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[Fidur]

Today I took pics of some of my trees....

Leptospermum



Juniperus pfitzeriana and dwarf ixora



Pyracantha and Cryptomeria vilmoriniana



Forest

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[The Barber]

About to drive back to Kentucky with my new Korean Hornbeam, thank you so much @JudyB

Now for the drive back to central Kentucky.

 

[ZombieNick]

This weekend's bonsai activities.

Cut back and wiring of my twin-trunk Itoigawa:


Another quick trim on my little Olive:



Took the wire off my JBP (forgot to take a before, but every branch was wired, took a couple hours):


Attended the John Naka Memorial show:

 

[minkes]

Checking my cuttings inside grow box. Very good success with this technique. Trying to root some JM, JBP candles, Elms and few other species.



Field elm cuttings easy to root.





Wiring my JM seedlings







Interestig mutation on this one JM.



Seedlings from seeds of grapes I ate last winter


Catsura seedlings


Probably Acer Tataricum seedlings

 

[MalsRFun in TN]

Checking my cuttings inside grow box. Very good success with this technique. Trying to root some JM, JBP candles, Elms and few other species.

I opened my grow box last night, started May 30, with cuttings in pots and bottles. Kashima JM in pots have roots coming out the bottom. OG JM in bottle is firm so it must have roots, and Shishigashira JMs are still green. I cracked the top open last night and the Kashima cuttings that weren't rooted were shriveled this evening. They got plucked out.

 

[Faisal Ahmad]

This week I have been restyling 3 bonsai's with expose root style.



Don't forget to give anti stresses before changing the soil

 

[mikemking]

Took some pics of my Ficus B. and wondering whether I should be doing some pruning before winter.

https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/new-to-bonsai-ficus-benjamina.66208/#post-1182386

 

[KateM]

Took some pics of my Ficus B. and wondering whether I should be doing some pruning before winter.

https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/new-to-bonsai-ficus-benjamina.66208/#post-1182386

Yes, you can. Good time to do it with enough warm times left for the tree to readjust before coming inside.

 

[rustygarden]

Adding some new monkey poles with recycled lumber . 2 more to go . One of my many goals this year to clean up around my yard . Make use of peoples junk .

 

[SeanS]

I reduced an Ume before work and then posted a question in my Ume thread that I need your help answering!

 

[blackadam]

Kanzan cherry seems ok i guess.. 10 days difference
In september and october feeding with biohumus would be enough or should i get some autumn fertilizer to help prepare tree for overwintering on the balcony?
Coldframe building in progress

 

[bwaynef]

Elm broom step one.

 

[Scriv]

Finished a first styling on this Randy Knight collected RMJ. Not a big fan of the massive rock it's on, but it came with the tree.

 

[TimIAm]

We have ravens that drop random seed in our back yard. 9 years ago I pulled one of these weeds up and planted in a spare corner of my yard. Not sure what species it is.



I flat cut it with a chainsaw once a year. I pulled from the ground 1 year ago and removed most of the growth. Today was mostly hedge trimming to get ready for our Spring season.



Tree is now about 6.5 inches at the waist.

 

[jszg]

I ordered some pines, expecting them to come in March. They shipped on Friday and arrived yesterday I decided to try to put together a forest and then kept three separate (a pair and a lone tree). Hopefully fall is long enough they can settle into the new soil. The "forest" is held together with skewers and wire, I'm hoping that the roots knit faster than the sticks will rot.

They are great quality seedlings, though. Bigger and thicker than I expected. Assuming at least one survives, I think they compare favorably to P. parviflora, the needles are gorgeous and I think will reduce with age and training. They were growing vigorously with plenty of low buds-- and hopefully will continue to do so here.

 

[Attmos]

Today, while just out looking around... I happened to look down and see this odd occurrence. Looks like there's no pigment in half of this little 'Rose of Sharon' sprout, but the one next to it looks fine...
Can someone help me understand what I'm looking at?

 

[KateM]

Could be a variegated mutation. Can you dig it up and see if it keeps the trait?
They do come in variegated varieties.
Here's mine, bought it for landscape. It's called Cookies and cream and has double light pink flowers.

 

[Epos7]

Today I lopped the last air layer off my Shindeshojo JPM. I found it at a nursery this spring, and placed two air layers on the main trunk, and 10 on side branches. I had about 60% success rate on the side branches, and went two-for-two on the main trunk

This was the lower of the two layers on the main trunk.

I planted it in a 7gal fabric pot. Put a couple thin Douglas fir offcuts from the woodshop 1-2" under the roots.

 

[Syed]

Just potted this ficus benjamina cutting in a temporary plastic cup today.

 

[Attmos]

Could be a variegated mutation. Can you dig it up and see if it keeps the trait?
They do come in variegated varieties.
Here's mine, bought it for landscape. It's called Cookies and cream and has double light pink flowers.
View attachment 611273

Sure, I could dig it up. I don't have anywhere to use it for landscaping though. It would have to live in a pot regardless of any bonsai training.
I'd love to have a ROS bonsai and I still have one growing, guess it wouldn't hurt to have two of them, especially if the mutation is desirable.

Haven't heard about variegated mutations yet, I'll do some reading.

Picture is a silver maple stump (I think)