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My Kishu has had this color of foliage for the major part of this year. Wondering what's going on with it. About half of it is light yellow to gray and the other half is bright green...

I noticed that the website has a pop-out saying Temporarily not taking orders and it’s been a few days. Anyone know what happened to them.

I ask because I am found some species that I really like. For example, dwarf scots pine and some special maples. But they are all grafted. After contacting their customer support, I was told if I note that I would like low graft for bonsai purpose, they would pick the lowest graft trees for...

Anyone have experience can share their experience? I know organic fertilizers all work in similar ways. I am mostly curious about if it attracts critters, does it smell really bad, or does it break down quickly (within a week-ish). I am currently using Holly Tone and cotton seed meal and they...

It has been like this for a few months. I started adding Miracle Grow acid loving fertilizer to my weekly fertilizing routine about 4 weeks ago. Not much improvement that I have observed. But it looks like the new leaves are greener.

So when I was unpacking the boxes in the garage, I found 3 bags of bio gold I bought probably 2 years ago (moved twice in the past two years). They are still sealed but they sat in the garage for the most part in FL and GA. I have not opened the bags to check yet but I wonder if there is a...

I recently moved to Orlando and brought my small collections with me. They are mainly JBP, JM, azalea, Shimpaku Junipers, and a few elms and princess persimmons. But when I spoke with a local nursery here, I was told the winter here is not long and cold enough fo JM to survive long term. so...

So turns out moving a big bonsai is pretty difficult… The photo is a pine that was field grown for 15 or so years in northeast GA. I dug it out this spring in March. Potted up in the Boon mix. The photo was taken today. I didn’t measure the trunk but it should somewhere around 7” at the base...

So I found out I am moving to Orlando FL in December due to work. Is it going to warm to keep those Japanese pines over there? It only gets down to below 60F for a month or so every year and I worry the trees can’t get enough dormant/rest in the “winter”…

I went to a local bonsai nursery yesterday and found this juniper. I like the trunk a lot and it’s a decent size. The trunk at the base is about 1” and I think it can make a good shohin in 5 years. It has a lot of juvenile growth which indicates the tree is pretty weak. My plan is to keep it...

I have a Kotobuki JBP I have had for 8 years and it grew very little during that period. This year it produced a large amount of flower cones and I wonder i need to remove some. i also notice that on a 2 year old seedling, there are pink tips on the longest candels. I have never seen these...

I bought this as a nursery stock last September from a bonsai nursery locally for $20. When I saw it, it was on the ground looked pretty rough. But after lifting it up, I found an interesting trunk line. For $20, I didn’t hesitate. I fertilized heavily after I brought it home and it bloomed...

So I bought five princess persimmons from Evergreen Gardenworks last year. Planted all of them in a plastic long plant grower with 2 crabapple cuttings. This spring because the crabapples grew so vigorously that I worry about the persimmons got all shady out. So I did a repot and noticed one of...

After seeing BVF’s post, I went to visit Dave in north Georgia and put deposit down on 3 trees, 1 JBP, 1 Stewartia and 1 JM last September. I patiently waited until Spring and after it warmed up, I drove up got the trees dug out on 3/7/2021. This thread is to track the journey of the JBP and I...

I recently acquired 2 white Chojubai from Julian Adams and they arrived with flower buds all over. My question is should I remove some or all of the buds to save energy for leaves? I ask this because last fall I bought a white Chojubai also from Julian and it also flowered profusely. However...

So after reading all the good feedbacks about Kaneshin, I decided to order a few tools that I use the most. Placed the order last weekend, 9/26. Email shows it was shipped yesterday 9/28. And just about an hour ago I received a package with green boxes inside. It's faster than shipping within...

Today I visited a local grower who has been growing some materials in his farm for over 25 years and some of the JBP are absolutely powerful (5" plus trunk). After placing a few orders to be dug up in the coming spring, we started talking about repotting. He said the soil in the farm are mostly...

So tonight it’s going to drop to 53F so I pulled all the tropical in. It’s going to rise back up to almost 80F in the day next week so these guys still have some time outside before winter.

I recently bought three small Shimpaku nursery stock at our local bonsai nursery for $30 each. They are all very healthy with dense foliage and nice color. However, all three has multiple trunks growing from the base. I plan to ground grow them and wire and bend this winter to style them as...

Did a quick cleaning on the little BRT I repotted about 2 months ago. It keeps growing rapidly and got a little leggy. Wish I had taken a before photo... Question to you: should I cut the bottom branch off or keep and wire it out of the way?

So I am on a mission of getting all the tropical repotted before temp seriously drops. Today is the Desmodium. Another material from Wigerts. Pretty thin trunk and not much movement. But I bought it mostly for flower and more as a potted plant than bonsai. 100% akadama again. Cut off about 40%...

Bought this from Wigerts and it was in pure organic soil of peat and large wood chips. No problem with drainage but since this is going into the house in the winter, I thought it was better to repot in inorganic soli to reduce bug issues. Didn’t take any work in process photos since I was...

Picked up this Satsuki at a local bonsai nursery. Base is 1.5” or more. Thickest branch is at least 1”. It is in a a 3 gallon nursery pot. It was at the exit and the pot was filled with weeds. I kneeled down and stared looking at the trunk and thought it had some potential. To my surprise the...

Has anyone tried this hybrid? I took a screen shot of of the description. Seems like a good candidate for bonsai?

These are planted at the entrance at my neighborhood. Are they Shimpaku? Thinking about taking a few cutting next year.:cool: