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First time I want/need to buy ready to use soil mix for repotting my Japanese maples. After reading a ton of opinions I am still a little unsure what the best mix will be for my climate and my trees. They are in development, I tend to repot every two or three years. I live in Indianapolis, so...

We plan to buy a motorcoach in the spring of 2021 and start traveling the country as part-time RVers on weekends, vacation trips, and spending holidays with family. At some point down the road we plan to do it full-time, sell the house, etc. I have had bonsai for the last 30 plus years and...

I plan on doing a first shaping and wiring of my Sea Green juniper next March after the worst of winter is over. Given that March is always such a mad rush to get repotting and some styling on many of my trees done, do you think I could wire and shape the juniper now? I overwinter all my trees...

Yesterday I received seeds of several western pines I bought online. I bought lodgepole, whitebark, jeffrey, limber, and sugar pine. Should I sow the seeds now and put the pots outside, protected against rodents to get stratified over winter? Or should I just wait until mid March and sow them...

I have been reading the various threads on here about growing pines from seeds, the pros and cons of the various techniques and it's all great stuff. I have a pretty green thumb when it comes to growing things, raised my share of various seedlings, so that's not the issue. I have trees that are...

I have often wondered why you hardly see any bonsai made from Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) or Tsuga caroliniana? I have seen plenty made with its western cousins, but very few with the eastern varieties. Are they not suitable for bonsai? Do they have flaws like sudden branch die-back or...

I am looking to add a Scots pine to my bonsai bench. Either a pre-bonsai, or a "finished" tree. Any pointers are appreciated. Thanks!!

I have successfully air-layered trees before, however those trees rooted all in one season (from several weeks to several months). They were ready to be cut off the mother tree before our winter weather set in in earnest. With the right aftercare I was able to coddle along even the ones that...