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Under development for 4 years, time to collect in the spring. All of a sudden it is budding flowerers all over, should I snip them or let them bloom?

Tucson AZ. I have raised my boojum from a bare root peanut size outside. It has had good seasons and bad. This summer We had a long period of 105 F + and before I noticed it was looking poorly. I brought inside where it has been for 2 months. The new leaves came soon after I brought it in but...

starting cuttings?

I have an old hedge Rosemery I have been developing in ground for a few years, it is starting to bloom, trim em off or let it bloom?

Acme way E on 22nd in Tucson has 2 BIG piles of "3/8 to 1/4" pumice, most of it is actually 1/4" + to 1/8+" a bit O dust, pure white no junk. $6 per you load 5gal bucket.

Th This is a PV washed out from an desert river bank. So the trunk/root has been exposed for a season or 2. There are loads of these, I thought next spring I would try and air layer one well down on the root part. Think this will work?

I I worked the tree for 5 years on the mother tree starting with a healthy spring shoot. They grow so fast here (shoot will grow 6' + in one summer) a few times it got away from me and there are some thicker branches than i would have liked. I have 2 or 3 in the works about 1/2 the size of this...

Any problems with the dye in big box store "mulch, bark"?

I want to control a gravity fed water supply with a timer and valve. As the general sprinkler control valves use the input pressure to aid in actuation they will not work with only 48" of inlet pressure Suggestions? Thanks

This is near our cabin in NM. I cut all big roots early last year, only surprise may be up under the bolder it is growing against. Since I can wait to dig I may since I got up here a bit late considering the progress of the candles.

Just returned from 3 weeks at the cabin in NM. Loads of happy bonsai in training, in the ground and in the deer pen in boxes. This Oak I have been working on for 3 years. First year "styled" the top removing branches that had grown way out of proportion to what I imaged for the finished top...

Here is a big box Tex Ebony, it was 3X tall with a big bare section in the middle, wouldn't sell so I made em an offer. Last fall I sawed off the top and sawed off 2/3 of the bottom stuck it in a box and off she went. Time for some training now that it's happy.

Wether newly collected, growing out in a flat, or in the ground being messed with for future collection here is a sure sign they are happy. Both of these have had major! root work done last year. Like the snakes that live amongst them they shed their skin as they grow.

I let this rascal grow untouched last year to help get better roots and thicken the trunk. It must have not gotten the memo! Had dozens of 6" shoots all over going straight up before yesterdays trim so 'spose it grew some below ground. When I dug it (pulled it out from a big clump along the...

Some ponderosa's are tougher to dig than others-

Another carrot in granite! This alligator juniper had a tap root as big as the trunk 6" down. Cut tap first year, sharp shovel cut next year collected yesterday. This shows my adjustable form that when tightened up helps hold the loosest granite soil together. I cut under the form with a sharp...

This little pine had a tap root the size of the trunk where I cut it 6" down, sharp shovel cut all around, all last spring. Collected 5 days ago, no surprises.

S New Mexico 6,ooo' 1/3 5gal bucket "pot" Cut roots last spring, watered until rains came, pruned and cut tap root when rains were regular. (choking string just temp while moving.)

SW New Mexico 5,900'. Bottom 1/3 of a 5gal bucket "pot" May of last year before candle show I cut a 20"...

SW New Mexico 5,900' This a manzanita that has self air layered when the ditch along the gravel road was re graded. This pushed pea sized gravel into the bottom of a large patch, covering the middle of some branches. As shown this branch rooted in a short section before all the gravel washed...

If I am correct in thinking the brown arrow head shaped "buds" at the base of each last years leafs are buds, will they be encouraged to develop if the leaf is removed? I am experimenting with this now as the new growth is starting overall. Just wanted to know if this is common method.

Ditched, pruned, a bit of bending, watered and fed before the rains.

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Here are three "Untouchables" from our last trip to the Homestead In NM. Two Ponderosa and a Mountain Mahogany firmly protected by the Rock People while Mother Nature slowly does her "Bonsai" magic on them.

for scale this tree is about 3' tall Forest service permit, 6'500', Southern NM. Will stay only 1/2mi away if collected. This one is growing behind a 4'X3'X6" slab, completely exposed, that is a bit loose already. Even though we have been getting rain for 2 months off and on, for the...