To each their own I have gout so I can't really go quantity over quality anymore, if Im gonna have a drink I can only have 1 or 2, 3 max so for me its go big or go home Im a huge fan of pastry stouts which are usually 12-16% abv. they usually run 20 bucks a 350ml bottle. It sounds like you will enjoy lagers or pilsners. For Pilsners check out Prima pils by victory, and Bilbo by Creature Comforts, I don't know what gets distributed to bama, but when I lived in GA those were 2 I could get pretty much anywhere. Lagers I really like Classic City lager another creature beer. Hope that helps
To try and save you some time, I noticed in some close up shots that you are covering very small cuts with some sort of cut paste. Do not worry about covering these up. The tree will be fine. Cover cuts anything larger than about 3/8" and up. Smaller cuts I usually use a more liquid type of product. For larger cuts I tend to use the traditional gray cut paste putty.
Thanks, Sergio, I probably am being overly cautious, but I have the worse luck with fungus and have lost several maples to it. I am not as bad as I used to be, lol. It is home made concoction, brown latex caulk with a little gray added, then diluted down to a paste been oil and water.@Mellow Mullet. Good work and great tree!
Thanks, Brian. I just now have to work on developing the single apex.
It is difficult to see in 2- D, everything above the branch with the hot-pink tubing on it will be used to configure the new apex. There may be some additions (grafts) and deletions along the way. Gonna see what she gives me to work with this Spring.
@Mellow Mullet I love arakawa’s and this is an amazing example. I’m hoping to cut off my air layer from the parent plant sometime this year. How did the cuttings go? Any update
I am not really seeing it, but it could be...
I have found that arakawa roots fairly easily, I have another that I am working on that is a cutting from this tree, it is about index finger thick now. The cuttings from post 99 did not make it, they were a little large to try to root by just sticking in soil and keeping wet. I knew it was a long shot, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. The new shoots like the ones in the 5 gallon bucket root fairly well, I get about 50% success just sticking them in a pot of soil and keeping them wet.
50% is good for very little effort! What time of the year do you usually take those cuttings because I will definitely give it a go this year. I tried some last year but to no avail. Do you normally bunch them all together or in individual pots?
This worked with -I think- 1 not making it last spring:
www.growingbonsai.net
Thanks for that! I’ll give that a go in early spring, could I substitute the finer top 2/3 layer for maybe sand and grit all my substrate is pre sieved.This worked with -I think- 1 not making it last spring:
Bonsai propagation by cuttings in spring - Growing Bonsai
Taking cuttings is a perfect way to get more plants of your favorite type. Thi spring, I decided to try some Arakawa japanese maple cuttings.
Not sure what the difference will be. I guess it should not be a problem, as long as the sand is not too fine. The stuff I had was all about 1-2mm kernals (0.04-0.08 inch), allowing a nice balance between lots of moisture yet airy. I could imagine that sand and grit are not porous and act differently.
