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Last week I put 15 fresh Shimpy cuttings in the appropriate medium with a humidity dome over them. Because it's so late in the grow season I was wondering if I could use my 100w HPS lamp for the winter and skip the dormancy period. Would it be OK because they're so young or because they have the...

I'm asking you to please take another look at this j. Larch and offer up any suggestions on what style this could possibly become. I keep thinking "don't make it look like a bonsai. make it look like a tree." I can't think of any tree like this one. If I had an apex to work with I might be in...

I found this behind my client's house this morning. Nick Lenz has a piece very similar. See what you guys have done. You've created MORE of a monster.

Anyone familiar with this bonsai society, Yama Ki? I'm going to join so I was wondering if I might see any of you folks at the next meeting. I'm in westchester, NY and the club is in CT, 15 min. from me. Hope to see someone. Nice to put a face with all the ramblings.

Thanks for the suggested book Bonsai from the Wild. I just picked up the '06 edition and should be receiving the signed 1997 one soon. This is now my favorite bonsai book as well as artist. If your reading this and don't know Nick Lenz, look him up and get the book. Thanks folks. -Kevin

I knew a guy who cancelled his vacation with his wife and daughter because he had nobody to care for his trees, and he had a nice collection-twisting pomegranates included. I've dragged my bride-to-be through the berkshire mtns. in the most humid dog days of summer looking for something to dig...

I just picked up some Neem oil(Bonide 70%, 2tbls per gal.) Should I use it full strength? When you say add a couple drops of dish soap do you literally mean 2 drops per gallon? Is the for better adhesion? ps. nevermind the "angry" thread, I'm bipolar. Seriously, I am. pps. All my trees have...

Hi folks. When I first saw this j. larch I had to have it. It looked nothing like anything else at the nursery(hornbeams & shimps). I thought it had great potential, and I would let it become what it wants to become. But now 2 weeks later I feel like I should have some game plan, and I usually...

Why do so many of the members responses sound aggressive or firey. Is everyone on this site a leo or having some hormone problem. I thought bonsai was supposed to calm you by bringing nature right up close to you, not get you annoyed at people who don't have all the answers.

I bought this Larch about a week ago and I would like to give it a preventive spray of insecticide soup. I was told I could make my own with dish soap, but didn't get the specifics. so my question is, exactly what kind of soap. I have "Ultra Palmolive, fresh green apple", phosphate free. Exactly...

Hey folks. I guess I'm not too clear on torching jins or sharis. I first thought it was to add some type of weathered texture. Then I received a response from you all about a jin, and torching was mentioned to ben the branch or twist it. On a side note-if Taghigi could re-read my Larch question...

I'm new to this forum, sorry if this has been discussed, but I'm finding conflicting info on the web about pinching, using scissors, or neither. I know not to believe what I read on the internet so I thought I'd ask you all instead.

I just got this Japanese Larch and went to work right away creating this jin, but I don't like the shape. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Maybe take a pic of a quick sketch if it's not asking too much. I love twisting and zig zag branches. The branch was DEAD already! Read last thread at...

I've chopped down 6 nice ones to about 10-12", depending on the truck, which vary between 1 3/4"-3" . My boss has a grove, in his back yard of J. Maples(hundreds) from a large tree in the neighbors yard. He said I can help myself to whatever I want. I dug up some in the spring that are doing...

they were pre-bonsai stock that I put in cedar boxes 4-6 weeks ago. they've been doing great untill last week I started noticing more yellow & dry branches. The yellowing is from the inside out. If you stand back each tuft of green gradually fades from yellow to greeen, inside to outside. I've...