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this thread is awesome, thanks

didn't realize it was planted in the ground. definitely relocate it next spring but don't add insult to injury this year. Just leave it be. til 2025 (location wise). I can't recommend any treatments because I just move my mildewy stuff and it gets better, I've been in your position before though.

to much shade and moist, still air. it'll be totally fine, but introduce it to more sunlight and air flow very slowly. Like penumbra said, it's powdery mildew rom being overly wet and shaded. don't do anything drastic.

this crap is supposed to happen in the "tea house" section of the website, so it doesn't muck up the site for those of us on here for bonsai.

I have heard they hybridize (on this forum) but I don’t know if that’s true. Our native red mulberry is fairly rare and very picky about where it grows. Where as white mulberry is invasive and will grow everywhere, and does grow everywhere. There are never less than 5 white mulberries in my...

Didn’t realize there was such a cool cultivar my native “swamp cypress”. Very impressive composition, especially considering it will only get better.

Jesus Christ, is this thread really still alive? I'm pretty sure this dude is just messing with you guys

Absolutely fantastic

Oh!! And remember to move the trees slowly into full sun or they will get nuked! It sounds silly but if you move the bench 10” at a time or something like that you can ease it into a sunnier location.

Watering my trees with a can is one of my favorite parts of the day. You can always have two spots for your trees too. The current area for things like satsuki azaleas, and a place to move deciduous trees to in the dog days of summer/heat waves. And then a second bench for sun loving things like...

Sounds like an OK minimum, but the duration of sun will be changing all season long. And it might not be linear, depending on over head obstacles, amount of daylight and the suns position in the sky

As far as I can tell (sans experience) your best native deciduous is American hornbeam (american elm is close second) But Pitch pine is the official mascot of NJ so, you gotta..

Right on man, keep going. The idea of a slower growing elm actually sounds pretty nice once you get the trunk diameter your after

Always heard he was the authority on Red Maple but I've only ever seen small grainy photos of his stuff. in my mind he's some kind of ruburm wizard.

I think that’s the best rubrum trunk/root base I’ve ever seen

I don’t see a lot of them either. The only thing I can guess is that the apple-cedar-rust thing scares people away. Beautiful trees though. Especially if you can keep leaf spots at bay

I thought watching golf was the most boring thing a man could do. But then I tucked in and watched the masters one year and I actually really enjoyed it. Heading to Harrisburg by 9:30

I feel that, my wife asks for almost nothing so when she does ask, the answer is "yes" or "ok"

My very first MABS was the day of my sisters wedding. I made it work, it was her second marriage so I wasn't worried about showing up late haha

The very first comment in this thread was….

My life style revolves around making sure my maples have mint condition leaves haha

My backyard is full intense sun all day. It reflects off the sun bleached fence behind my trees and it reflects of the sun bleached bench they sit on. Not crazy ideal but it’s where I can grow them. Anyway… I put up my shade structure around the summer solstice when temps sit around 90F and I...

Sounds perfect then

Sometimes find myself jealous of those doing bonsai on a balcony. Forced to be so simple, clean and deliberate. Hope you get decent sun there. And as a caution (maybe you know this) those zip ties will get very brittle very fast when exposed to sun. Usually two years tops here before they can be...

I wonder if some Australian natives wouldn't be a good choice for your climate. Probably would have to grow most from seed purchased on Sheffields, but I don't know a thing about trees from the Southern Hemisphere. Maybe they are available for sale over in your desert.