Recent content by Robertji

Osoyoung pointed me to JL Hudson, Seedsman as a resource (good info there) and Michael at his Bonsai Harmony website has a discussion about getting female Princess persimmon to fruit without male plants by spraying the flowers with Ga3 while in bloom. Interesting stuff…

Hi, I am trying GA3 on a Stewartia Monadelpha seeds this year. i have had very little success germinating them in the past so I wanted to give it a boost. Too soon to tell though, i just started in November and it is 4 months warm and 3 months of cold stratification. It is relatively inexpensive...

Great Progression! I raided the garden this year for a Weigela but much smaller than yours. Do you think the leaves will reduce?

I read in a bonsai blog that when a collected tree leafs out if there is no extension growth then there is an imbalance between foliage and not enough roots. Is this true? As such the tree should spend the first season in shade with careful watering and misting when possible. My simple...

Thank you!

Hi Judy, what are your temp settings for deciduous on the heating mat. Do they change for day/night time? I have a recently repotted Fuji cherry that is very sluggish…and I want to get it moving.

I have an Inkbird 308 temperature controller and a 1500 watt portable heater from a local big box store. Both have worked well for three years now. I have a backup heater just in case and for when it gets really cold. We get a couple nights a winter of minus 30c temps and with both heaters I can...

I have a heater on a thermostat at 3-5 c so things don’t freeze.

I have a Govee thermometer/hygrometer with bluetooth so I can check from inside the house that works great 17 Canadian bucks on Amazon. It also charts min/max temps etc. I was out in the greenhouse today, it was 25 Celsius 77 Fahrenheit and it was great. Minus 4c outside and 2 feet of snow on...

Hi there, this is my setup in Ontario Canada zone 5. I had the same concern about temperature but was wondering about the chill hour interruptions. A friend who studied horticulture assured me that chill hours were not affected by short interruptions as DSD pointed out. This is my 3rd winter...

Hey there Belleville, I’m just north of Cobourg! I have had lots of success with the John P method. I start checking weekly after they are in the fridge about 60 days and plant the ones up that have sprouted, the remainder at around 90 days. I have tried outdoors with no luck, tridents are iffy...

Shibui, What is your potting mix for the individual pots?

Try canadabonsai.com, he has some on his website

Thanks for all the replies folks, I’ll have to research this sweetgum and look at the leaves, and pay more attention when I buy something.

So I went to take some cuttings today of what was sold to me as a trident maple but I noted the leaf pattern is alternate, not opposite. Any ideas?