Recent content by Mike Westervelt

I'd just cut through it to expose the edge of the cambium and reapply.

Michael's ezos are all large, at least one came from Telperion, the chojubai from Brent Walston

The beauty of akadama is it changes color from wet to dry, when turns from brown/wet to tan/dry on the surface, simply dig down a bit (1/2'-3/4' or 1-2 cm) with your finger and if its still brown your fine to skip watering, if its tan water away.

Attmos, using properly annealed copper wire is almost like wrapping cooked spaghetti around the branches/trunks. Residential copper wire is immensely harder and nearly impossible to apply without damaging the bark. Also you state 10 gauge is really easy, 12 gauge gets a little tougher...

Late to the party, but here is my sifting rig. I used to just shake the pipe handles back and forth Added the springs at the bottom of the pipes, and a plate with pins welded on to capture the springs L

Thanks Adam, although I never met Leo, being a lifelong NW bonsai hobbyist was certainly aware of his significance to the local scene.

Looks great! Curious if you got any idea of the provenance for this tree from the museum?

You need a bigger car Jerry! Thanks for sharing looks like a great time.

I've annealed a fair amount of construction site castoff wire, mostly in an outdoor fire, pull out when just glowing red, toss in cold water. Also used a barbecue but it seems a little harder to get it hot enough. didn't turn out as soft as I'm used to.

Sorry to hear of your friends passing Paul, always enjoyed his participation here. I never got the user name joke, just figured he was Italian

Sounds like an awesome trip Frank, got to briefly meet Ikko at PBE 2024, He and Kakuzan were both very open to share their incredible experience and insights into pottery production, design and construction. Also excited to see how the genetics of your new seed acquisitions play out in the...

Yep, growing tips

Happy Birthday Carol !!!

Ideally you want to remove as few feeder roots as possible with ponderosa, You'll just have to wait until repotting time to see if the large anchor root can be reduced without losing many feeder roots, it may take a few cycles of chasing the roots back to achieve the pot size you are looking...

@Desert O'Piñon asked @milehigh_7 about some creosote bush material collected in April of 2016, I was mistaken about milehigh_7's recent activity on this site, I apologize if it came off snarky