Recent content by Jrs1672

I read a quote once, wish I could remember who said it, that has always stuck with me is that Life's 3 mysteries are love, art and religion. Who we love, the art that appeals, and the religion or lack thereof that you follow are each subjective and individual. And bonsai is art. In trying to...

I like the second photo best. Better nebari and more interesting with the branching opened up. Jay

The trees in this thread look like this picture i took in my friends backyard yesterday

My weekends before and after. All suggestions welcome and appreciated. Not sure of the exact species though. Thanks for looking. Jrs

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I didn't know sap would turn white like that. Thanks guys. I feel better now.

I'm not sure what this stuff is. It started on an Alberta spruce Xmas tree I brought home to play with. It appeared on most all the cut sites. Now I see it on both my JBP and JWP. I assumed it was fungus so I started treating it with a copper fungicide but after 3 weeks of weekly treatment, I...

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Update. Got the apex moving forward instead of backward with the help of some rebar today.

Update. I've wired it all out.

Thank you everyone for the input. It has rained a lot lately and the tree does need to be repotted as water isn't draining as fast as it should. I hope the issue is only that it has been too wet lately.

i just noticed this today. I'm not sure if this is normal? Is it fungus? The needle tips are yellowing over most of the cork bark JBP.

Here are photos of left, back, and right sides. The apex still needs to come forward more but I moved it as much as I safely could today.

Is needle removal ok to do now? The fist branch and back branch were completely wired already. They were the only ones I was going to guy wire but I did go ahead a pull down two more that were only partially wired. There's no wiring left to do that the wires will interfere with. But yes, my...

Here's an update. I've continued the work to lower branches. Today I moved the apex to come forward also. I haven't got the fine wiring done yet but will continue working as time allows. I do have a question though...it's obvious that the tree was not de-candled last year as the needles are 2-3x...