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my bougie isn't bonsai, but I always cut mine back before bringing it indoors for the winter. It just makes it easier to handle and fit indoors after growing all summer on my patio. I have never really cut it back as hard as you are talking about t. These do root like weeds, and I have rooted...

I know many have great success striking the cuttings in soil, I have noticed much better results using these plugs: http://www.atlantishydroponics.com/VIAGROW-Viagrow-Super-Plugs-72-Organic-Seed-Starter-Plug-Tray-5467 I have found that with a bit of water in the bottom the plugs act like a...

could not post these in pm, so I decided to post them here. I have a few more, that I can email. The largest healthiest are from 3 years ago. If you are interested I'm sure we can work something out.

I'll second steve at plant city bonsai. I've bought a few of his junipers and I am very happy with all my purchases. When I have had to leave town, I have had him watch my trees as well. I have found that steve's material is better priced for the quality that you receive. I do however, shop...

I would graft shipmaku for a few reasons. To me the foliage is much more desirable, particularly that of the kishu shimpaku, which I have been propagating for the last few years. So whips for approach grafts or, buds for bud grafting are readily available to me. Second, it would solve my...

Here is how the tree stands today:

I made almost every mistake possible with this tree. However, it is still alive, and is one of my favorite trees. A few branches slightly split with the aggressive bending I did this spring, implementing its new design. So I stopped styling it part way through, and have allowed it to recover...

the other half of the tree had most of the foliage farther away from the trunk. I really like the base of the trunk, but I have been struggling what to do with it. So this spring I split the trunk, where the trunk naturally split into two different directions and began pulling the main section...

This is the main tree after it's first styling this spring. It has backbudded in a few spots, I just have not committed to regrowing a few branches completely from the trunk. I am debating attempting to graft shimpaku foliage onto the tree.

This is how I puchased the tree two years ago. The first spring I separated the two trees when I repotted, then allowed them to recover for the next year. They have been very leggy with the foliage out away from the trunks, since I purchased them.

I've been having increasingly better luck at shimpaku cuttings since I started taking them three years ago. I will wait until the tree is completely dormant typically mid to late january here in atlanta. I will then take all the cuttings from the tree, then re-cut them on a cutting board...

I have had some success with my (kishu) shimpaku cuttings if you want to try again, I would be willing to let a couple go. My cuttings from this year are doing well but you would have to be careful with them as they are still getting established. I have some more established cuttings...

In this particular instance the education would be nothing short of monumental and in all likelyhood unobtainable anywhere else. The chance to be offered a job from the internship would be career altering, and probably life changing. I would compare it to the major league, just in the culinary...

This is an interesting thread. We call this a stagiaire in the culinary field and it is quite common and in my opinion the standard at the finest restaurants. One of my cooks was just offered an unpaid stage at a very nice restaurant in Illinois and it was immediately disclosed that he would...

you're not the only one, i'm still waiting as well

Very well put zenshi

My masakuni works great as well. I got mine at bonsaimonk. its only 43.55 there and I didn't have to worry about shipping.

i purchased mine at bonsaimonk you may have to call to get them however, I've never seen them on the website. I think weetree may have better prices on them, but i didn't want to deal with shipping

A couple of weeks ago, I repotted a few junipers. All had major root reductions done to them. Since then the new growth has exploded. I was just wondering how long I should wait before I begin to pinch them back. Chris

I'm in atlanta and using the same mix as frank for the last two years. akadama/lava/pumice if you don't want to go to the monastery call steve at plant city in cleveland ga. His prices may be a bit higher for soil but it may save you a drive. He has much better stock than the monastery. Chris

rumor has it that the place where i've bought my nursery stock juniper used dynamite. an old nursery in florida used the junipers for cuttings for years. then for some reason or another the owner decided he didn't need them anymore, put them in a field and tried to blow them up. they didn't...

Hey chubbos, still waiting for those pics, I for one would really like to see this tree. Christopher

I had the opportunity to attend a workshop with Kathy Shaner through the Atlanta Bonsai Society, and I would consider it my best investment in bonsai so far. There are so many subtleties that you can't learn from a book. Christopher

It doesn't really sound like a personal attack. The only bad things you Vic and rockm had to say was that it was overpriced. But none of you have actually held or used the tool (which would add a lot more weight to your arguments). And given the initial release of the tool sold out rather...

roflol thankyou cquinn I almost spit my beer onto my computer when i read that. I would put that into my signature if this wasn't such a family oriented forum :rolleyes: