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  1. FourMileMarc

    Mikawa pines dying

    I bought 4 Mikawa pines form Mr. Murinaka in Nipomo last June and one is almost dead and one other is now getting the same thing the almost dead one has. I never have problems with overwatering and use proper soils and decanning the really bad one their is no sign of root rot. I am getting the...
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    Three new 'Mikawa' Black Pines from Muranaka's

    I went down to Muranaka's down south in Nipomo CA the other day on the recommendation by Al and I must say I am very impressed. I usually drive up to Evergreen Garden Works once a year but this time I decided to try this place out. Each vendor has it's pluses and minuses but both are very well...
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    2 different candling methods

    I am aware that there are 2 or even 3 different candling methods. One where you cut all of the candles back in midsummer and one where they all get cut back in spring and then in the fall you cut the desired "keeper" candles back to the desired length and thin out the ones you do not want. The...
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    Mugo pine repot

    I tried searching for this one before I posted this but I cannot find a definitive answer for it. When is the best time to repot and root prune these tree's. I got this one from Evergreen Garden Works in person last summer and Brent made it pretty clear to do root work at the regular time during...
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    The secret life of plants

    Who here has seen the 70's film? There is an experiment shown where they hook a plant up to a polygraph and start hacking on a plant next to it. The plant on the poly shows an emotional response similar to fear. This is repeated time and time again with the same results. I do not think this is a...
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    European Beach chop location

    Hi This is a European Beech I got from a nursery in 2007. It has been full throttle time for it to gain girth in a fairly large grow out box. I just cut off the upper 9 feet of tree and wired up the new extension which should be the at 1/3rd the height of the finished tree. I am going for a...
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    Pond basket source

    I will never order from Pond Depot again. Charged me, 2 weeks ago, no shipping notification, no reply to emails. I am beginning to thing I have been jipped for 40 bucks.:D Does anyone know where to find a good source for high quality pond baskets? I know so far to stay away from the Hagan...
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    JBP training - Creating the base trunk

    Hello everyone, Some of you may remember me posting this Black Pine I had just purchased from a nursery. I am glad I new enough back then to know how to pick one out, low branching, good surface rootage, etc. I did not know much more than that at the time...
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    Boxwood love

    I collected these 2 Boxwoods back in February from my neighbors yard. She thinks they were planted there in the 50's. The roots where very compact with excellent nebari. The new growth flush has hardened off and a new one in beginning. I take this a a sign of success and so now that I am...
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    Redbud 2009

    OK, don't laugh but here is what I have done so far. I cut it back pretty good over winter and it responded with growth patterns all over the spectrum. Some areas are strong (bottom branches) and some weak (upper part of tree). I know that it excedes the 1 to 6 ratio but I am ok with that. I...
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    gonner?

    Well, everyone says live oak is easy but so far I have found it to be most difficult. All the leaves are brown now, in the photo a few weeks ago some were still green. This one had some good rootage due to the fact that I had spaded and fed the tree for about 15 months before digging...
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    Water Nazi's

    Just got a letter in the mail saying Santa Cruz County is under water rationing. We are only allowed to water 2 days a week! Looks like I am going to have to get out my old guerilla farming suit and do it under cover of darkness. unless I can prove to the bastards they are edible! :D...
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    Full Fert after Root Work/Collection Myth

    Supposedly the freshly cut roots will burn? How can this possibly be. I use a High N fert right after the repot because High N relative to P has been shown to enhance root activity. This would put all those high P / B1 "transplant" products out of business if the word got out I guess. Common...
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    Zelkova Broom Beginings

    I have heard that Zelkova is difficult to make into a believable broom via trunk chop so I thought I would give it a try and see if I could pull it off. The first pic is a hardwood cutting afterthought I stabbed into the ground and it actually struck into clay with no hormone. I decided what the...
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    Dremel bits?

    I was wondering how many of you use a Dremel for carving and if so what are your bit selections. I rather enjoy the wire weals for carving small fissures along the grain. Also, has anyone ordered from these guys? http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/CTGY/dremel
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    Live Oak Yamidori

    I have been taking my time with this one. Last year I found this beauty, 6" base by 16" high and about 24" wide. It was about 12 feet tall when I topped it last year. At about the same time I trenched about 20" circumferance and 15" deep. The only problem is that, like I suspected there are not...
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    Black Pine Training

    Hello All, I purchased this Black Pine from a whole sale landscape nursery back in January and I have a few questions on training. I am very well read on JBP Bonsai training however I have little experience. A little back round on the tree first. On Feb. 5th I bare rooted the root bound tree...
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    Redbud session 2008!

    Hello all Ok its finally going to happen a permanent commitment to pot culture or some might say bonsai. A little history first: I got this Western Redbud from an arbor day fest back in 1995 as a 1 yr. seedling, way before I even knew what bonsai was, but I am an arborist so I like...
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    Monterey Cypress

    Hello, I bought this Monterey Cypress a couple months ago from a local nursery and chopped and trimmed it the other day. My 2 ideas for it are drawn out in 2 of the 4 attachments. One version is very similar to how they grow around here in a forest environment up away from the coast a bit...
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    Collecting costal live oak

    Hi Everyone, I am a tree service owner by trade and am fortunate enough to have acess to 200 or so acres to collect whatever I want, carte blanch from the landowner. The site may get developed soon. This place has a plethora of scrub live oak. I just got back from a day of scouting and so far...
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    cali juni's survival chances

    Hi yall, I have 3 california? junipers I collected from a clients yard back in october, They were planted in 1986. This is my first time digging up junipers and I was wondering about the survival chances. The cons: 1) The roots covered 100 sq. foot area along with most of the foliage...
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    chemical fertilizer and fungus

    I think that this should be more of a poll because there is just to much conflicting information out there. Does a chemical fertilizer kill benificial fungus like Michorrizae? I have been organic with everything for years but I enjoy the benefits of Miracid for acid loving species, I try not to...
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    30 year nursery procumbins

    Hi Yall, Old to Arbourculture but new to bonsai. I recently purchased an estimated 30 year old Procumbans nana that had been trained into an upright multiple poodle "technical tearm". It was way overgrown with new runners 2 to 3 feet long outside the poodle tufts. I just saw the potential...
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