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    What is on my shimpaku?

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    Shimpaku : Ground layer or not?

    I have this Shimp I bought from Brent about 3 years ago and it has been growing out nicely. It has a portion of dead wood naturally near the root base that I had started to expand last year. However the lower trunks length of straightness has always bothered me and when viewed from the side...
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    Flexibility of Branches

    I have a kishu shimpaku where even pencil thin branches are so stiff they barely bend, where as I have 3 other regular shimps from Brent that the branches of similar size can be easily bent or twisted. Is it the variety? What causes variability in flexibility? What's even more confusing is...
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    Green Pfitzer Juniper

    Please forgive me for not taking pictures, I know, I will more than likely head back tomorrow. However I was at a local nursery where I have managed to find some really good finds recently in the midst of hundreds of other stock. Today stuffed in a corner was a Juniper with near perfect...
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    Composted hardwoods vs pine bark

    Would there be any difference? I want to use brents simple formula of potting mix with using composted pine bark and perlite , but I can only find composted "hardwoods" in my area. It looks really rich and dark. Yes I have tried to find suppliers large and small and searched soil conditioner...
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    Fresh Start

    Well I'm back to BNut and glad to see most of my favorite posters still here. Been away from bonsai for a little bit unfortunately due to a struggle with alcohol. 6 months recovered Well most of my plants stuck around for me, although some did not..... Luckily my P. Kyokko Yatabusa survived...
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    Has anyone on the forum successfully rooted JWP via cuttings?

    If so, timing technique and cultivar?
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    Pinus Thunbergii 'Kyokko Yatsabusa'

    Ok so I have always been jealous of all of these lucky nursery finds but how about this one. There are no bonsai nurseries around me,let alone anywhere that commonly has JBP, but I have been nursery hunting and happened on a nursery in Manlius , NY that had a small JBP Kyokko Yatsabusa grafted...
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    Jwp seedling color

    I have several JWP seedlings growing this year but a few have both old needles and new shoots/needles that are weaker and pale yellow , some arrived that way. Others are green? I am trying to allow the soil to fully dry out between waterings, but my soil mix of turface/granite and 25 percent...
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    Bare root pine seedlings

    I just ordered some white and black pine bare root seedlings from Matt. Here in central NY I am already getting lows in the 20s. Should I prune any tap root before potting them, or would this cause a low survival rate. I am most concerned with the white pines as I only will be getting 5 seedlings.
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    Balancing growth

    This is specifically regarding my jaboticaba, but I suspect is the same for many trees. I have upper branches that are in the correct locations but are too thick compared to lower branches that need to "catch up" in caliper. Is the proper method to keep these thicker branches pruned back, while...
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    Bill Valavanis course

    Well just took my first class with Bill V. If anyone is ever in the upstate Ny area, pay a visit. His trees are tremendous and hes a great guy. Willing to answer any questions. Only thing is I seem to always want to leave with plants! He got me for a roughbark japanese maple sapling and another...
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    little helper

    So, I called home and spoke with my 7 yr old son on my lunch break and asked "Did you spray daddys trees?" he said "yes". i said "which ones?" to make sure they were my cuttings that needed misting. He responded "the little ones in the turface" haha so cute that he not only helps but knows what...
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    JBP Mikawa from seed

    Well even if I don't get a masterpeice there is always a chance with future knowledge. So I purchased Mikawa seed from sheffields, and armed myself with Brents and Brians articles, and Bonsai today. Come march I will sow the seed . anyone in the process of jbp from seed, any new updates to old...
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    Who is demolition?

    so who is demolition and what was that?
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    itoigawa whip project

    I picked up a couple itoigawa whips from Bill V and want to wire and squish them . Should I wait till spring or crunch them down now? (Ill post pics haha) Anyone else be glad to chime in as well. Thanks pete
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    Juniper Shari

    Not to worry I am not going to take a random juniper and start peeling bark. However I was wondering just for my notebook if there are general rules when creating spiral shari on junipers. I know it is done in phases a bit further and wider each year, but with respect to where it begins and when...
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    Juniper field Growing Techniques

    I would like to start a discussion about field growing techniques. Especially with reguards to shimpaku and developing trunklines and future branch options. My questions are do we snip spring runners to keep a tree dense and redirect a normally horizontal spreading tree upward? How often should...
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    Need advice on Bonsai tools

    I am hoping to Take Bill Valavanis's Classes this fall and I will need some tools. I have worked at Home Depot for 11 yrs, so I am not gonna be one of those people that say I need "the very best tools at a cheap price", I hate that. I know you get what you pay for, I have learned that from...
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    Japanese Maple Project #1

    Figured I would post the start of my Japanese maple project. This is a Japanese Maple I purchased at a nursery. The nebari was very poor along with a big graft buldge. I wish I had photographed it, however I tightened a ss pipe clamp about a cm above the graft scar to act as a tourniquet &...
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    Juniper cuttings

    Would cuttings struck from mature foliage typically revert back to juvinile foliage? Any benefit to using mature cuttings only Or use anything?
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    Just intruducing myself.

    Hi, My name is Pete and I am out of Brewerton, NY. I am new to bonsai and this forum and would just like to introduce myself. I became interested back when I was only 13 and now I am 29 so I figure in a hobby like this starting young is an advantage. This years projects: I have planted a...
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    Juniperus Chinesis Sargentii var 'Virdis'

    Juniperus chinensis sargentii 'Viridis' Hey everyone, new here and to bonsai. My name is Pete. I just picked this up at Home Depot for $7 one of a few projects I have started this year. I pruned it a bit to let some light/air in and visualize a trunk line. My plan is to now leave it rather...
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