Search results

  1. B

    Amazing Trees

    I'm attaching a link to an article that contains photographs of amazing trees. Warning for the faint of heart: it contains one somewhat naughty picture that is definitely NSFW. Here it is: thttps://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/07/an-appreciation-of-trees/534153/
  2. B

    Amazing Trees

    I'm attaching a link to an article that contains photographs of amazing trees. Warning for the faint of heart: it contains one somewhat naughty picture that is definitely NSFW. Here it is: ithttps://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/07/an-appreciation-of-trees/534153/
  3. B

    Late bloomer or heading for an untimely demise?

    I've had this little ginkgo for a couple of years. I put it in a training pot after the first year. This year, when it looked like it was pushing, I repotted because it didn't really seemed to be thriving in the original soil mix. The roots were worked some, but not drastically. This was in late...
  4. B

    Repotting dilemma

    The repotting line up was too ambitious this year, what with the demands of work. What's left are three medium pines, two JBP and one JRP. All have been in their pots for at least 4 years, maybe more. The black pines are vigorous, the red less so. None of them drain well. The options seem to be...
  5. B

    The future of bonsai?

    Ran across this interesting article last night: http://phys.org/news/2015-11-team-electronic.html. This may be fanciful, but it made me wonder if, years hence, excellence in bonsai will be recognized by the extent to which one is able to manipulate their trees electronically or with other...
  6. B

    Trouble with Cork-Bark Elm

    I've had a cork-bark elm for at least a decade. For years it's been a broom. Kinda meh. And it's always had trouble: root rot in summer, branch loss over the winter. With emergency repottings and winter pampering it's limped along. About a month ago I noticed quite a bit of the foliage on the...
  7. B

    A (Humble) Maple Progression

    This is one of three maples I got as a seedling ten to twelve years ago. It was growing in a friend's yard that was planted with many cultivars of Japanese maples. Miraculously these saplings stayed alive over their first winter. It turned out that their leaves are small; their internodes are...
  8. B

    Malathion - Does correlation imply causation here?

    Yesterday, after a month of rainy weekends, I was able to spray my trees with Malathion to control the ever-growing insect population snacking on them. Yes, the label was read and the recommended mixing ratio was followed. I've used this stuff for years. Never a problem. Today, I noticed that...
  9. B

    Progressive Maple Challenge

    Here is my contribution to the progressive maple challenge. It is a trident that was acquired last year from a small bonsai nursery in Greenville, South Carolina. It stayed in its nursery container last growing season. Aside from some light pruning to encourage back budding, it was allowed to...
Top Bottom