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Hello everyone, So I've been growing bonsai got 2 years and browsing around this forum for a while posting a few times, but I had an interesting situation arise that maybe you guys could help with. Next August I'm getting married and my fiance has taken full control of the wedding, but the...

Hello everyone, So I started bonsai last year on my second story apartment porch that doesn't get much more then partial sun light. Being new to the whole plant thing in general, I just bought whatever I felt like with very little success. So I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for low...

Hello everybody, So I have a quick question about trunks of a sapling. In January I got a tiny tamarind sapling that was struggling to survive, so being in Connecticut I brought it inside stuck it under a grow light and let it do it's thing, hoping it would bounce back. Well it rehabbed nicely...

So recently I decided to create a small DIY ebb and flow hydroponics system to see if it will give me greater growth for some trees, then what I would normally get on my south facing 2nd story porch. The setup up I created can hold about 8 medium sized pots, pumps the water through the drain...

Yesterday I was picking up some materials at a local bonsai store, and I came upon a Satsuki Azalea in the green house, hidden behind a few other plants. The tree perked my interest a bit, and the price was pretty good, so I decided to buy it. It was in a plastic pot about 5-6" wide, and I...

Recently someone I know came across a klinki pine, and it perked my interest being a not so common pine. From the limited research I've been able to do it is indigenous to Papua New Guinea and is considered endangered due to deforestation. I'd love to propagate it some how to see what I could do...

A quick story about my recent Cold Stream Farms experience for anyone who is interested. A little less then a month ago, I found myself desperatly wanting a new pre-bonsai tree to work with, that also can survive this bipolar weather that New England is always getting. The issue was, being...

Recently I purchased an American larch and an Amur maple sapling (1-2') from Cold stream farm http://www.coldstreamfarm.net/p-128-amur-maple-acer-ginnala.aspx http://www.coldstreamfarm.net/p-57-american-larch-larix-laricina.aspx And had a question on how to pot them. I was thinking of placing...

Hello again everyone, So as the title states, I have two questions about different pants that I'm hoping people could weigh in on. The first one is pretty straight forward, I have a pretty small juniper that was in dormancy from early November till February before I got it, when I took it home...

Hello Everybody, My name is Dan, I am 27 and from central CT, and I recently and some what unexpectedly got into bonsai while trying to find a small present for my girlfriend for valentines day. Up until a week before Valentines day I just thought bonsai were little Japanese trees in pots, and...