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    Mirai Live Plagiarized?

    This thread only makes sense to have if in the OP contains a case for plagiarism, either made by Ryan or someone else. I don't know what happens on Instagram. I also don't know if Ryan said 'oh they kinda plagiarized us' as a half-joke. Or if this is a serious accusation. A way in which I can...
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    Mirai vandalized

    Ah, I wondered why you are a Trump supporter as a German. But now you feel comfortable to outright unload in racist terms. If you think that way about the genes of asian people, what about the effect of genes on the intelligent of blacks or other minorities? Scary to have a German neonazi on...
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    Mirai vandalized

    One would have hoped that you had the wisdom somewhere to know that you should stop talking about politics? Especially after what happened last week. But no, you are way way down the rabbit hole.
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    How close can grow light be?

    Check this video for PAR: So at your 12 inch, if it were at 100%, it gives around 700 micromoles per second per square meter. That is quite high for a ficus plant, I imagine. So no reason to put it closer. There is actually a reason to decide to run it at 80%, namely to save energy because you...
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    How to care for satsuki azalea bonsai

    Actually, what is that silk on that last picture? Also some curled leaves. Looks like it could be an insect pest.
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    Are any of these azaleas worth digging up?

    The deciduous vs evergreen and 5 stamen vs 10+ stamen are incorrect. The text does correct it by saying 'usually' on the stamen. Not quite sure if deciduous azaleas do outnumber evergreen azaleas by a lot.
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    Are any of these azaleas worth digging up?

    I can try to put it in words, and I am sure it will mean something to you. But I don't think my works will do much to instruct you how to also tell them apart. It helps to look at many of them already knowing what they are. It is not anywhere near as hard as telling similar species of pines or...
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    Are any of these azaleas worth digging up?

    The last picture is a rhododendron. I can see, because of the way it looks. You are kind of asking how someone can tell one brother apart from the other. The way you might tell is to look for hairs on the leaves visible to the naked eye, running in a parallel down the leaves. The other pictures...
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    Are any of these azaleas worth digging up?

    These are rhododendron. The third image might be something worth digging up. That said, there are not too many rhododendron bonsai.
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    How to care for satsuki azalea bonsai

    Sorry to hear about your loss. Yes, these are normally outdoor plants. But this one up to zone 7 or so. You are way way beyond that, of course. It looks in very good shape. I suspect it was growing indoors there as well. This is not how an azalea normally looks during winter. It looks like it...
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    Rivka's Azalea 2020-2025 Contest Entry

    Nice job. Surprising to see how little roots it had. But seems like it is doing fine. I would let this one grow uninhibited for maybe 2 years? Yeah, there is more of the trunk to potentially get rid of. But on the competition timescale that would not be feasible. And this tree has a future...
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    So far, so good. Fingers crossed

    Actually, the fan I bought was a USB powered one with a gradient power setting. At the lowest setting, it still burned the small leaves on the smallest cuttings. But that was with direct air flow. So since it was doing more harm than good, I till consider using it again once they have grown out...
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    Indoor lighting questions!

    More UV is definitely not better. A lamp for warming reptiles may contain more IR. The ratio between far red and far violet can be used to control the way the plant grows. If a plant is in the shade, it should elongate to grow out of the shady spot. More red compared to blue (or IR compared to...
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    Indoor lighting questions!

    You want to light up just one plant? In that case, you only need to illuminate a very small area. If you can add 200 micromoles per second per meter squared of photosynthetically active photons, then that will be a very good level of light for a ficus. I also recommend a full spectrum white...
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    Climate change and bonsai

    Trump supporters need to stop whining. Biden will pardon Trump and he won't have to go to jail for all his crimes. But you as a Trump supporter are just as fucked as before 'Trump drained the swamp'. But now you have a whole bunch of representatives and senators that have become confederate...
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    Propagation of Soft Wood Cuttings

    I have no experience with rooting junipers. Apparently, it is very hard and maybe that means one should just let the professionals take care of that. But if one is dead-set on doing this themselves then wouldn't it make sense to do so inside rather than outside? Wouldn't doing it inside be the...
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    Considering root-over-rock azalea forest but not sure (rules and techniques)

    Neagari-over-rock azalea forests from seeds; yup let's try something crazy. I have enough seedlings anyway.
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    ***Harunobu's Satsuki Seeds***

    So we are going to be following one specific Suisen x Hekisui seedling. Right now I have two nominations, codenames uxe-20-68 and uxe-20-126. I guess one can vote on which one to follow, hopefully until flowering. One funny effect the humidity domes have on some seedlings: they fancy...
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    Considering root-over-rock azalea forest but not sure (rules and techniques)

    Yeah, it is a more challenging technique, in general. And I guess more challenging for azalea specifically as well. I was actually inspired a bit as well by those Korean youtube videos. Seems that Korean guy has a completely different style to satsuki bonsai than the Japanese. I saw some super...
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    Propagation of Soft Wood Cuttings

    Ah, yeah I see there is a white one in the dropdown now. I get that you bought one because it is cheap to try it out, and then bought more of the same because you knew it was what you wanted. I checked some youtube reviews. Seems this thing is sold under many brand names, 225 LED 45watt. Sadly...
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    Propagation of Soft Wood Cuttings

    It is not really an issue for you. I just think that if you were just looking to buy an LED, buying 4 of those isn't the best idea. You already have your lamp. The downside of your lamp would be that it uses a lot of electricity. But you probably already had it. And you only use it during the...
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    Propagation of Soft Wood Cuttings

    Those panels may be very good value for money. But I have some issues with buying these. Yes, they are cheap. But 1) they are blurple and 2) the efficiency or PAR values are not listed. I looked into this a bit and it seems that with technology today, you should definitely go with white light...
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    ***Harunobu's Satsuki Seeds***

    Rivian, that is definitely the right way to think. But at this stage, trying to deliberately kill say half of them through drought isn't going to work. Yes, it is going to negatively impact all of them. But I am not sure that those that get damaged and survive would then be the ones with the...
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    ***Harunobu's Satsuki Seeds***

    This Girard's Fuchsia x Hakusen tray was getting too crowded: So I pulled out quite a few and transplanted them to a fresh potting soil/peat-perlite filled tray: It is quite manageable to just pull on them with your fingers and pull them upwards while using a toothpick to loosen the area...
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    ***Harunobu's Satsuki Seeds***

    Ah, good to know some of those are also germinating. No one knows for sure what the 'best cross' is, of course. But Suisen and Kobai are both really popular parents, and pretty different from each other. So it has all the potential. I have some good feelings about that cross. Between open...
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