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    Digging up ficus and replanting every spring?

    I just built a monster raised garden bed for growing out bonsai. I have a plan to plant my ficus trees every spring and dig up in the fall, pot, and grow inside over the winter. I have a grow area in my basement. I live in ND so I get about 4 months outside time for my ficus. Anybody have...
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    Lilac styling help

    so Just for fun last year I tried to air layer a 3" diameter lilac just to see if it would work. At the end of the summer i chopped it off the mother tree and threw it in a pot. The tree looked pretty weak and i figured it was a bust so i basically forgot about it. Well winter came and now its...
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    Multiple air layers off single trunk?

    I have a 10 foot tall Amur maple that looks grafted and was in the dying section of the nursery. Tree got a little tlc and is now in pretty good shape. The base is about 3" the apex which I already chopped to fit on my SUV is 1". I'd like to "part it out" and do some air layers to get multiple...
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    a few ficus trees

    a few of my trees at their ugly stage. pic 1 will not make a proportional bonsai. The trunk is too thin. I have about 3 more trees with a trunk this size that im growing out. This is my "practice ramification" tree. Pic 2 is a walmart ficus sold as bonsai with the glued rocks. I re-potted last...
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    pin oak cuttings - what to do at this point

    I trunk chopped a pin oak and cut up all of the remaining pieces for cuttings they range from pencil thick to an inch. I took the cuttings in May. I made a batch of sterile soil 10% organic 90% napa floor dry. I put them all in a 20 gal long fish tank in my garage by the window and covered with...
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    Trunk chopped my practice willow leaf ficus

    Home Depot plant that was air layered and failed. Then tried again lower down and worked (how I got this one) I then watched Gram Potter carve some amazing looking trees and wanted to take a stab at that and that's where the 2 big scars came from. I finally decided to chop it down after it...
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    home grown chicken poo

    I understand in final bonsai pots we want to use either 100% inorganic or like a 80/20 mix with organics bark chips. My question is regarding growing out stock in big grow pots to chop and start initial styling before refinement in a small pot. I have chickens which produce...well...poop...
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    big landscape nursery stock question

    I found a landscape nursery that sells a decent amount of trees. Most trees are in the $85+ range. Im still a beginner and I cant bring myself to drop that much on a nice 3" trunk maple to work into potential bonsai. I asked the dude if he had any "weak" "ugly" trees. Well he has like 40 trees...
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    where to find Bare root stock for future bonsai

    Its fall and im looking to get some quality bare rooted trees to grow out for bonsai. I understand that most of these trees will either need a tourniquet, tile, cd, hole in tile or some other preliminary root work done. Plus time for the trunks to thicken. I live in zone 4 and want a variety...
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    Crabapple cutting question

    SO i took a cutting of a crabapple 2 weeks ago (malus, mary potter) used powder rooting hormone, put it in a little pot watered and put a clear plastic dome over the top. To my surprise this baby is buddig out all over. What should be my next move? should i keep it under the dome until i get a...
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    Money tree question

    I got a money tree from home depot. No it's not a braided malsai. Not sure what the company was going for but it's got a 3" base on it and it was chopped by the company. So I picked the strongest leader and cut the rest of the branches. My question is how small will the leaves reduce when the...
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    Introducing myself.

    I just want to say hi to everyone and introduce myself. I've been practicing bonsai for about 3 years now and by no means am an expert. All of my trees are in growing out/training stages. I have one free in a pot and it's not that impressive. I just needed something to work on and keep me happy...
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