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Hey guys. I just wanted to post this little poll to get some honest feedback. Do you sift your soil for prebonsai (1 gal pots or wooden grow boxes)?

Hey guys. Its been along time since I posted but I'm having an issue that I hope you can help with. I'm attempting an airlsyer on an a. Palmatum Ibo nishiki. It was going along fine and all of a sudden the leaves started to droop. I'm thinking that the moss around the layering site has been too...

I remember reading an article earlier this year that detailed minimum temps required for dormancy for a number of species as well as the number of hours required. Does anyone have the link to this article? I ask because I have a location under the house that is not heated but due to being...

Over the past few seasons I have been developing sort of a material development plan. What I do is during the late winter/early spring I prune away a few excess branches from just about every tree I am currently developing and root them as hardwood cuttings. I grow them out most of that season...

I know that trees being developed in the ground for bonsai have greater cold hardiness than those being developed in containers. My question is what about those being developed in grow beds? I have several black pines as well as some japanese and trident maples being grown out in above ground...

I posted this tree for critique and direction a week or so ago however i got no responses. On another forum some members advised to post more images after fall needle plucking to give a better glimpse into the foliage in order to better advise me in direction. I am going to post those imagese...

Here is another JBP i have been working on. This one is much bigger. 3" base about 30" tall. There is a large partialy finished jin amidst the current apex. The branching is not established but will be when i carry out heavy pruning late winter/early spring. I have not planned on using any more...

I got this JBP a while ago from Diane at WeeTree farms. She was great to deal with and comes highly recommended. This pine is nearly trunk finished but unfortunately the current apex and upper trunk have grown out of proportion and are beginning to throw off the taper of the tree. My plan is to...

This really isnt much of a progression. More of a "before/after". This ming aralia has been in development for a couple of years now. I wired one of the normaly weeping shoots upward to develop as a leader and to allow light and air to penetrate the canopy. Today I removed the leader and wired...

This mugo pine is the "big brother" of the little guy I posted yesterday. I reduced this from an EXTREMELY rootbound 3 gal. nursery plant. I plan to eventually develop some back budding and will eventually wire the tree once a more refined image has been decided upon. I'm thinking clump style...

I have this very small mugo pine I have been developing for a couple of years now. It has been growing very well in a mix of turface&pine bark 2:1. I was thinking about eliminating alot of the current branching to discourage the bush like growth so typical of container grown mugos. I would keep...

Hey all! I recently joined this forum and thought it only polite to introduce myself. My name is JC and I have been involved in bonsai for the past few years. All of my trees are still in development due to the theft of my "finished" trees last month. I also post at bonsaisite so some may...