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I've never been much good at political debate, but I felt compelled to do so on the Bar, and that really detracted from my main purpose here, which was to talk bonsai! So, I just wanted to give a little thanks to the powers that be for removing that 'temptation', and cesspool, if I'm honest, and...

I've been an inherent weather buff since I was young, but when dealing with trees or plants, it becomes a bit more pertinent. Given my buff-ness, if you will, on the subject, I've decided to buy a weather station. Specifically, a Davis Vantage Vue. Now, I'm not affiliated with this site, nor...

We're heading into months now where the trees begin to put themselves to sleep, and I've heard things all over the place as to when to shape up a maple, so some advice would be welcome. Is this the best time to pare down a maple? The one I have has got new growth from this year that has about 2...

Gonna be honest here, folks. This is an 8 dollar tree so I'm not afraid of doing time for murder. I have 2 options of pots. One is about 5x3 and the other is about 3x2. It's currently in a nursery pot and has no IDEA of it's fate today. I want to fit it in the 3x2 eventually, but this evening...

Howdy, folks. I have this Japanese Maple that I bought at a big box. At the time (July), it had leaves that were green and all of them were sun scorched on the edges. That compelled me to defoliate and the results have been excellent, budding all over the tree, but it's coming out with purplish...

I was watching a thing the other day here on the 'net and it had a pretty fine explanation for how trees grow naturally. From what I could gather, it seems species of tree have a sort of 'You can only ride this ride if you're __ tall' gene within them. In other words, once they achieve what the...

Howdy, folks. I'm TheDarkHorseOne, but my friends call me TDHO. Settle in for a sec, 'cuz I'm going to tell you my bonsai story, novice that I am. Back about 20-25 years ago, I was living in a dump of a studio apartment in a rather seedy area of Indianapolis. The only reason this is relevant...