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  1. leatherback

    Sad maple!!!

    why? Just make sure you fix it to the pot. Then move it outside.
  2. leatherback

    Don’t go to Champion Nursery in S.C., off of 707

    I think to remember that the red from the berries is the part that is safe.
  3. leatherback

    Brazilian Rain Tree Advice about park

    great to hear. A rare occurance in Bonsai when you find multiple sources pointing to the same cause.
  4. leatherback

    Japanese Maple Air Layers.

    During the growing season, once you have the first push of leaves on there seem to help in development of roots.
  5. leatherback

    Maple bark cracking open - what’s happening here?

    I have been enjoying this thread. I must say.. That very first picture you shared to me shouted dead trunk to me. Look at it again with what you know now.. I would allow the tree a good season of pretty much uninterupted growth again. Wood hardener can be used, but is not per se needed. The...
  6. leatherback

    Trident maple project start!😎

    OK, we are not going to quickly get together!
  7. leatherback

    Don’t go to Champion Nursery in S.C., off of 707

    yes it would be. Fake reviews -reviews of something you have not experienced- are just as bad as running a company badly.
  8. leatherback

    Trident maple project start!😎

    The tree will likely never have a better starting point than now. It was aggressively grown out to be tall. It is full of health, energy and juvenile strength. If you remove the roots to a radial crown of a few cm tall, the tree will act as any teenager would. With insult and beefing up to show...
  9. leatherback

    Trident maple project start!😎

    MUCH more rootwork indeed. and
  10. leatherback

    Thoughts and Prayers for Baltimore Maryland: Key Bridge Collapse into Patapsco River

    Of course it was a political statement. Decisions what tax payers'money are spent or is politics. Anyhow, this thread was about compassion for victims. Pretty shitty that this has turned into a money and politics dumpster.
  11. leatherback

    Thoughts and Prayers for Baltimore Maryland: Key Bridge Collapse into Patapsco River

    Wow.. Those people did not stand a chance! :| How can a ship hit that pilon!?
  12. leatherback

    A Massive American Beech

    you have me wondering.. Why did you not cover the roots, especially the cut ends? This way they will always remain cut ends instead of them sprouting new roots.
  13. leatherback

    Question on quality knob cutters

    Look into root pruners too instead of knob cutters. And yes.
  14. leatherback

    Trident Renovation Project

    I should learn that skill one day. I think people might like me better.. :rolleyes:
  15. leatherback

    Guy_wires Collection

    WOuld summer temps play a role in successrate? That in warmer climates a fall grafting is better?
  16. leatherback

    Share your weather!

    Grew up at ~6 metres below sea level. But now at 50m above WOohoo.. Mine have been in the window sill for a month now. First pair of real leaves. In 4 weeks I hope to move them into the greenhouse.
  17. leatherback

    Share your weather!

    interesting that my first and last frost are in the same week, yet we are a full zone apart when it comes to peak cold.
  18. leatherback

    Sad maple!!!

    Do NOT repot now. Just take wire (or, if in a pinch, thin rope. Put a piece of rubber of hose in the branch forks and loop the wire over the fork, under the pot and getly tighten it so the tree cannot fall out. Next spring repot.
  19. leatherback

    Jelle (aka Leatherback) bonsai bash

    Can't believe I am bare rooting a yew I found many years back. Turns out the top dying was due to not having cleaned the roots out, and the core solid dry sand. Sigh..
  20. leatherback

    Trident Renovation Project

    got that. Just concerned with how things seem to be breaking down at several levels.
  21. leatherback

    How to add info to profile pic

    Thx. Seems like it was a toughy
  22. leatherback

    How to add info to profile pic

    Is it nice to call everybody a senior computer idiot though?
  23. leatherback

    How to add info to profile pic

    Click on your name top right of the page. THen go to preferences => account details. Or try whether you get to the right page by using the URL here: https://www.bonsainut.com/account/account-details
  24. leatherback

    Trident Renovation Project

    :confused:
  25. leatherback

    What did you do today? Show us Pic Required

    Potted up some hornbeam seedlings.
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