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When cutting back to two buds, I never get two buds growing. I only get one. What am I doing wrong? I follow Ryan Neils advice on fertilizing to get what I'm after which is good secondary branching. If I can't turn one branch into two, idk what I'm going to do with these guys.

Good Morning, Good Evening wherever you are. My japanese maple, Acer Palmatum, has uneven growth when cutting back to two buds. Usually one grows like crazy and the other does not. How can I get a balance of energy for two buds? My developing lowest branch has never had a balanced...

Hi there I haven't posted in a while but I just recently purchased this older Japanese red pine. Compact Tanyosho ( Pinus Densiflora Umbraculifera- Compacta) I traveled to Chester CA and found this. Originally priced at 99 but I pointed out the ailment and the nursery owner accepted $50. She...

Jelly coming out of the top! Seiju elm

Taxus straticca? Irish yew? Anyways.... These guys grow straight up and down. Best way to approach a little sapling like this for future bonsai? I know a lot of people would suggest putting it in the ground and letting it grow and yeah I figured. But any maintenance I should implement to...

OK so the information I have on this guy is.... Found in my back yard at a previous address in redding ca (northern ca) in the valley. About 500 to 1k elevation. I know it looks like it's ground spreading but it really wants to grow up right, the soil is granular and the sheer weight of the...

Will It Live? Weather: 50° Root ball: tiny, but has white fleshy ends showing health So I bought this guy and I know you should never do this, but it was on sale because no one bought it in three years. I chopped it, might have wasted a whole 5 dollars. Question still stands. W.I.L

Branch form this summer was very heringbone growth. Was it correct to select and eliminate throughout the heringbone growth on the three main branches? The two pictures, one is the middle of summer, and the other is yesterday 1-10-16

What to do with this here seiju? I chopped it early summer/spring. It had nothing on it at all. Then after some care all this started happening. Am i in danger of letting something getting too long? Whats it going to take to get branches that are more "branchy" instead of this fishbone ferny...

I ended up loping off the top foliage. I figured that in doing so, i risked its life, but as you can see it went were i wanted. i had faith in it after new growth started popping out before i did the deed. Now, im constanly redirecting energy by rubbing off buds in places im not going to want a...

SEIJU ELM 100% compost soil right now. 2 gallon pot. 95°f pretty steady untill about middle of october. I just got this elm. Ive got buds popping up and down the trunk right now, but you cant see it in the pics because they just started coming out. *WHAT I DO PLAN ON •Repot into...

Dug it out of the ground in Redding Ca when it was about 5 inches tall around March this year. Its grown about twice the size since. Very flexable. Huge root ball i trimmed last week.

Just bought this "Seiju elm". I was having trouble figuring out what it was, but you guys helped alot there. I guess now i would like to get some advice on what i should do to it or let it do to itself. I have swapped the soil for a straight compost because i thought it would be good for...

I am a beginner, but i have 2 other potential bonsai trees. This one i bought of a person from craigslist and she claims that it is a cotoneaster. I have yet to find a coto with serrated leaves. Im in redding ca which is zone 9b. Its about 105°f today lol. Ive chopped of a limb and swapped the...