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Hi Gene The location in my profile is incorrect, I moved back to Windhoek recently....no matter, the growing conditions are probably the polar opposite of their natural range. I can however guarantee that it's not dried out once since budding, its planted in a very free draining inorganic...

Hi Everybody We had a very early spring and I'm happy because everything survived.......but my Silver Birch doesn't seem to be doing well... The leaves are curling up on themselves and the edges drying out, but it keeps budding. I moved it to a less sunny spot but I also seem to...

Hi Everybody I did eventually burn and re-seal the wound.....didn't do much good....3 days later the sap was running again! Anyway, good news is this tree was the first one to bud out, so about 2 more weeks the air layers start going on. That part will be discarded obviously, can't wait...

I just spent the afternoon fighting a bougie.....my hands are stuffed, I hate this species! :-D

There's nothing better than the black deadwood against that green bark.......if you'll get that in bonsai culture is another matter..... Hope that one survives, good start. In nature it's a very sparse tree, think that is the main problem

Hi Do you have any buds on the trunk that could give you further upward growth? If not maybe get rid of a branch and force (wire, guy wires) the branch vertical. Or trim and leave one as a branch and force the other into position as a trunk... On the other hand, it's a seedling, so any...

Hi I exclusively use the split-pot method, more maintenance in that you have to water the layer, but then you can easily take peek. If there's no new growth, there's likely no roots....

Hi Grimmy Thanks, that's something to try before I cut. Funny this - that whitish blob on the close-up is all that's left of the glue, somehow it just never hardened & sealed

About the same time I started, a.k.a. yesterday in bonsai terms :D :D Just goes to show what can be done! Well done, lovely trees, thanks for posting :cool:

Hi I had the same thought, except for the glue - that I use extensively to seal cuts, better results with than without including Zelkova. Not like I used a magnifying glass, but if they weren't termites, they were little ants..... Here's some pics:

Hi Score I would've posted photos if I thought it would help - it's just a leafless tree with a dark brown sap running down the one side..... Unfortunately way too early to start layers or take cuttings....in the middle of Winter here. I'm about 80% sure the termites were wiped out, but...

Apologies to those that've seen this question at IBC, no help there, so let's hope some 'Nutter has advice: I bought several trees at a nursery that's closing down, including 2 Zelkova serrata. Choose the thickest 2, and only later noticed all was not well with one of them......few dead...

Hi I like your tree, definitely going the right way. Elms are tough, if you could put it in a bigger pot for a while and build up the tree's strength, you could go nuts and fix the roots pretty quickly. I recently had to get the last bit of an Elm out of a nursery bag and into a pot to...

Good question, why wire and not bend.....

Hi Fysal I live in an extremely dry climate, and my Zelkova air layers (removed this past season) flourished in a 100% inorganic growing medium - something gathered, not commercial so I'll spare you the details. All the air layers seem happier and grow better than the donor plant still in...

;) Don't cut & discard, air-layer, double up and win! :cool:

Hi Rick I like that tree. :cool:

Hi Dario A pilot would say you're going "balls to the wall" (aka full throttle) with bonsai - well done, you are a great example for others starting out. :cool:

.....I can still taste the burp after swallowing, but the stuff worked! ;)

Good luck, I'm in the same boat (3rd retrenchment of my "career"), but fortunately no debts and only 20-odd little trees in my "family".

Well done Brian, looks great! :cool:

FWIW, same for me, keep it one big tree. I really like what can be seen of the base.

Hi All Because I was worried about this tree I let it go, grew strong but got VERY lanky.... I cut it back quite severely, but some places not severe enough (yet), it's budding like crazy and I'm planning to wait until the growth has hardened a bit before applying wire again. Cheers...

Hi Dario Your tree looks great, marked difference - any specific reason other than time?

Hi If you've got scale, generally speaking there should be ants involved as well.....? Fortunately scale is probably one of the easier pests to handle, white-oil works great. Some over-spray hit a Celtis Sinensis that I recently bought, few days later I saw some black spots on the tree...