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Haven't been on here in a while! The site looks great. Hope everyone is doing well! So, I have a trident maple that is being attacked by black spot (or something) and I can't find any info online because it's actually attacking the buds before they even leaf out. I can't find anything online...

I have a Chinese elm that a friend bought from a bonsai nursery, repotted it and turned it into a root over rock style tree. He gave me the tree when he stopped practicing bonsai.. the rock it is planted on is way to big and it's just a regular dirty rock found in the woods. I remember seeing...

So, here in western NC. We had 7-9 inches of snow last fri, sat and sunday. The rest of last week, the temps were in the 60s and 70s. Night temps didn't go below an average of about 46 degrees or so. All the temps this week are still warm enough to break dormancy in deciduous.. all my trees have...

If so, what species are best for collecting in autumn and winter? after collection, just keep them protected from freezing temps? give them good after care.. would they make it? there are shrubs being taken down where I love but I'd like to collect them before they are destroyed. pines, boxwood...

this is an azalea that is probably 10 inches tall to the very tip top of the leader. desired hieght will be around 8 inches. this is the first tree I ever collected.. i chopped it down to nothing and it has somehow survived and I've managed to create something from it. some of the trunk did die...

So I bought this tree in spring of 2015. I chopped down the Second trunk to nothing (you'll see the ugly base of it in the photos at the left of the base) and then cut the tree back some and let it grow. the top of the tree had good movement and perfect branch placement, so I air layered it...

My dad and I used some scrap, treated wood to build a proper bench for my trees. No more "ghetto" pallets, crates, or cinder blocks! OK still using 2 cinder blocks for the lowest bench but that's OK. Just thought I'd share it with you guys! It feels great to be progressing in this hobbies, not...

My Chinese elm started opening buds a few days ago and we are still getting low temps in the low 20s here in NC It started budding out while in winter protection.. I've notice buds swelling o. Two other deciduous trees. My question is, what are the next step for the elm? Keep it in cold storage...

First off, id like to state my opinion about crepe myrtles and I think they are underutilized in bonsai. I would love to see more of them. They grow really quick, ramify well, make good nebari, graft well and propagate well. As a deciduous tree, they can be good for beginners and they also have...

Is fall an alright time to thin and wire juniper?? With the proper aftercare and winter protection, of course! I have a couple big healthy vigorous p nanas that need sryling.. ive had them for two years now and when I first bought them I cut them back hard and did a rough styling on one of them...

Can it be done? Like thread grafting roots on.. can you turn shoots that sprout from the very base of the tree into roots? I have a hornbeam that is throwing shoots from the very bottom of the base in between roots. if I could somehow bury them or turn them into roots, I would have a killer...

SRory for being a dumb a** but I cant ever find old threads!! Even with the search feature I can not find the box store challenge progression thread. Youre supposed to update every 90 days and I need to post an update. if someone could please direct me to the thread and maybe teach me how to...

Im in myrtle beach for vacation and was wondering if there were any nurseries worth checking out in or around myrtle beach, surfside, garden city or north myrtle. Thanks

Were not supposed to pinch junipers.. what about hinoki? Is it okay to pinch hinoki tips or should you always go in with scissors and just thin areas? I have been pinching mine for the last year and it has really filled out quite nicley. And not just ONLY on the ends. I even got two new primary...

Just wanted to share some of the trees that ive bought and started training over the past year. I am completely self taught. (No classes) hoping to join a club very soon. This is my 3rd growing season for bonsai. Some of these trees were bought as much as just a few months ago. (A few this...

Is anyone willing to provide GOOD links, articles and free tutorials on fertilizing, wiring and 2 needle pines?? It would really help me out if you guys know em off the top of your head so I dont have to search through my hundreds of blogs or Google. Lol but mainly because you guys might be able...

Ive tried my hand at air layering, two or three times in the past 2 1/2 years of starting this hobby. My heart wasnt really in it when i tried, it was kind of an experiment everytime and of course, for all different reasons they failed. Well this year I found a really nice crepe myrtle with...

I have three collected american hornbeams. They are very young and are in big 7 gallon pots to grow freely for a few years. One of them is actually pretty nicley structured and planted in a bonsai pot with boons mix. its in the ramification stage its older and nicer than the other two but ive...

I have an air layer that is almost ready. Should I take the air layer and pot it at the very beginning of fall or wait until next spring? OR Do it this summer when its fully ready?I also have a cutting thats been growing since the beginning of march. I have no idea how many roots it has and it a...

I know something can EVENTUALLY be made of this mugo pine. I should probably stop buying material like this but its so hard to resist when the trunks are so fat and the price is so cheap! Anyway, it has three main trunks. I cut out all the dead stuff, unwanted, small under growth and left just...

I wanted to share my new material with you guys to see what you think and maybe get some insight to some of it.. Ill explain What steps I plan on taking next and would like to know what you would personally do with this kind of material. It should be fun and informative for beginners who come...

Where is the twist posted? I cant find it!! have they been judged? Im lost.....

Well i think veryone loves a good deal. so ill start out with a little info and back story. I bought this red japanese maple last weekend at the local flea market for 25 bucks. Where im from, this size japanese maple is gonna cost you at least 120$. The tree is about 2 feet tall now from the...

This is my very first pine tree as bonsai. I bought it about a month ago from home depot for like 6 dollars. It was super compact . This is what I have come up with so far. If it weren't so healthy, vigorous and young, I probably wouldnt have done this much work to it all in one year. It has...

This little plant was given to me by a friend because he couldn't take care of it. He said it was an olive but I dont know for sure. Any help would be appreciated.