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my new field grown black pine came from CA earlier this spring and seem very healthy. I gave it organic fert and miracle grow once a week. It is still in nursery size pot. I took it to a workshop guided by the NoVA club members for wiring and little styling . Not many weeks later , when the heat...

today was my first workshop, at the National arboretum during the Potomac Bonsao festival . I cannot thank the local bonsai club members enough for their help and patience ; it was exactly what I wish it would be. I took my new acquired JBP there for initial styling and directions. Apologies...

Image by Gilad posted Apr 22, 2016 at 5:46 PMImage1 by Gilad posted Apr 22, 2016 at 5:46 PMImage2 by Gilad posted Apr 22, 2016 at 5:46 PMHere is my newly added JBP. I never owned one (beside few 2 yo that I got from Marc Comcast ). I won it in FB auction, came today, superbly wrapped and in...

Hello, I've bought 30 cedrus seeds on eBay . Anybody have experience with them ? How long to stratify them in 4c? Gilad

Hello, When do you start to do fall work on JWP? I'm in the DC metro area and I think you can start feeling the end of summer over here. I have a JWP in nursery size pot which grew nicely over the summer without any work done to it yet). It desperately need to reduce old needles (it looks like...

Hello, I've bought a 1 gallon crabapple (cultivar marry potter, supposed to be resistant :mad:) from Brentt at Evergreen garden work few month ago. The tree was healthy and new growth readily emerged. Very wet summer here in Washington DC and apple scab is all over the tree. Bonide copper...

I have an option to buy gorgeous, collected larch (I think American) but I'm afraid they'll fair badly in my climate zone. Anyone with more experience can suggest what to do?

While being very happy that my surviving JWP is thriving, it has full blown pollen cones and now I think it's pushing a real cones . It came from the nursery with two big cones which I left on, fearing the JWP retribution. Should I take them (pollens/cones) off? When? How?

My new, developing JWP started to push candles quite nicely but then I've noticed the candle turning brown and dry, basically drying out and die. Some candles seem fine but other are definitely dying

(I posted this as a reply to JodyB but decided to post it as a thread) Hello oak fanatics, I bought a nursery stock of southern red oak a year ago. It was growing great (kinda lame on the going red though; I'll need to explain to it what the deal is). However, because it was "leggy", I prune...

Hello, Just notice these white spots on young JWP. Should I worry? Of they're a problem, how should I treat it?

Hello! I bought two JWP starting trees from a nursery during the winter . When the candles started coming out, I moved the tree to big pots with better soil ( pumice, turface and potting soil 1:1:1 roughly) without pruning the roots . However , I forgot and removed all the old soil. Just saw...

hi everyone, As being very, very new to bonsai, i was reading a little about JWP development and balancing; online (bonsai4Me is very helpful!) and the Pine masters book . I acquires 2 JWP from a nursery (online) and next spring will change their soil (keeping them in large pots). both need...

I am very much a beginner in bonsai, and I've received by mail two JWP from Conifrr Kingdom Nursery, which is recommended !. Now, I've done some reading but I'm not sure how to better develop the trees before training. First question is will they survive D.C. Winter . If they do, should I keep...