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  1. Paulkellum

    Fertilizer Cakes, Circles and Squares

    Well today I knocked out fertilizer for the year. I wanted to do it in colder month so I didn't get any bugs. So here goes on the Recipe. 4 parts Bone Meal 4 parts Blood Meal 1 part Flour 1 part Lime 1 Part Kelp Meal 2 Parts Cotten Seed Meal 1/2 Part Cayenne pepper 10 oz...
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    Soil Soil Soil Its Spring and Beginners have Questions

    So its that time of year to start getting ready for spring and with that repotting season. I know there is a saying that if you ask 10 people you will get 10 different answers about what is bonsai soil. I just know what I was taught as I started this knowing nothing like everyone and didn't want...
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    My New Blog

    Lots Yamadori My New Blog/photo book So I decided to do a blog about my bonsai. Its nothing fancy and btw my english skills suck so no grading. lol Im adding more of my backstory and about my intensive classes and will add will keep a better photo journal of my trees progression now that I have...
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    My Christmas Came Early amazing ponderosa pine CANT WAIT

    I can't wait for this thing to get here. Its huge coming via crated freight 47" W 36"H. I got this and an amazing big RMJ from back country Bonsai that I will get hopefully this spring. I have had a good luck run on landing the larger material this year. oh can forget the Chojubai he's not as...
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    OLD NC Honeysuckle love this vine.

    I dug this up in spring and know its a vine and not a classic structure but I love honeysuckle I just stopped cutting and let it bloom.
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    Great Trees for Sale

    Ok Im going to post them individually as a reply so pictures are together. I was going to put on Bonsai Classified this week put wanted to give you guys first choice. If you like any of these PM me. I can slip pot these into a simple pot so shipping is cheaper and the box cost about 45 more...
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    Got a New Japanese Black Pine and its Big 44"tall

    Its got a good future and is way bigger than it looks. I usually like huge strong trunks but this is a taller specimen. Has nice ruff bark.
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    New Benches Built

    Not all cedar is equal and I knew that but still built top of my benches out of Lowes cedar and in 9 months they where rotten. Redid them with 2x10" treated lumber on solid 4x4 cedar posts. I guess I will get more than 9 months out this one.
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    What Yamadori Would You Buy

    here are three trees all pretty different if money wasn't a factor what one would you pick. Im having hard time making up my mind. A RMJ 4'W x 4'H B Ponderosa Pine C Limber Pine
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    Korean Hornbeam auction stating at $.99

    I just posted a Japanese hornbeam on ebay for .99 auction getting out of deciduous to so spent all my time on confers. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pre-Bonsai-Tree-Japanese-Hornbeam-/181477016904?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a40df8548
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    Bringing the Sun to the Branch vs the Branch to the Sun

    I got this tree in a trade I did this year so it is a little stressed for aggressive repotting by previous owner. In spring I will get it into a pot that will keep roots healthier and happy but until then I need sun on the lower branch. So I took the sun to the branch with mirrors.
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    Juniper any suggestions

    anyone like to share what front they like and what they would do?
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    Got Bitten By the Pot Bug

    Here are some Fun pots iv gotten over last month.
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    Big Bending on Juniper

    Had some fun this week and did a big bend to make some future deadwood after splitting of a live vein. Will recover for a good while and then remove the thick straight part on right and the I will start growing out a short powerful tree.
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    Japanese Beech Trees

    Does anyone know of anyone who has any Japanese Beech Trees for sale. I will go from seedling to larger tree.
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    Need Help With Some Leaf Issues

    Ok here are some pictures I don't understand whats going on I spray every 2 weeks as a preventive especially here in NC where the humidity is a killer. Its not the whole plant but I spray under and upper leaf with Daconil in backpack sprayer. Any Suggestions on this.
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    Need Help With ID of these two pots

    Here is Pot #1
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    Need help with Larch

    Hey guys I am so confused. I hope someone can help me with this one. I have a lot trees and all doing great but this Larch started a few days ago and something is going on. Its been happy all spring great strong growth no this. It is collected american Larch I have had it for over a year did...
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    Easter Fun With My Big Juniper

    Had some down time today approch grafted 6 kishu juniper allowed me to do 13 grafts as each one was muli trunk. Put them on my big collected California juniper. Her is before photo. After photo is a year or 2 off because it just looks like giant bush with all the grafts on. Just as reference...
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    Advanced Nutrients fertilizers

    Has anyone used any of the advance nutrients fertilizers. It's a very compartmentalized line to give you isolated results with different product lines to taylor them to you trees needs. Was just wondering if any bonsai folks had tried them.
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    Making pots

    Got all motivated made bunch small pots with few more coming.
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    American collected Larch for Sale

    Hey everyone wanted to try here to see if anyone was interested in this collected American larch. It's in a brown plastic training pot. It is in good bonsai soil. And has tons healthy buds on it. PM me an offer if you would like. Buyer pays shipping with whoever they would like me to use.
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    New Self Watering System

    So after trying a few different systems I decided to try another. Gardena is a German company and a lot people say it stands up longer but no one carries it except amazon. Guess we shall see at around $900 for a drip/sprinkler/mister system with 6 separate zones for pressure. So installing most...
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    Did more bending on juniper today

    Here is my none tradition cascade juniper. Still got a ways to go but love crazy trunk line I was able to get.
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    Trunk grafting JBP

    I finally got time to get some trunk grafting done only two more trees to go. I put 4 grafts on this one. See how they go do few more next year.
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