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thank you so much for documenting your work. It is fascinating and the results are amazing.

Wow, is this the "green helmet" style that is talked about?

what is the species?

I maintain numerous RO bone compositions. One of the real issues when planting root over bone is that bone breaks down, this requires ongoing cleaning and periodic applications of epoxy. I have found untreated bones or skulls start really degrading after a decade. For me, I have found that...

This tree grows clots of buds at most growth points every year regardless of how fast it grows--I think it may be a special cultivar but I am not sure.

I also have a Scots that I think needs attention. It's pretty heavily ramified already and moving into refinement. I am not overly focused on back budding. Mine has clusters of small buds at the ends of most of the branches, they are singularly at the branch tip and also stepped back in 1/8"...

I think of it sequentially, therefore, there is a little blurring as a said bud moves through the progression and whether it is manipulated: Bud (there are different kinds of buds), candle (there are different stages of development of candles), shoot( there are different stages of development of...

Good Lord

Nice trees. Great material.

What you shown I believe is not a RO filter. A cheap RO system usually includes at least one sediment filter and one RO filter, the cheaper ones are slower and don't believe their claims for high output.

Yup, the dudes a Bonsai legend. I recently heard a story of how he walked into the famous Japanese show the Kokufu-ten went up to a displayed tree, eyeballed it, and immediately commanded the attending Japanese apprentices to adjust the orientation of the stand a fraction of an inch, which they...

I have water that tests: conductivity 480, total hardness 210 (rated hard-anything over 300 is very hard), calcium hardness 160, PH 7.9. I struggled with issues related to water quality for years until I switched to a rainwater collection (1000 gallons storage and RO augmented system. I suffered...

Very generally speaking

Yup, you be smart. Same for me, the vole would decimate everything eventually, that and that odd years where it approaches 50 below--in the years before my storage crypt of doom some precious irreplaceable trees perished from deep cold and I will not forgive myself.

I will be there so I will!

Twisted Genius: The Eccentric Bonsai Artistry of Nick Lenz" National Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the U.S. National Arboretum Sat, Oct 26 - Nov 17 10:00 am - 4:00 pm I and other Lenz students and friends will be showing Lenz art at this unique retrospective. A tribute to Nick Lenz a pioneer in...

Your such a good explainer on process, simple but specific and infinitely understandable. Can you share a description of your" regular bonsai repotting process"?

Aside from the great horticultural properties of akadama have you considered its importation as an unsustainable practice? I would think Japan will cease exporting their own specialty soil at some near point.

Thank you for such a detailed and succinct explanation of your process.

Repotting is a lot of work and a pain, one gets overwhelmed, especially in the spring and then repotting gets neglected, trees decline. This has been my story for 4 years. Trees have died.

Zone 3 Minnesota. The fresh and young ponytails show small specs where the buds are but I usually I don't look--I just remove 2/3, which leaves a couple of buds usually but often I don't care as long as there is one bud. The intent is site bifurcation but also pushing energy back to interiors...

My opinion is Ryans modality with larch do not seamlessly apply to most of us because of his growing techniques and climate. Larch grows like ditch weed there. It is like giving advice on growing house plants in your yard in NY city as opposed to southern Florida, the amount of growth he gets...

As always thank you for sharing your succinct and specific knowledge on this oh so frustrating issue!

You are an amazing blueberry man

I really think any future disentrenchment from the predominant culture established bonzo etiquette, and a movement toward one that is more authentic and able to evolve, will first take place in the aesthetics of the display format: The whole gamut of the Japanese tradition of display...