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I have two small Japanese maples that went through a cold snap unprotected, and now the buds on both appear pretty grey and dried out. Everything else has leafed out except these two. The thing is, they both pass the scratch test. Green cambium. Any suggestions to get ‘em going again? They’ve...

Hi all! My two Trident Maples, here in NY, Zone 6A, have yet to wake up. This was my first winter with them, but they were both in foam coolers, and the scratch test shows green. Does anyone else have experience with this happening? The buds don't even seem to have swelled. Meanwhile, pretty...

Hi all, I have a very sickly chinzan azalea that has gone downhill fast due to excessive heat, and being in claylike soil. I did an emergency repot into good bonsai soil (perhaps foolishly), and am now wondering, since it's lost most of its leaves at this point, would a hard cutback this late in...

Any ideas what might be wrong here? It's well-watered every day. Normally it's in a spot that gets a pretty good amount of sun, so I'm going to be moving it to a shadier spot. Could this be overwatering? Underwatering? Too much sunlight? It was on a drip tray, so maybe too much standing water...

Pinecones? Next year's candles? Pollen pods? I'm brand new to pines. Sorry if this is a dumb question.

Hey all, is this something to worry about? It's a new to me azalea coming from Louisiana. It's got a great trunk, so I hope it's not something that's fatal. It's not on the whole tree, just about 1/4 of it.

I know that overpotting is generally a bad thing for a number of reasons, but I'm wondering if that also applies when it comes to pond baskets? I have a JBP I want to slip pot into one, but it's like a 12 inch pond basket, and the root ball is only about 4 inches in diameter. The only reason I...

Hi all, I'm specifically wondering about a kiusianum azlaea. I have a very limited overwintering space, so I'm wondering if it's safe to prune back a leggy azalea before storing for winter? I know you're supposed to prune back after flower drop in spring, but is this ever an acceptable practice...

I have a JM that I recently repotted that seemed to push out a first flush well, but now that flush (which should be hardened off by now) is getting wilted and is extremely soft/malleable. I went away about two weeks ago and left an autowatering system going. It also rained almost every day...

I have a pine that I've been keeping relatively wet, and today when I pulled out the chopstick I have in the soil, I noticed a small amount of white fuzz, fungus, I'm assuming. This has me worried for the state of the roots. I'll withhold water for the next few days, but is this a bigger issue...

Hi, all! I'm wondering if anyone has any insight into why these needles might be yellowing? It looks like it's last year's growth, so it's not falling off naturally. The seller said it's caused by a drought last year. Does that sounds possible? Also, any styling advice? Informal upright, for...

Anybody have styling advice for this Japanese White Pine? Just pull the foliage down, and closer to the trunk? And try to make some foliage pads? Also, any insight into the yellowing needles? Think it’s caused by drought?

Hi all! I'm getting mixed messages about fertilization. Some sources seem to say to wait until spring growth hardens off, while others say to start fertilizing as soon as growth starts. Michael Hagedorn here writes that you should fertilize pre-bonsai as soon as growth starts. All of my trees...

Hey all, I recently acquired a Trident Maple that had a couple large branches chopped, and it's been developing a sort of black, circular fungus on the spots where the chops were made. Does anyone know if this poses a threat to my tree?

I just picked up a beautiful trident maple from Florida. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bonsai-Trident-Maple-Acer-buergerianum-Prebonsai-No-Reserve-Auction-1-/352253090965?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=Z8q%252FkgGXAxBbAIHHbDXur6lhEZQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc My...