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    Phytophthora Root Rot, repotting maple

    expose or not to expose, that is the question (seriyu maple) new maple see photos risk root rot and recover feet? to further improve nebari. leave open as nebari was exposed because pot was blown over at nursery? photos include re-covered nebari (photo1) and 1/2 way to state i found...
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    seriyu maple bonsai

    any have pictures? anyone.....anyone.......beuhler.........anyone? unable to find pics as bonsai. anyone?
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    preventative treatment JBP?

    If you do spray preventatively, JBP, with fungicide and insecticide, what do you use? and how often/schedule? Neem oil is frequently mentioned, how does that compare to inorganic pesticide? eg sevin, bayer, ortho, spectracide? Daconil is often mentioned as first choice fungicide. Is any...
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    acer b. hardwood cutting ?'s

    took a bunch of hard wood cuttings. they are in a domed tray, with bottom heat from propagation mat. Do they need sun to help them bud and form roots? They are inside garage until no more cold snaps. Is the dome necessary for hard wood cuttings?
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    bankan

    Bankan JBP bankan attempt scraggly JBP> coban> wire> crunch i'm planning to compress more, just being conservative with bends, will compress more in a few weeks i've read were bankan only has branches on top, and seen others where they have mutiple location of branches. is there a...
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    coark bark oak acorns wtb/wtt

    wanted quercus suber acorns. i have pots bonsai pots for trade.
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    field growing weed control?

    i want to grow more "field grown" aka back yard/garden. however i find my on going war with weeds a loosing battle. As the trees get fed well so do the weeds, shading out lower branches on JBP. i layed down some weed cloth for air potted plants, but still fighting with weeds in air pots...
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    Buttressing BC roots?

    I have a Bald cypress. It has nice root spread, however the roots are more like a flying butress/ incomplete buttress. What's best way to fill in the spaces? It's now in shallow 12 inch pot soil mix is turf ace, pine fines, peat.
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    black pine sick?

    I have one black pine in yard, its growing vigorously, on some new candles transition to needles the sheath or base of needles is black, and have been for approx 2 week, upon inspection this area is soft compared to rest of needle. Distal to the sheath the needles are appear green and healthy...
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    satuski care?

    I have a few satsuki azaleas, 2 chizan, 1 amagasa. Ive been really enjoying their spring show. I realize my care for them has been pure hypothesis and conjecture. I'm growing these out in air pots (rootmaker), and nursery pots for now. Ive been feeding them every other week or so with...
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    JBP, problem after repot

    I re-potted a JBP this morning, all are in process of being grown out, not sure if this one was from field or moved up to larger pot (rootmaker), some candles are 10" long, this afternoon I observed the longer candles are wilting. Yes, for Nfla it is late to re-pot, and candles are beginning to...
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    batch of soil smelly?

    i put some of my soil base 1part turface 1 part pine fines in bucket (no drainage) forgot to put back in soil "basket"(airpot). well its been about a week, with a few rains, as i returned it to basket noticed "the stink", that wet stagnant soil funk. (i suppose root rot will smell similar) dry...
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    Recent purchase ID please

    I recently purchased some pots from Craigs list. One of those once in a life time lucky buys. A few have hanko's/chops, some have great "feel", some with good patina, with no marking, (some just plain dirty) I’ve been researching, hanko’s/chops time allowing. http://www.bonsaipotplaza.com/...
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    slump/hump & clay?

    i watched video on tokoname pots they were using slump mold technique. i still feel there is still much creative input, and still very much hand made. many still value highly the the Chinese or Japanese, pots made with this technique. it seems that most here throw and/or hand build pots is...
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