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They may they may not. That is an extended period indoors and could be enough to restart them. Has to do with their genetically determined need for “chilling hours” now way to really tell though. every day inside isn’t good. As long as their leaf buds remain closed and show no signs of...

Also watering on YOUR schedule -not the tree’s-is a common mistake. Watering regularly every two days is probably rotting the roots. Learning to water properly is the most difficult part of bonsai. First step is to learn when your tree needs it. This can vary day to day season to season...

Privet is an extremely common bonsai subject for mass producers. They're grown by the thousands for export. It's not uncommon in "big box" hardware stores and roadside stand here in the U.S. (and Europe). It's sold as "indoor or outdoor" which is misleading. Trying to keep temperate species...

FWIW you haven’t seen people raise these successfully indoors. You have seen privet in earlier stages of decline. Chinese privet (are positive this is ligustrum sinense-Chinese privet?) These are temperate climate semi deciduous sometimes they drop leaves in autumn in milder winters the...

I mulched in the mid to high twenties probably won’t be an issue. Below 24 with no warm up above 40 in the day is an issue

There is no option. They have to remain outdoors Protect the roots with mulch even if you only have an apartment balcony. Mulch them against the inside walll and make sure they’re watered well. Dry roots are dead roots when it freezes. Water insulates the roots tissues

I was going to say the dark stains visible at the cut site shouldn’t be ignored. They indicate to me there is some sort of tissue infection happening here Similar to verticillium wilt. Don’t think ts that but interior staining like that at the cut site is typical of an infection that blocks...

Kingsville do just fine outside in winter in zone 7-6. I’ve found bringing them inside for the winter doesn’t do much good. I leave them out with pots/roots under some mulch in the garden. Snow cover really keeps them well and out of the wind. Prevents bronzing as well.

I got a low grafted arakawa from these folks a very long time ago. They have bonsai specific trees but I don’t know much about them now. https://mendocinomaples.com/collections

“bronzing” of foliage can happen in sudden or deep freezes. It’s not a huge deal. Pics would help

Container size is NOT an indication of the size of the tree in it. Best to ASK about the size of the tree. Since many of these vendors sell hundreds or even thousands of trees they’re not going to provide an individual pic of your specific tree. But they can give a better idea of what you’re...

I always thought of it like a coral reef. Living built on old tissues/structure accumulated over years and even millenia…

Not contagious To non Texans. Probably genetic or something in the water.

Don’t know. Could be all of the above or not. could be sun exposure. Could be stress

I’ve found that The Catlin cultivar tends to keep green leaves well into winter outdoors. I had one that kept them u til the first deep freeze burned them off. The tree pushed new ones in the spring. Did that for years. And FWIW getting red fall color in Chinese elm is not really common...

That tree was donated by DC area resident and long time bonsai artist Stanley Chinn about 20 years ago I think. It’s a pretty large bonsai about three feet tall. He donated many distinctive trees including that Chinese elm forest in the pic above which is becoming one of my favorites. It has a...

Ha! Don’t listen to anything Texans tell you. 😆They tend to exaggerate—a lot. 😁 I’m from a very long line of Texans. My grandparents used to tell me beware of the TBS -Texas Bullshit Syndrome whenever I was conversing with one. They said believe only half of what some say. Of course WHICH half...

I wouldn’t pay anything. You’re not obligated if you didn’t order it. Mark it return to sender if you haven’t opened it I’d also change your passwords on the account you have ordered from ASAP Whoever sent it has some of your personal information I’d report the shipment to Amazon or wherever...

Nice price but shipping from Japan? Luggage would seem to be a death sentence?

Good luck with those Nick Lenz trees😆 I hear they’re valuable

If you received this from Amazon, etc and didn’t order it you should check your credit card statement. Could be a sign you’ve been hacked. Report it to Amazon/shipper as an unwanted package. Could also be a brushing scam which involves a crummy company sending you an unsolicited crummy low...

After almost a month and a half of closure, the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum is open again. Some pics from this past weekend. Most of the fall color on the trees happened in October when no one could see it. Some color left though. The pics are: From the front gate Windswept Chinese Elm...

Not intimidated. Mostly disappointed that you really don't really want to do bonsai, just show off. Like many young people today, it seems performance counts more than actual accomplishment. Your trees show you're pretty much a run-of-the-mill beginner with no real knowledge of bonsai. That...

worked up because along with that pathetic seedling came a heaping helping of misinformation and plain ignorance. The people he accuses of various sorts of affront and questionable behavior are people I know and people I know are far from what he accuses them of being

You could apply an anti nematode treatment to the soil. Root galls are generally produced by soil dwelling nematode worms that get to to root tissue and cause the tissue to callus forming the gall