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I emailed him a couple years ago, and was told i needed to spend a certain amount or he wasnt interested in talking to me, or have me visit his place. It does sound like he has some nice material though. Wish i would have been invited. On the thread, i believe a better box should be used for...

Good looking tree. Here, in my climate, i would go ahead and clean out the tree, taking all the foliage off close to the trunk and branches to see which i liked the best. It will take a couple days to be able to see the branches, so that would be a good start. Looks like youll have some really...

Hi Seth. Hope your doing good. All my maples did the same thing. I only have three tridents in pots. The rest are in the ground. I have about 50 tridents, and 20 japanese maples of 7 or 8 different cultivars in the ground, and they all did the same thing here in NC. I thought i might not have...

These are great trees. I just got through helping with a workshop with Cathy Shaner at the Bonsai Learning Center in Charlotte NC, and worked with 10 of these. She is an awesome teacher. If anyone is looking for someone to bring in for demos, she is the one to get. Our trees looked similar to...

Where do you find these types of stones used for in saikei displays? I know some can find things like this everywhere, but no so common where i am from. Is there a good place to order them from online? Thanks for any advice.

Hello all. I have a Rock Cotoneaster in my yard i planted years ago, and i was thinking about doing some pruning on it to see how it might grow as an upright tree. It does come out as a single trunk, but only for about an inch or two, then just dozens of branches going everywhere. :D Should i...

You can really see the trunk now. I like the taper that it has, so i would take any branches that are coming out in the same elevation on the trunk. If you have more than one branch anywhere, it will cause it to bulge out in that spot. Then, i would maybe put some wire on the branches your...

Hi Matt. Ive got a few of these i collected and have been working for a couple years now. Do all your major branch pruning while dormant, in late winter before spring. You could go ahead and do some pruning of secondary branches to remove any upward and downward growing branches, but i would...

Sounds like a good plan. I tend to be more cautious with my trees, but you are right about being in such a different climate zone, you can do more later there. Do your azaleas loose their leaves every winter? Ive not worked with this type of azalea before. I think i have one in the yard at a...

Azaleas are outdoor trees, and need to stay outdoors. They can be brought in for a day every now and then. I bring mine in for an evening sometimes, but back outdoors. There is no way, well without spending a small fortune to duplicate their needs. There are some indoor trees that can stay...

I agree Si. It must take an army to work on all the trees there. I was talking to one of the caregivers last year, and he was telling me how important it was to them to keep the trees looking like the original. Its a great place to visit for inspiration. Just learn to love the bees, lol.

Be careful doing too much to a tree this time of year. I would work on the top now, and prune and repot next spring. Im through repotting anything this year. Are you planning on chopping the top and rootpruning to put into a bonsai container? If so, then be careful how many roots you take off...

The way it was explained to me is that if your growing your trees out to gain size, then a chemical fertilizer is best. It has a higher NPK levels, so gives you more growth. The only time to use cakes is if you want a continual slow release fertilizer every time you water or it rains, sometimes...

Hi Brian. Thanks. So more or less, i divide by the number of parts. I was thinking if it didnt come out to at least a whole, then it would be 0. This mix is what one of the students in my club learned from Boon. The mix my teacher uses as a general purpose mix is similar, but he uses equal parts...

Hello everyone. I am making some fertilizer cakes, and am trying to figure out the NPK ratios for different mixes. I know i need to get an average, but am getting confused. If i use 4 cups of Cottonseed 6-2-1 = 24-8-4 1 cup of Blood Meal 12-0-0 = 12-0-0 1 cup of Bone Meal 6-9-0 =...

You should fertilize your trees based on what you are trying to accomplish. When growing my trees to get them as large as i can as fast as i can i use chemicals with a higher nitrogen amount during the growing season, but go down on nitrogen when it gets really hot, and then before winter. If i...

Thats what i would recommend. Ive learned more from 4 months of classes and joining a club than in the past year. Youll have access to good material, starter or advanced, and advice on how to take care of it. When learning with others, you get exposed to so many types of trees that can be used...

Hi Brian. How did the demo go? What type of tree or trees did he work with? I know you had fun.

Its great how you all share this information. Ill always be grateful. Thanks again. Brad

Thanks alot Vance. I wanted to make sure before i planted them. I got them yesterday, so ill go ahead and put them in. We are still having cool nights, around 45 - 50, and looks like its gonna stay around 70+ for the highs. Im going out to plant, thanks again.

Where im thinking about these are with my other shimpakus, and they get sun from about 11 am until dark. I live on a lake, so i dont get much shade on my west side, and its about 1/2 mile across the water to shore, so i get alot of sun from the west. The other shimpakus are doing great. They...

Nice work Brian. I did the same thing with a couple tridents this year, a few weeks ago, and did a couple serissa i had left over from last year. I started a couple more trident seedlings in a 4" piece of PVC about 18" long, to get the roots to grow straight down, and drape over the rocks next...

I know, they were a beautiful color of green. Thats what is so appealing to me about this type. I saw one last year, and have been saving up to get a couple. I got two of the 1 gallon size, and am very satisfied with the trees. They look great, and he has put some movement in them also. I am...

Hello to everyone. I just received a couple Itoigawa Junipers from Brent at Evergreen Gardenworks. I was getting ready to plant them, and was wondering if anyone thinks i should let them get used to my weather here before going into full sun? They were shipped monday morning, and i got them...

I have had about 10 of them grow roots in a bed i made for tridents, but was curious if there was a better way. Thanks alot Brian for the advice. Ill stick to what im doing. I was about to buy a heating cable to put under the soil in the bed. Thanks again.