Jose Fonseca
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Hi Bonsai Fam,
So I received some bare rooted white pines on Feb 19 and today(11 days later) I notice a white fuzz on one of the pines lava rocks. So after reading Michael Hagedorn post regarding root aphid I had to investigate.
Michael Hagedorn article: https://crataegus.com/2023/02/10/whats-a-root-aphid-and-whats-mychorrizae/
I brought the tree into the house to look at it using a microscope. To me it looks like Mycorrhiza but thought it would be great to share and get some other peoples opinions.
History of the tree from time left Japan till now:
• Imported from Japan
• Trees treated and sprayed with anti fungicide and pest
• Received the tree Feb 19 bare rooted in spagmoss
• made a Rhizotonic bath for the root and left tree for 30 min
• Dusted and added in the soil "mycorrhizal Correct Planting Routine"
• Potted the tree using boon mix 1-1-1 (Pumice, Akadama, and Lava
• For the 11 days it was misted 5 times a day for 10 sec and on a moisture heated(65f) tray.
• Room temperature stays above 45-50f and humidity between 78-89%
I also did the same looked at 2 other small trees I imported and repotted the same day to make sure it was not only one tree with this whit fuzz.
The trees look healthy so far but too early to tell. I included some pictures from the microscope. I can not upload video here so I added it on my site so you can view the video from the microscope.
So I received some bare rooted white pines on Feb 19 and today(11 days later) I notice a white fuzz on one of the pines lava rocks. So after reading Michael Hagedorn post regarding root aphid I had to investigate.
Michael Hagedorn article: https://crataegus.com/2023/02/10/whats-a-root-aphid-and-whats-mychorrizae/
I brought the tree into the house to look at it using a microscope. To me it looks like Mycorrhiza but thought it would be great to share and get some other peoples opinions.
History of the tree from time left Japan till now:
• Imported from Japan
• Trees treated and sprayed with anti fungicide and pest
• Received the tree Feb 19 bare rooted in spagmoss
• made a Rhizotonic bath for the root and left tree for 30 min
• Dusted and added in the soil "mycorrhizal Correct Planting Routine"
• Potted the tree using boon mix 1-1-1 (Pumice, Akadama, and Lava
• For the 11 days it was misted 5 times a day for 10 sec and on a moisture heated(65f) tray.
• Room temperature stays above 45-50f and humidity between 78-89%
I also did the same looked at 2 other small trees I imported and repotted the same day to make sure it was not only one tree with this whit fuzz.
The trees look healthy so far but too early to tell. I included some pictures from the microscope. I can not upload video here so I added it on my site so you can view the video from the microscope.
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