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  1. OctopusHook

    My first bonsai (birch) (and first post)

    Ok, despite my desire to see this plant in a pot, I will take all of your advice and put it in the ground and let it go nuts. As far as maintenance goes, what should the pruning and feeding schedule be for optimal bulking up?
  2. OctopusHook

    My first bonsai (birch) (and first post)

    Wow, thanks for all the comments guys. Good info. In regards to the potting issues, I did use a pre-mix bonsai soil so it dose drain fast and the pot dose have two holes so drainage is about as good as it gets for being in a pot. And at least when I first collected the tree I was living in an...
  3. OctopusHook

    My first bonsai (birch) (and first post)

    Well it's not too often that I am removing older plants while at work but I have kept the last few that I took out. I have also been looking on CL too but haven't yet seen anything that I wanted to take the time to get. Whats the issue with the pot for a young tree? Is there something that...
  4. OctopusHook

    My first bonsai (birch) (and first post)

    So I have been doing landscape maintenance for about 18 years now and I'm always pulling up small trees that have poped up as weeds. A coupe of years ago I started saving some of those trees and potting them. This birch is one of those trees. It has now been about two years sense I first...
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