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I am finally settled in to our new home in Phoenix Arizona. Getting my bonsai benches back up and going and have been driving some dirt roads looking at some of the Scrub Oaks. I was wondering what people look for when collecting oaks. Do you want them to already be loose in the soil? Rooted...

I just picked up a small one that I am hoping to turn into a desert bonsai.

Any updates on this tree?

I have a stone that I found that I would like to make a daiza for and display but have been having a hard time finding information on building the daiza for the stone. Does anyone here have a good website for carving out the daiza for the stone to rest in?

I ended up with a boxwood from my local clubs raffle this last month. It seems to be in good health, healthy green leaves, new growth extending up from the foliage pads/pom-poms. I have left it on my bench as I got it, let it get use to the cooler temps at my home, game it a little organic...

So I am finding that I am really bad about fertilising my bonsai and have been looking for an organic that I an put on the soil or mix into the soil mix to help. I found this Happy Frog brand and picked up a bag of 5-5-5 all-purpose fertilizer and was wondering what everyone here though of it...

Wow that is amazing and makes a very interesting contrast. Have you see buds grow out with any of the white foliage anywhere else on the tree. I might have to try that as well just because it could make for something interesting. Your comment makes for a really good point and something to...

Someone here once told me that bonsai was about decades and inches. I try to take that to heart, I have nothing but time.

Thank you everyone that has reply so far. I will go ahead and try this project and see what happens. I just need to find the perfect rock to use as the base and then the fun will begin.

I have a couple of willow leaf ficus that I have been slowly growing up with the hope of combining them into a single fused trunk tree. I was wondering if anyone else has had luck with this and how they went about doing it. My long term goal is to take my two trees placing them over a rock with...

I was wondering if anyone has use products like Ferti-lome root Stimulator 4-10-3 for their collected trees? I have a very short growing window where I live (snowing right now) and I would like to offer anything I collect the very best chance to establish over the summer to survive the winter...

One of my local nursery's gets in some nice looking olive trees and I was wondering if you can make a fused trunk type of tree using olive?

So thanks to our local road crew I have a new lodgepole pine to try to work with. It was cut out of the road bank this morning. I am going to get it into a mixing tub with some bonsai soil and cross my fingers.

I was wondering if anyone has drilled out drainage holes into granite slabs and what drill bits did you use? I find a lot of nice sized slabs of granite and was wondering about drilling them out for slab plantings.

Thanks Grimmy, I have seen it used with carnivorous plants for nitrogen was the idea. I didn't know if anyone had tried this with some of our tropical species. I might have to try it with some ginseng ficus from my local Walmart.

I was wondering about the use of coffee as a possible fertilizer. It is used in some of my other plant hobbies in a very dilute form. Just wondering if anyone has used this and what your results were.

I would probably get it into a window or get a bright CFL light over it and let it grow for a good 6 months and see how what the tree offers you for back budding. Maybe start a regular fertilizing routing and just give it time. Maybe defoliate the top leaves by a third, keeping some leaves on...

Thanks for the advice everyone. The tree is currently potted into a extra pot that I had with the roots in sphagnum with some plastic wrap over the top with two large air holes (diameter of a quarter) at either end to allow fro air to move in and out of the pot. The drainage holes, similar...

Great looking tree, I really like the sumo trunk ficus. Is that a single tree or is a a fused trunk that has been cut down? Either way its a great tree.

I think I would not cut either off till I did some general clean up of the tree and foliage. Maybe start by doing some basic wiring and setting your pads on the top, then see how the cascade branches fit into your design. Your wife found you a very interesting tree.

I would start by getting it into a pot with some bonsai type soil. Something that will be coarse enough to encourage root development, allow air flow and maintain moisture. There are lots of different soil mix recipes out there you should be able to take one down to a garden center and find...

I was able to get a ficus from my work that had very little roots left due to being kept in a very damp environment. I currently have it potted in pure sphagnum to keep in moist and try to encourage some root growth. I was wondering if having the tree planted in sphagnum or if planting the...

What is everyone thoughts on using decomposed granite in their bonsai soil mix? I live in an area where it is readily available and find trees growing in it naturally. I was thinking of using it as part of my soil mix and it would be sifted down for set sizes.

Very nice progression and a great looking tree. I, just like others here cant wait to see it next year.

I was wondering if anyone has has success in taking young branches on ficus and wiring them down into the soil and having them start to root? I am trying it with a ginseng ficus but it has only been a couple months so I dont want to disturb it yet.