tree that was originally grown for bonsai, Id tend to agree as it has been grown with having its roots pruned periodically With a nursery trade tree or a yamadori, no it wont always fit in to that idea pot over time. I have a few trees now that I am not sure Ill ever...

Odd that you haven't gotten it to work. I've used an Orbit battery operated timer, hose and lawn sprinkler for over 5 years. I have 2 separate zones controlled by 2 different timers. Only time I had a problem was when the sprinkler got partially clogged after 2 or 3 years and I didn't switch...

Beautiftul pots for sure. While I understand there is an ideal set of parameters for a particular sized pot, I live in the unperfect world of the tree's roots. You can have the most perfectly proportioned pot for the pot and for the size of the tree's trunk, but if the tree's roots won't fit...

I use organic for everything else except the tropicals when they are inside for the winter because it is stinky

Keep trees that dont need dormancy and can be grown indoors year-round like a ficus. There are lots of varieties of ficus that make nice bonsai. Willow leaf ficus is my favorite ficus There is no way to get around the inability to give a tree a dormant period that requires it

If you are having trouble keeping up with watering, Id suggest a hose, lawn sprinkler and a timer with a fresh set of batteries That way you never "forget"

Is it an azalea or an Ilex? I cant tell from the pictures. Either way if you had this inside all winter, it probably isnt going to fare very well. Trees that need a dormancy period need to be below 40 deg F for a few months in the winter

Yea I've had a few trees I couldn't decide what to do with. I just leave em on the bench and keep looking at them until they tell me what they want to be or inspiration strikes

I'll be me. I don't aspire to emulate anyone in particular. I try to learn from all the people whose trees I like and there are more than a few.

For azalea, I use miracid granular fertilizer in those little plastic baskets they sell. It's slow release and formulated for acid loving plants. My azaleas seem to appreciate it.

As for the what I did today. Got my once a year hair cut for my summer short hair look. Finally finished redoing my benches. Increased the height of my low benches and set up some taller narrow benches in the back. Also need to move the two in the front to their final spots but need help from...

Didn't post this earlier but this is a what I did this week... 😋 Took these 3 European beech I got from Bill Valvanis to my bonsai club meeting to pot them up. Got 2 done but didn't have enough soil so had to finish the last one today. Also repotted this Kazan azalea also from Bill

NY too! At least southern NY We have them here as colonizers along roads. They aren't quite blooming yet though, but should be soon!

Amen

Sorry to ping you again but forgot to add, wire the branch to be jinned into some shape so that when it dies and dries it has an interesting shape. You can add just a little curve to make it nice

could leave a decent sized stub and make a jin

Wow sorry to hear that. Glad you're ok now and working towards getting better. I cant live without shorts. Im in shorts almost constantly from May - October. Its just too hot for anything else

Whatever might bring unwanted attention. I tend to be a low key gal

you can prune one of those now. There should be plenty enough foliage from the rest of the tree that it wont be a problem

Yea I heard about them having to destroy something like 100 to be able to redo that seawall. Was sad to hear it. Problem is some are getting inundated with sea water so aren't in the best health because of that. Nice of Japan to gift us more trees...I'm sure the USDA will be involved with that...

@Deep Sea Diver This kind of damage with just malathion or have you seen this with other products? Pyrethren considered safer? Curious in case I ever need to treat my azaleas. Read the above advice. Understand using the escalated approach for things. I really hope this one pulls through...