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I got bored, the 10 day forecast has no low Temps below freezing, and I have means for protection. Therefore, I checked on two of my surviving Japanese black pine cuttings. I started a mix of candle cuttings and stem cuttings in May or June 2022. I used coco coir / perlite and rooting horomone. Below are the results of 6-7 months post cuttings. I think the two that lived were semi- hardwood cuttings (from previous years candles) of my three year old pines. I don't think the candle cuttings made it but it's hard to tell because I just stuffed them all together.

Two survivors. Lots of roots on the one in my hand
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The second one has fewer roots so I pit it back in the container.
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I cut the roots and put the first one I'm a mame size pot
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I added shade cloth before the upper 80s came last week.
Overall, things are doing well.

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I've had great success doing J.Maple air layers so I've got another layer on this tree that I've raised since a seedling.
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Trident Maple Broom Style. I was going to let the growth run longer to thicken up. However, the top of the trunk was swelling so I figured I would chop them back to build density of twigs instead of girth. IDK, first time trying this....I have a couple of root grafts buried as well. The, uh, weed-wacker got a hold of one of the grafts earlier in the day so I moved it to safety. It will live though.
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Blauuw Juniper that finally rooted after about 15-18 months. I think I tried it in Sept 2021. I checked it last year and it had 0 roots. This year, I could tell it grew so I checked up on it and it had a healthy root ball. I gently wired it and put it into APL mix instead of my old rooting mix
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It looks like I added the shade cloth a bit too early and it probably contributed to some diseases earlier this summer. I had mites on several junipers and needle tip blight on a hinoki. However, they have been treated and recovered. Note for next year: wait until June before adding shade cloth!

Here are some photos.

This kishu had mites really bad in May/June. Its looking a lot better now
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General view
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JM developed from seed. Cool tree but very poor taper
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Red maple from root cutting
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Ibo Nishiki is barking up and its only about 3 years old from cutting
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This is probably my best Juniper cutting I made. Its a 2-3 year old Itoigawa
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Sekka Hinoki
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Hinoki that had needle tip issues. It is recovering
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Mikawa Yatsubusa J.Maple

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2 Y.O. JBP first styling
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Massive J. Maple I won at the club auction recently. I'll be working on this in the spring
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Trident Maple Broom
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J. Maple - large rough bark
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Arakawa seedling - twin trunk
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Azalea from old backyard
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Cotoneaster mame
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A couple updates just to keep my progress report coming along. I added more to my fence and I am in the process of constructing pedestals for larger bonsai.

JBP from Comstock
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This is the current vision. I might repot on this angle soon
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Kingsville - it needs a different pot, maybe a semi-cascade yellow glaze and filling in along the center trunk
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Azalea named "Octopus" due to the arm-like nebari, the trunk scar that looks like an eye, and the dead portion on the lower left that looks like a beak
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ROR JBP from my 2 year old seedling. Some of the roots fell out of position with the raffia. I should have used something more stretchy with more tension. Ill probably redo it in spring
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One of several free J.Maples from a friend's yard. The trunk is discoloring so its not a good sign for survival. My other smaller J.Maples that I dug that day have not discolored. 2 year old JBPs in 6" net pots below. I put a bunch more JBP in net pots
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Shimpaku cutting field grown on a saucer for 2 years then repotted
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mini-shimpy
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JBP seedling from 2022
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JBP cutting from 2022. It has a really nice nebari
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I started repotting my younger stuff, built on to my fence, added two pedestals and stain. I put some plants out on the shelf recently with a warm spell but they went back on the ground or garage. I planted a butterfly bush on the far left to hide the cinderblock a bit.

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A couple Japanese Maples threaded through jar lids
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Trident Maple Ground Layer Attempt for this poor thing that I tried growing in the ground on a tile. It was in poor soil and a poor location in the yard so it didnt really help the roots. I was more focused on healing a scar from a good sized trunk chop. It healed well in about two years. Now, lets see if I can fix the base.
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