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  1. MinnesotaKirk

    GDW signature? I don't think this is a Raynor pot.

    My wife bought me a pot for Christmas from BonsaiOutlet.com. She was trying to buy me a Sara Rayner pot and the site shows several they have for sale. The pot she have me though doesn't look like one of Sara's pots. The signature on the bottom isn't her regular SR. I can't seem to upload photos...
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    Marjorie McNeely Conservatory Bonsai Display

    The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, part of Como Park in St. Paul, Minnesota recently opened a new bonsai display area as part of the re-opening of the Ordway Japanese Garden. I hadn't been over yet so I dropped by for Father's day. Here's a few photos... The new area opens with three...
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    Eastern Red Cedar for comment

    I dug up this Eastern Red Cedar a few years ago and let it rest. I don't know how old it is but it has nice mature scale foliage, not the spiky younger foliage. The farm field it was in has been fallow for about 17 years so it can't be be older than that, I would assume younger. I've only...
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    Weigela Progression

    I'd never worked with Weigela before but I had a spring itch to work on something a month or so ago. Spring was extremely late this year with a record snowfall well into May. Since I couldn't work on any of my winter hardy trees that were solidly frozen into the ground I swung by a local nursery...
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    Mulberry soil - how much of an organic component?

    Does anyone have any experience with Mulberry and what type of soil would be appropriate? I imagine they would need a higher organic component than a conifer. I have a soil mix that is about 8% organic with the rest being primarily hydrocks (calcined clay) but I'm thinking that is too low of an...
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