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For future reference, ALWAYS tie down the trees to the pot. No matter the tree, no matter the condition of the root ball. Best practices when repotting will help with survival

And to be fair, watering your plants takes 10 minutes. If you cant do that, then you have more plants than you can manage anyways

Dude, it is not that difficult. You go out and check your trees evwryday, water them if they need to be watered. That's it. There's no more to it

This Ash just popped a bud exactly whetr I needed it. Of it hadnt, I would have had to try an approach graft to save that trunk

I did use a similar potting soil, not inorganics nor a bonsai mix. If anything, the root ball might be too wet

Thank you, @Wires_Guy_wires and @rockm. The root ball is getting enough water, as per the chopstick I have in it. Temperature might be the issue, although I have been protecting all my plants when it drops under 30 degrees. Temps should be going up soon. Hopefully, it will rebound

I got this Amur from Brent at gardenworks. It came leafed out in the mail. I slip potted it into a bigger pot, and now it has stalled. Any idea what night be going on?

This IS a Juniperus squamata, not a blue rug juniper. And I applaud yiur optimism, but some species simply are not suitable for bonsai

Juniper squamata is not the best species for bonsai. The foliage will always look strange, and in a small tree (such as yours) out of proportion. It is hard to wire the shoots and form any convincing foliage pads. I have yet to see a decent refined specimen.

It is not my preference nor my experience fixing branches with superglue 🤷

Thanks for all your answers. I will restrict the use of superglue to fixing mistakes then lol

I was wondering... I use superglue to save branches that I have accidentally broken but are not completely separated from the tree. It is remarkably successful. Superglue was developed to treat wounds in the battlefield, and it does not impede tissues fusing together. That let me to think: Why...

*gets popcorn ready*

When people say "yardadori" 😤 More generally, when they refer to any collected tree, no matter the location or the age, as a "yamadori." I just look down on them and judge then all the way to next week whenever I hear this

I put some wire on this guy, selected a potential front and got rid of sone shoots I knew I did not want. It looks good now, but I am curious to see if ramification can help reduce leaf size. The tree is barely 8 inches tall and last year leaves were about 3 inches long. Hopefully, not that...

This guy has exploded with growth. In about a week or so I will select shoots and wire them in position. Then, I will leave it alone until the Fall

I think you were spot on, @PonderingSage: I wired the second leader back in late January, and it never woke up this Spring. I lost one other branch to wiring too. It might have been faulty technique on my part, but I think I will only lightly wire this guy and use more clip and grow

Unfortunately, the leaders of the middle and left trunks died during the winter. Fortunately, there are viable shoots in the middle trunk that I can train as the new leader/first branch combo. The left trunk got cut off to the first branch, which will now be the new leader. I think this gives...

I've been doing the 2-step dance at least a couple nights a week for a couple weeks now

I like the second option for a front if you remove it

It's alive! I selected shoots today, leaving 2 where there were 3. I will wait until the shoots develop some more before I cut off some of the older wood that did not bud to create better tapered transitions. For now, I will let it be

A very young Amur I just got in the mail from Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks

Such a loss. A true gentleman, generous with his knowledge. Reading hos obituary, I got the impression that he lived a full and fulfilling life, filled with passions (he was a music, a luthier, and a bonsai artist) and love. RIP

Repotted. Now, let's wait and see how it grows this season

After trimming it and reposition some roots: