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Thanks. I looked under the leaves with a bright light and shook them over a white paper but didn't see any insects. I'll start with a Captan spray of the leaves ( I need to also treat my outdoor plants, before relegating them to the shed for the einter) . If the problem continues, would it be...

I brought my varigated Ficus benjamina in a few weeks ago when the weather here started cooling off to 45 oF nightime lows. They are now in my bedroom, in a window and on a humidity tray. The room stays between 65 and 70 oF. Their pots seem to be staying wet much longer and I have slowed down...

Thanks for the feedback. Do you have an title and author on the book? Any good?

I have just brought it indoors about a week ago, it is in a south facing windown, on a humidity tray in my bedroom. Temps run between 65 - 68 F. I Have also reduced fertilization to once a month and noticed that it is taking longer to dry out between waterings. At the same time, I also moved...

I have a bougainvillea that I acquired last spring. It was not very healthy and I repotted it and pruned back sone of the branches to two leaf pairs. The good news is that I wa rewarded with lots of new growth during the summer. As I now bring it in to the house for the winter, I am noticing...

Answering my own question. Just received an answer to my question from tox folks at UMass (thanks!) and thought I'd share the wealth. Turns out that Daconil and Captan are both contact mode of action only. Daconil's claims are that the chemical promotes some natural systemic response (like an...

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a class on Japanese Black Pines in which it was stated that due to needle casts, Black pines should be treated with Dacanol or Cleary 3336 to prevent fungus infection, especially in this part of the country (MA). Before placing my JBP in the shed for the...

Hi, I probably would leave it alone and just focus on getting it through the winter. The first winter I had a bougainvillea, it looked pretty good going into the winter but as the winter wore on, it started to look stressed until it dropped all of it's leaves. Thankfully, it came back...

A Question about nebari Thanks for the progression….what a nice looking tree. I was impressed by the nebary development, especially between years 2 and 3. Did you to anything special to develop the trunk flre and nebari besides repotting and pruning? I have just started five ficus benjamina...

Thanks, Dan. I have one more nursery specimen to work on and I'll keep the foliage removal down per your suggestion. I'll tell you, in some of these nursery plants I'm looking at, the interior growth is so dense that if I just open up the plant enough to get a good look at the soil and roots...

Thanks Thanks for the feedback. We did indeed talk about the amount of foliage removed. The pictures are a little misleading in that the pads left (branches really) are quite flat from the angle of the picture. They actually extend backwards quite a bit. I was concerned about styling a...

I purchased a $5 Parson's Juniper from Home Depot last weekend. Most of the juniper's on the discount rack looked very spindly but this one had two nice 1"+ branches that I thought might make a nice semi-cascade. Bonsai West nursery, here in Acton, has a class on Sunday called "Getting Wired"...

Hi. Where do you live?

Thanks Appreciate the input and especially the link to the very interesting thread. I'd have been scared to try such a high concentration of inorganic fertilizer as is stated in there……with such a high salt level I'd be scared of drying out the roots. But I see you have a lot of experience...

Nice tree! I love cottoneaster and this one looks like you had quite a nice branch selection. Let me ask you a question since I am a total newbie and have some privets that have similar branch structure bear the soil line. If you'd have left on a few branches very close to the soil line...

Hi, I'm very new to all of this and wanted some opinions on my fertilizer plans. I am in Zine 5b and just moved my tropicals inside. I have a number of ficus benjamina and serissa pre-bonsai in deep pots to thicken trunks. I also have a bougainvillea and a few Jade plants. I was planning...