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"Carbon dioxide levels were monitored daily using a gas chromatograph equipped with a thermal conductivity detector." I'm going to need a bigger credit card. Gassing with CO2 is going to be difficult with my tree converting it all in to oxygen. Oh, please. I use cereal bowls bigger than...

An emerging 9mm hollow point bullet. I shot the tree in the back.

I have no proof of which way to face BCs. It is currently a theory with anecdotal evidence.

If the termites are still there in December, I'm going to take the tree out onto Blind River in my kayak. There's a place where the water runs clear. I'll tie an anchor to the tree and let it sleep with the fishes for a few days. Then I'll go pull it up and bring it home. How long does it take...

At just over 39 inches by 24 inches (1m x 61cm) and weighing in at I-Can-Barely-Lift-It pounds, this is my largest pot. Should I be repotting this while the tree is leafing out? Most likely not. The tree was collected in Fall of 2022. Like everything else, it was placed into a non-draining tub...

That's a California response. In Louisiana, I told a state trooper that I had a weapon in my glovebox. He said "As long as it stays there, we'll be fine."

Close. I only had a Glock 17 9mm in 2022. I didn't get my Sig Sauer 1911 .45 until last year. And the tree was placed in full sun facing south. Because I shot the tree in the back, the eruptions are in the front. So the front got baked in the sun, creating the deadwood. In an...

Okay. I'll play this game. Me: I'm firing .45 hollow point rounds into the back of a tree as a carving technique. Old bonsai growers? Me: I'm removing the top of a tree by pulping it with a sledgehammer. Old bonsai growers? Me: I've placed a hot piece of uranium glass in the middle of these...

That statement is quite profound. Would you be able to recall who said this? I'd like to use the quote. Apologies to Robert Frost: I shall be developing bonsai Some quite cheap or at great expense: Two roads diverged shaping wood, and I— I took the one where less monies lie, And that has made...

This is on the side of a large bald cypress I collected in September of 2022. A large dead area developed beneath the bark. When I removed the bark, I found a gray mass. Anyone know what it is? Bald cypress, especially larger ones, will develop significant dead zones on their trunk. Once...

I'm waiting for the trunk to begin swelling at the concrete before actually encouraging new roots to grow. Here's the idea: Right now the roots beneath the concrete are fully employed. If I cover the base now, the trunk will grow only a few roots above the concrete. So waiting for the trunk to...

I'm going to cover the concrete at the right time. That's a problem for Future Bill. I can already hear him bitching about how much work it is. However, using my MK-101 wet tile saw will likely come in handy.

People who stack too many replies into one post piss me off. Yamadori - mountain collected Numadori - swamp collected Yamidori - night collected "Come back to me in ten years" usually works. "Crape" because mine are all crap. "Myrtle" is properly pronounced "MOY-tle" I use radius to keep...

This is one fantastic looking tree!

Cutting out all of the cambium makes me a little nervous. However, I do realize I'm taking a much slower route. Thank you for the link!