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    Seive recommendations?

    Do any of you have recommendations for a good quality seive?
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    Yamadori swap?

    I am wanting a nice old, character filled urbandori weaping rosemary. I saw a lot of nice specimens last time I was in CA. I am in Utah and have good success with Utah juniper, subalpine fir, wild plum, and Big tooth Maple, which are abundant here. Anyone interested in a swap? I dig for you...
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    Mume indoors for flowering?

    So I found a mume kobai to work on and am studying. However I have not found any advice on the advisability of brining the blossom show indoors to enjoy. Do any of you have experience with this?
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    Mume Scionwood

    Does anyone have a dormant mume that they would be willing to share Scions from? I would be happy to pay something
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    Grafting knife recomendation?

    Can anyone point me to a good Japanese grafting knife?
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    Nice bougie trunk wanted!

    Would anyone be willing to help me find a nice gnarly bougie trunk? I am in Utah and know I would need to bring it inside in winter. Anyone in AZ, CA, or NV. perhaps? For $, or perhaps I could collect something nice locally for you in exchange.
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    Yamadori First Styling

    Here is a Utah juniper I collected 2.5 years ago. Big thanks to Sam Miller for the styling! Before: After:
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    $8 plum. please advise

    I have been given a opportunity to collect an 10 yr old plum tree. The owner had a reason he had to dig it up this winter. He balled it and stuck it in the ground elswhere temporarily. I am schedued to collect it tomorrow but it is still winter here. Questions: 1. Can I chop it immediately? 2...
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    What is wrong with this Siberian??

    I thought it was nearly impossible to kill one of these. I layered and collected this last year and this spring cut it back and removed a twin trunk. This summer it began loosing leaves starting from the trunk outward. as you can see from the picture the edges of the leaves turn brown first as...
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    Pinyon Styling advice, please.

    Here is the Pinyon (pinus monophylla, I believe) that I collected 1 year ago this month. I know it isn't ready for serious work yet but I want to give some more serious and counseled thought to its future direction. I have posted a couple pictures here of possible fronts, and here is a link to a...
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    Bucida Spinosa Care

    I went into a local nursery looking for a tropical to play with, intending to buy a willow leaf ficus. However I sort of became enamored with this B. Spinosa for $17.50. I know nothing about its care in spite of searching this site quite thoroughly. Can anyone give any advice or styling ideas...
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    Normal Juniper Needle Drop?

    Here are some progress photos of my collected Juniper. You can see it is pushing out new roots , though I am not sure any new foliage is appearing. This was collected in late March. Most of the foliage is a nice green and soft, but there is a lot of yellowing. It is potted in a mixture of...
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    Two amazing (and large) finds. Help Needed

    I went out collecting Monday to retrieve a nice medium Juniper yamadori that I have had my eye on. I am afraid I need to begin this post with the confession that it did not go well. My previous attempts have been almost all out of rock crack etc and this was my first attempt in sand. I began by...
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    Advise please, on collected pinyon and juniper

    Last week I made my first collecting trip and bagged a nice pinyon pine and juniper as well as a small mountain mahogany. I'm sorry to say I dont feel I collected nearly the amount of root I had hoped for. I have placed these in my window well which faces SE, covered it very securely with...
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    Collecting Chinese Elm and intro

    Hi, I just joined the forum. I have been interested in Bonsai for many years and have studied a little bit on and off. Killed a cheep mallsai ficus as a late teen 25 yrs ago, but have made no other attempts yet. I spent 2 years as an LDS missionary in Hokkaido Japan from 1993 and have seen a lot...
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