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    Winter Watering

    Hi, The fall has started to get to the point where it's quite chilly if not freezing. Basically I now need my puffer coat and idk when I should water my trees. I'm scared that if I do it during these times the soil and roots will freeze and if I don't do it to often they'll die from not having...
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    Ground Layering?

    Is Tourniquet the same thing? I just wanted to know when I could start the process? I've searched online and some say end of fall when tree goes dormant or start of spring.
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    Domancy?

    I have 2 JM's at the moment and I read that at temperatures below 50 is when the tree will begin to go dormant. Well today the temp went to ~20-30. Both my trees still have foliage. I believe the news said first frost outside. It's still the middle of fall. I know they're suppose to be outside...
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    Mame, Shonin, Dwarf?

    I just wanted to know the difference between them. I feel they're all used interchangeably but that doesn't seem to be the case all the time? Like I see dwarf is referenced to leaf size? Does shonin or mame mean the same thing or just a smaller tree in general? Is it also a reference to a...
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    Buying New Japanese Maple Tree

    Hi, I recently went to Home Depot to buy some supplies and noticed they have a 50% off trees and saw they had some Japanese Maples Atropurpureum. So they'd be about $35. I saw 3 interesting ones that I liked. The first I lived the thickness of the trunk and the way the branches were low and...
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    Just Started

    Hi everyone I just recently decided to start a bonsai. I started with a grafted purple ghost Japanese maple. I live in NJ and the zone I'm in is 6b. The tree is really young and I believe I have to let it grow before I can start doing anything to it. I currently have it in a big pot outside to...
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