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    Leaf problems on Hawthorn, need help!

    No, unfortunately it died shortly after. While it’s unfortunate that it happened to such an amazing tree, the lessons learned were invaluable and the mistakes have not been repeated. All my trees are happy and healthy since. Yes I still have them. We traded for them, he got some junipers in...
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    Ume Design

    Thanks guys! So to grow it out: the trunk is about 1.5" and its in a 1 gallon pot. What's the correct size grow box? Is 14"x14"x5" ok or should I go up gradually? If its on the ground, does it need to be soil directly under it or can it just sit on the grass?
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    Ume Design

    I got this Japanese Apricot this summer. It is currently in potting soil. I wanted to get some design input. I have a few pics of the front. At the moment the tree is a straight stick from all other angles. I am contemplating a trunk chop after it flowers. I have drawn a low quality virt of what...
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    Chill hours

    Coming* , not cloning haha
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    Chill hours

    Thank you guys for the responses! This helps a lot! @sorce - I live in Oklahoma and our weather is crazy volitile and being new to bonsai I am trying to understand better what species will do well in my area and zone hardiness has its limitations in telling me what will/won’t do well in my...
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    Chill hours

    when trying to calculate or gage chill hours for trees, is it continuous hours below 45F or any hour below counts? We’ve been having nights in the low 30s but up in the low 60s during the day. Do those hours at night count towards chill hours or does it have to stay below for it to count?
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    Deciduous pruning winter vs spring

    It also seems like it could be the same thing: winter pruning and early spring pruning as there isn’t really much foliar activity and minimal vascular activity taking place in between the two points in time. But that logic could be off too haha I’m a bit lost
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    Deciduous pruning winter vs spring

    On the Mirai live seasonal videos, Ryan prunes a Linden in the spring fundamentals video and in the winter preparation video he pruned another deciduous tree in basically the same manner (ie both deciduous are in the development stage so the goal is improving branching and ramification. He is...
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    Winter IS coming, start preparing

    This weekend we are supposed to get a light freeze (32 is the min expected). From what I’ve read, if I understood correctly, it’s good for my trees to experience a few light freezes early on to help increase their cold hardiness through the winter. Is that accurate? Last year (first winter...
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    Trunk Chop -Pistache chinensis

    So I just bought a 5 gallon pistache with decent movement at the base and good looking root flare. I got on bnut to see if anyone else had tried a trunk chop and only found this old thread. I was wondering how your chop went Mic E?
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    Homemade fertilizer

    Hello, This year I have been using homemade fertilizer. I have really liked it and it has worked well. Plus it is so much more cost effective. I am wondering though, how to calculate the npk of homemade fertilizers. The ingredients each have their own npk on the labels, but when mixed I don't...
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    Bonsai Mirai Live

    I doubt I would use the chat function. I am too new to have many questions, I am really just trying to absorb all the content. But when I am watching archived videos, I can see the terciary content but am not allowed to watch it. Some of the videos that are exclusive to tier 3 do look extremely...
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    How have you or your trees progressed this year? What have you learned?

    I'm considering making the switch to plastic trees, anything living that I get tend to die haha
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    How have you or your trees progressed this year? What have you learned?

    I've learned how hard it is to keep my trees happy and vigorous. And that until I can, all techniques and styling are irrelevant. I must adapt to the trees and not the other way around. I must learn to act on "tree" time and not my frantic running around time perception. Unfortunately, I think...
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    Pinching deciduous

    Yeah sorry, poorly worded. Not receiving "from" what's pruned, I meant the energy is now sent to the remaining branches. The auxin stops suppressing and the energy now moves more towards the interior branches. Just poorly worded, sorry to confuse
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    Pinching deciduous

    I guess maybe the answer is simply pruning once the first spring growth hardens off. Then what's not pruned would receive the energy from the tips that were pruned. Maybe?
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    Pinching deciduous

    Definitely in development, but as certain branches begin to develop the shape we want, even if not all the tree is in refinement, is there a technique that would redistribute energy towards more interior branching or buds? And that's probably a better way to phrase my overall question. With...
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    Pinching deciduous

    I've been watching the Mirai live videos but don't have tier 3 to ask questions. I am wondering about pinching on deciduous. In order to redirect energy from a strong tip that is growing out of proportion to the design, can you pinch the new shoot at the tip on a deciduous to redirect the energy...
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    Crape Myrtle flowers

    Cool, thanks guys!
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    Crape Myrtle flowers

    When is the best time to prune them back? Is it like most flowering trees where you prune hard after flowering?
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    Styling tree in the ground

    Last year I planted a sapling Trident Maple in the ground to let it grow out. This is my first attempt at doing this so not sure the process. It was thinner than a pencil and about 8' tall when I planted it. Now its pushing 4' and about 1/4' thick maybe a bit more. In order to avoid have a...
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    when to repot ume

    I get small damage like this on my trident maple quite often. It never seems to lead to anything too serious but what could be some of the causes of this type of damage?
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    Bonsai Mirai Live

    Any good? I'm curious if I'm missing out not seeing them, if there's critical bits of knowledge that are "make or break" in my learning.
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    Bonsai Mirai Live

    I'm a tier 2. Have any of you tier 3 members liked the extended-cut videos posted?
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    Tree ID

    Good call, that's exactly what it is. Leafs are a perfect match! Thank you also for the tips on how to begin learning to id them for myself!
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