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How'd the layering go? I read that seigen does not layer easily.

Thank you much for the info. I knew that pines should be wired in the Fall...I should have known better. You also confirmed for me the wrapping. I WANT to wrap the trunk to help support the bark etc so that is a good point to make. Well, I guess the best I can do for this small pine is to...

Good day all, I have a whip of a white pine (japanese) and while it it doesn't have much going for it, I'd like to take it in a direction of a twisty "squashed" pine. I did a few searches on here and found the thread that shows a pine getting "squashed" but the method for doing so was never...

Graham it's beautiful! I think I say this one on FB. BTW, did you collect this yourself?

Hello-- I have a fairly substantial spruce here in colorado (it is also a colorado spruce and not just because I'm IN colorado) that sadly has some bad reverse taper. The trunk was against something (perhaps a neighbor tree's root?) and the tree sort of grew around it. Anyway, it is ruining...

Brian, thanks for the input. It happened so suddenly, I would expect fungal to be more slow in its progression. If I were to apply a systemic, what should I use? I have Thiomyl and Phyton 27 on hand, both considered systemic bact and fungucides.

I'm curious, why don't you think it's a chinese elm? The tree is from Brussells bonsai. I agree that it won't be getting any water on its leaves for sure. I'll hold on the fungicide for now as even if it is a fungus, my 20% RH in colorado usually manages such things caused by water (by...

Hey all- Would like some insight on the leaf issue I discovered this morning. A little background: the tree had some styling done and was repotted out of the nasty soil it was in previously, but no roots were disturbed (old soil that the roots didn't use feel away). It's in a pretty loose...

It has the rougher, gray bark of a cho...and the blooms seem about right. Also it's growth habit is not much like a Japanese quince common variety. So I'd say it is.

It can snow any time of the year up there (writing this whilst looking at pikes peak). That said, no changing of the aspens in Colorado yet. The summer has been spot on for average highs and lows a fairly moist which is AWESOME! I'm at 6800' feet and none of my ponderosa pines are changing...

So I didn't "fiddle" with the tree. The roots I've seen were visible without me doing anything to see them. It won't move even if I wanted it to as I wired it really well. Also I have twenty trees with plenty of wrong assumptions available, apparently. Thanks.

Happy update! Adding an update to this tree...the thing survived despite me :) It is growing loads of. New growths now and I'm letting it grow free for a while to build up it's vigor. I ended up repotting this thing in very free draining soil and securing it with wire and then being very...

I think it's wonderful. I personally like my benches higher but I love this one as it is, too. Well done! I'm redoing the floor of my solarium with old pallets... Looks amazing but the wood is soft so a very hard finish (think basketball court) needs applied. Thanks for sharing!

Well that is a good idea and why the heck haven't I thought of that? Lol. Well for one, I can't always be home when it would need watered but I was during that heat wave. Well duh...lol. Next time!

Ha I thought of a white towel, too, but never did it because sometimes it can get windy here and it seems no matter how well I think I secure things outside, that wind gets it's fingers in there and lifts! Good to know about the gravel method, too. I think if I were to be away for a few days...

Re writing my post I lost because I walked away from the iPad...grrr.... Anyway, an update on my pine: It's doing well and no major issues. I found the pot getting really hot to the touch on the outside during our warmer weather. I surrounded the pot with bricks to both stabilize it and to...

Insecticides often are determined by what you mean to kill. For instance, I've had good success ridding my plants go aphids using sucrashield. Also, I'd trunk chop this tree :). You have a nice good branch at the bottom most that would make a nice new lead.

Or, you can get a 4" trunk in maybe 5-6 years...but not in a pot. I have several port afras and while they take refuge inside during my harsh winters, they are unpotted and placed in my garden every year. My largest has a 4"+ trunk. I suggest planting these things out-- very light soil, but...

Hey guys-- found a nice juniper I feel has a lot of potential on my property. Never knew it was there! Anyway, I'm in Colorado, 6800', wondering if this thing can be collected now? If not, when would be a better time? Thanks!

Its big enough that I believe it should be pronounced. MOOGOO.... with a scary, ominous voice when saying it.

So far he's been very responsive and very kind, too-- which in my book means a lot. I was about to get a nice Japanese Maple from him this season but he was very up-front, saying how the plant is planted that it would cost a lot to ship-- and he was right, it would have been cost-prohibitive...

John, how do you anchor those wires in the soil??? I'm new to white pines and the one I have has branches that are insanely strong... so I'm going to need to do something like this, I'm pretty sure. Also, how do yo uattach the wires to the branches you wish you bend?

I would think you. Still could give how potentially long your grow season can be. It's too late here in Colorado.

What is the significance of this blue pot?

JWP and Mugo additions I have been letting my maples grow out-- most of small cuttings from brent over at evergreen-- but they are already beautiful plants. I need to harden them off to my environment so they can get on my season. The biggest changes I've made-- added a fairly large JWP...