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The title of this message says it all. I'm in need of some "good" nursery pots to repot some JBP. Don't have a clue where the best place is for both quality and price. Have looked on Amazon, of all places, and what seems to be decent pots run around $1.50 apiece for 2 gallon pots and a bit...

Good morning all!! I've got a number of JBP seedlings (22) that are entering their 2nd year with me which should make it their 3rd year. When I took them out of the "winter bed" of pine needles this morning, there are a lot of them with candles of various size/length. I'm trying to find out...

I've recently read on a post here where folks are using "One Note" to help keep track of their bonsai progress or the lack thereof. I've set myself up on it and am trying to "learn" it by doing and by online tutorials. While I am making "some progress", I'd like to ask if there is anything...

A wise person once told me, if you know or aren't sure, ask. And went on to say to do it before the fact as opposed to after the fact. So with those sentiments in mind, I want to ask if what I have done in the past regarding feeding and/or fertilizing my juniper, and others, is proper best...

Bought this Parson’s Juniper on, or around, June 5th 2014 at Christie’s Nursery in Concord, NC. It cost $18.50 and was my Father’s Day present for 2014. Brought it home, cleaned it up a bit, and watered it with some Shultz 10-15-10 Plus and kept that up over the rest of the summer. I’m...

I've built myself a small frame/box to winter my trees in. It's approximately 5 ft long by 4ish wide. I don't remember the exact width and it's outside in the cold, dark morning and I'm inside where it's warm with a cup of coffee so I'm not measuring it right now. It's my first attempt at...

I've been working on a building myself a box arrangement to winter my plants in. It's 4ft X 5ft out of 2X10's. It's not all that large but it's large enough for my purposes at this point. I'm working on a hoop system using pex pipe over which I can roll plastic if I need it to create...

Good Day All! Re: Ebay seller ID spencerherrick / Spencer Herrick, New Martinsville, West Virginia I would like to ask if any of you folks have done any business with this person before? If you have, and have had problems, how receptive to correcting the problem was he? At this point, I'm...

I have a great daughter who wanted to get me something bonsai related for Father's Day. So, she got me a gift card from Home Depot. Don't know about you guys, but any day you can go to HD spending somebody else's money is a good day. So along with some makings for a turntable, I found this...

The title of this post sums up my question. Is there anything that anyone knows of that would preclude mixing a quantity of Bonide copper fungicide in say a handheld spray bottle and keeping it on hand for as needed use? It sure would be a lot more convenient than having to mix it each and...

I want to buy a turntable, but I really don't want to buy one blind and then regret it later. So, before I make the jump, I wanted to see if any of you had any thoughts/recommendations pro, or con, about a good one. I'm not looking for a "BMW" here, a good "Ford" or "Chevy" will do just fine...

I've tried to "find" this answer so as not to unnecessarily bother, but I'm either not finding it, I'm too dense to understand, or something else. I just today bought a Parson's Juniper from the nursery that's still in the nursery pot. I've begun to clean it up some to try to form an idea...

This was my Father's Day present this year. I told my wife I wanted a tree to practice and learn on so we went to the nursery this morning and this is what I got. To my inexperienced, newbie eyes it looked like it "might" turn out to be something. To you folks with all the years of knowledge...

I'm looking to see what's available in the way of some Pinus Rigida / Pitch Pine. I'd be interested in hearing from you if you have suggestions. Thanks Barney

I've recently (5/23/2014) potted 26 Japanese Black Pine seedlings I bought. I used my own soil concoction of equal parts Baccto Premium Potting Soil, Oil Dri, and sand. Each seedling was placed in an individual 6 inch nursery pot, watered in well, and allowed to remain in a shady area for 6...

I was cleaning up, and freshening, a flower bed around a maple tree in front of our house when I ran across 2 little Holly "sprouts" of some type. They were coming up through the cypress mulch like a big thing. So, rather than toss them in the yard waste bag, I laid them aside and thought I'd...

Hi! I'm looking for a good, preferably in color, pictorial reference work of bonsai styles. Online is good, hard copy printed is good, electronic style that can be downloaded to my Kindle is good. I'm one of those, I guess you call it, visual learners. I can read and hear all day long...

Good Morning To All!! My name is Barney Barnhardt from North Carolina. I live in the mid portion of what we call the Piedmont section of the state. I'm roughly 30 minutes north of Charlotte and, again roughly, 30 minutes south of Greensboro just a bit off I85. So that should put me in Zone...