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@Leo in N E Illinois This post should be compulsory reading!

Why would your trees, or plants in general, just use phosphorus and potassium and no nitrogen? Food for thought? o_O /MT

Okey, it's not quite that cold in my part of the north so the dream still lives:rolleyes:

Does this mean that I've started JBPs, and ordered seeds for next season too, pointlessly? :confused: I'm in Sweden btw

You sometimes think 'that tree looks like a bonsai' I haven't been doing bonsai for very long so maybe you other nuts have some other signs o_O

When creating exposed root how much/fast can you expose them? I've understood to first let grow for a season bit haven't seen anything on the rest

Does anyone know what kind of magazine this is? http://www.j-bonsai.com/product/2317 Are there tutorials like BT or just showing trees? Think it's worth buying? /M

I'd say it's up to you MindTone

I've always wanted wings! Where'd you get yours? o_O

Two questions: What's the timing for this kind of chop? And for what species is this technique viable to create brooms? /MindTone

May I request some info on Danish moler (diatomaceous earth), our European kittydama. Love this thread by the way! Really interesting and wonderfully geeky what with all the science. Great work!

Browsing around on Phutu I came across this article: http://www.phutu.com/mame-maple/ Due to the size of the container he loosened the tree from the pot with a rubber mallet. Looking at such an intact rootmass after removal I wonder, why not use this technique for bigger trees as well? Would the...

At what oz/in3 of water is the soil dry (not completely dry ofcourse) and in need of being watered again?

Uhm... Thanks! :D

So I'm sitting here trying to come up with the "perfect" organic fertilizer blend and a question comes to my mind. "Should I apply my fertilizer as cakes or just straight in tea bags?" What are the pros and cons of each approach? I don't care about preparation, just about what will work best...

But the nutrients are not available until the fertilizer is broken down and it won't break down on its own, right? Water alone won't break it down, microbes and bacteria do that. Can that really occur above the soil rather than in it?

Does surface application of organic fertilizers like chicken manure, blood/bone meal and such, work? My understanding is that organics have to be broken down by microbes and such before the nutrients are available to the plant. So if it's on top rather than in the soil then there won't be much...

Not sure I can get washers with a diameter of 30-40cm :P Would plastic be an option?

I'm planning to stick a couple of maples through boards, plant them in the ground and "forget"about for a few years. The idea is to get Ebihara-style nebari. My question is how long will the board last? I've gathered that pinewood is the best to use for this technique

So, how do you wire your trees to their pots? Interested to see different techniques and hear the pros and cons of them