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can't you move benches around then?

I am with @RKatzin . This is ababy in bonsai terms. Let it fatten up. A healthy Larch closes all cuts you dare to make, and you will have trouble it NOT closing a wound. Make sure you grow the trunk thickness and add taper by repeated chops. For all other branches, hold back growth as...

yeah.. half an hour for me..

Sprinkling of frost last night; had my olives back indoors.. Deep frost next week expected, if this holds, I will have to put all my trees inside. :(

This is a set of criteria that is not going to come together.

lol. not sure if I feel complimented or insulted. Ah well, the first is easier. Thank you

Sun exposure vss shading has a massive influence on coloring of bark

Note.. It is a perfectly smooth pot; It is all in the glaze!

Pulled the tropicals from storage and out into the greenhouse to get them to wake up.

I think about the peak of flowering. And with the little branch in the top removed.

fair point!

I do not care what that article sais. In practice I have never seen anyone show a maple that really recovered from an infection, no matter which treatment. If young small plants like what you are showing are infected by pseudomonas, the best course of action is to start over, throw away all...

It might, but it does assume your trees will need constant wetness and that you can regulate the amount of water coming in and out. Your substrate is tricky as it will hold too much water in buffer and can become an airless muck. I would be less concerned when you have a more open, mineral...

If you have weather brushing the 80F, why are you not repotting already? Such a fast switch in weather!? T-Shirt sunny weather here yesterday, warm enough to sit down with a drink on our sheltered seating area. Now under warning of strong windgusts monday, tuesday, as the next wave of rain...

It cannot and no, it wouldn't. Good substrate and watering are key.

Acidity is typically not good. I would not spray with limes.

the only way is up!

They pop buds from the trunk all the time in my garden. I am pretty confident you will get good backbudding on it. I would certainly help dig and see whether you can find a decent way to cut it back and rebuild.

hahahaha, I cnanot believe an actual discussion was the consequence. Just thought this video had a nice parallel with some discussons in bonsai

tip to get more roots higher up, make sure you provide the right conditions. You can even consider a tourniquette around the roots an inch from the substrate surface and trigger new side-roots so next your you can plant at the desired depth:

Well.. Nigel Saunders comes to mind.. I think I would be the European Nigel Saunders. More trees than you can show on video, always something to do, and wondering why I hold onto a paid job.

🥰 Not really inner conflict. More.. How do you judge the value of a trunk and is it really a good deal - Peer assessment so to say :)

That's just a lame thread :rolleyes: :eek::D🤪

So.. I was passed a tree for sale. This tree is about 5-6 hours drive away, and at 850E in a pricerange where I normally do not buy trunks. Driging up and down will take a day, and add a tank of fuel -> 100E. All in all, it is a 1000E trunk... That being said.. It is a big trunk, with old bark...

Just for fun and giggles I hate it when people just BUY their way into a good bonsai ;)