Recent content by Aaronkslater

im in zone 5b, bring my big seiju into protection every winter. never had any dieback. had it four years now.

been mixing worm castings and composted chicken manure and filling tea bags. this is the only solid ferts I have given my bonsai for the last two years. they all seem to love it! I make my own worm castings and composted chicken manure. I also feed fish emulsion every few weeks. I'm...

I know I often shovel snow into my cold frame during winter to water the trees. maybe that is why. its just easier than hauling water out when the hose is froze!

awesome

awesome, I learned lots and people stayed civilized. thanks for a good read!!

Wow!

Any advice on digging? I had heard you can’t remove the taproot. Or must do it in stages, true? True or not? I’m excited by what Leo is saying about burr oak. I have been eyeing some up but others have said the leaves don’t reduce so I was hesitant.

The destroy it just for fun seems way more likely than sell it. Think of how difficult it would be to sell a bonsai. Where would you sell it? Many people on here complain that they don't even have a bonsai nursery within 100 miles of them.. what average person even knows that these things are...

Daniel, sorry you got ripped a new one for this post! doesn't seem justified, but, I guess I am thankful for the reminder from those that have been ripped off that bonsai are attractive to thieves. Its pretty surprising since I can't imagine what they would do with a tree? they couldn't sell...

I'm from nh originally, Its been mentioned but bears mentioning again. Pitch pine. I've had great results, barks up early, grows vigorously, responds well to candle manipulation by putting out shorter needles and back buds more than most pines. Don't try and dig mature specimens from sand...

can't get dry stall around here, I even tried to get agway to order... no dice. thanks for the tip on checking hydro stores for pumice

beautiful... do you know what type of cork elm this is? doesn't look like seiju

Barguy... make sure you look at peoples locations before you take their advice too seriously on this so far you have input from Zach Smith in Louisiana and Dave in Texas... Not really going to apply to New Hampshire LOL!!

I'm calling bs on the fact that it takes him a week of 10 hour days to make a pair of shears that he sells for $1000 usd. Thats starvation money in Japan. on the other hand, if it weren't for people paying ridiculous amounts of money for finely crafted objects I couldn't feed my kids, so I...

I want another hinoki from you mark, will these be available in spring?