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Greetings! I haven't been able to post much for a couple years as we moved and life sorta took over. I joined the Bonsai Club of Campbell River, BC, Canada. Zone 7b. Pacific Northwest but drier than Seattle. A couple days ago, a charter member indicated he was getting out of bonsai as he wasn't...

As a novice to pines, articles and advice can be confusing ... the link below helped me better understand the two techniques of decandling vs. breaking pine shoots on various types of pines. Hopefully the link works ... if not, cut and paste into your browser. Cheers Kelly...

Greetings all (and specifically Vance). I am a novice and welcome your comments/advice. The following is an update on the Mugo I purchased approx. 2 years ago from a nursery in Ottawa, CA. Based on advice from Vance and others here (thanks), I cut off ~1/4 of the almost completely sand base and...

Hi Vance et al, Hope all is well with you and yours. I have a couple questions re my first mugo that we have been working on. Thanks again for your help and advice. So ... a month ago or so ... per your recommendations, I broke off all of this year's candles and trimmed each branch's...

Greetings all, My nursery purchased Mugo, repotted June 21st tree is developing a blight I think. Could any of you help me ID it and suggest treatments? Reviewing earlier pics - May - June I believe I can see this just starting but am new to pines so I thought it was a couple broken needles...

Greetings all, Request comments re my first Mugo repot and initial styling. The video tours the tree and asks some questions re the roots/nebari and about the initial styling. I have numbered the branches in the video to make it easier to discuss. More specifically - the tree was...

Greetings all - especially Vance (we "met" on utube). Just got accepted and this is my first post. Just bought my first Mugo (I have other bonsai) and wonder if Vance or others more experienced than I could comment on the first steps I should take with this Mugo. Searched some of the...