Recent content by 63pmp

Ahhhhhh sarcasm; didn't see that.

Hmmmm, showing my age. I have forgotten how long ago it was when I bought that book.

I hesitate to use the term "rule" because one can apply different approaches that contradict to the same species. Also diciduous trees have varying capacity to tolerate stresses. I treat regular JM much harder than a shishigashira. Trident maples tolerate much more stress than a regular JM...

The only reliable information I have was from Bonsai Today articles. Stone lantern (Bonsai Bark) has a "Masters series" collection of these articles put into a pine book. Is very good but articles sometimes contradict each other.

I think overwatering as well. Needs a repot. Black dots are related to manganese toxicity which becomes more available with waterlogging; not a fungus.

Fertilizing is one the most contentious issues on Bnut. Don't be surprised or put off by the myriad of suggestions of how when and type. Personally, you will learn from experience what suites your trees. Initially, I would suggest a little bit often. I don't fertilize my pines or deciduous...

JM can be done, just depends on the cultivar. I successfully rooted Shindeshojo and Kashima, no success with shishigashira, coralinum or okushimo. I found shishigashira would air layer easily enough. Things that helped was to use sterile perlite medium, bottom heat, artificial light for approx...

It will for a little while, but substrate pH is finite and the potting media pH will start to drift, up or down, depending on fertilizer and water quality.

I expect everything to recover after winter dormancy, even those trees that were repotted. Anything that is not healthy is due to something I'm doing wrong, usually it's from being pot bound, which is rare. I don't always get all the repotting done when needed but usually I can carry them...

Could be, looks like how a strawberry gets eaten out. Re layer: Some species of trees will make a lot of callus before throwing out roots. I'd wrap it up and give it some more time. If nothing happens start again in spring. Some trees can be tricky to layer.

This is the kind of damage I get on my J maples from Rolly Pollie's. They only seem to cause damage on J and trident maples, sometime they will ring bark a small branch. Hard to get rid of and seem to be in plague numbers, they love bonsai pots because they are always moist. The little devils...

Just put up a new bench as others were too crowded, thinking I might need another as benches are still cluttered. My benches are utilitarian, they are meant to last forever with zero care. The deck is a ten foot farm gate which comes with a welded steel mesh, heavily galvanized. There is 30...

To me it looks like you got a bacterial infection in the cut, the node were it has died back too is infected. Just have to wait and see if it travels further but if main branch to the left (picture3) starts to die you will have to cut trunk off below the infection. It's a wait and see.

He has probably been asked that question a thousand times, or more. Clearly the inspiration is the Japanese mountains. I saw Kimura at a weekend bonsai event. He was asked to do two or three demonstrations and a workshop. The trees they gave him to work on were aweful, it was embarrassing to be...

I always thought C. pisifera looked like this: http://www.ibotky.cz/img/fotogalerie/9-hrdinka/chamaecyparis-pisifera.jpg There you go, looks like there are more than one type.