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    Mulberry trunk chop

    I am looking for styling advice on my recently chopped mulberry (20oz soda bottle for scale). I'm thinking tree house.
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    Overwintering

    The thread "Effects of root freeze on trees...etc, " while sure to divulge into name calling, got me thinking about my overwintering. Last winter I just set my modest collection of "Bad News Bears" plants on the ground against my house and all but one survived (though I'm sure the ridiculous...
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    Dwarf Rhododendron advice

    I bought, hacked up, and probably killed a Lowes dwarf Rhododendron a week ago. I removed approximately 3/4 of the foliage and 1/3 of the root mass. Today the flower buds are continuing to swell. My question is whether I should now remove the flower buds. Will removing them increase the...
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    formal upright taper

    I was wondering what methods were used to create taper in a formal upright tree. The only method I have found is by "jinning" the top. Trunk chops would seem to create a bit of movement which is not ideal. Any suggestions?
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    home depot lava rock safe?

    I was having trouble finding small lava rock to use as a soil ingredient so I bought a bag of Vigoro red lava rock from home depot and broke it up with a hammer and a couple of screens. Now I am second guessing myself and wondering if this stuff is actually pure lava rock or not. Does anyone...
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    collected honeysuckle take 2

    I collected another amur honeysuckle today and thought I would share some pictures. Not really sure what to do with it, but have a year to decide and would be open to any suggestions.
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    Yamadori rehab

    I recently tried my hand at collecting and have a question. Everything I read suggests you should keep recently collected material in indirect sunlight and protect from frost. As the temperatures here dropped below freezing I moved my yamadori inside. It is bagged and sitting in a south...
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    quick air layer question

    Is there any reason the ring cut around a branch for an air layer has to be perpendicular to the branch? Every example I have seen shows it this way.
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    tree id

    I was hoping to get some help identifying a tree. This tree is located in St. Louis (zone 5) in a cemetery next to my house. I believe is is either a false cypress, some kind of cedar, or maybe an arborvitae? The tree itself is 30-40 feet tall with peeling bark and the young branches are...
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    Collecting honeysuckle questions

    I am new to bonsai and would like to start a collection of plants. The "wooded" part of my yard is almost completely overrun with what I believe to be some type of honeysuckle, so I am going to start there. My immediate goal is to collect a few of these and try to keep them alive, and I am...
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    books

    New to bonsai and hoping for some book or website recommendations. Here is what I have read so far. Bonsai Secrets by Peter Chan Bonsai Design by Peter Adams Bonsai Basics by Christian Pessey about 40 hours of internet research which always seems to end in someone trying to sell you some...
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