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  1. Shay

    Elm styling help

    Thank you. It's a lot of fun... If you have patience for bonsai, you can definitely do pottery (:
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    Elm styling help

    Thanks!
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    Elm styling help

    Update. New pot made by me... Cheers, Shay
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    Shohin Elm

    Update. New pot made by me... Cheers, Shay
  5. Shay

    Fresh Korean hornbeam seeds

    Hi, Looking for fresh Korean hornbeam seeds to buy. Also willing to trade with Mikawa JBP seeds from Japan. Thanks! Shay
  6. Shay

    Air layering Cork oak

    I successfully layered a large cork oak. it took 2 years and I opened the callus as well as applied hormone several times.
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    Are Italian Stone Pines good choices for bonsai?

    as far as I understand, new growth starts juvenile and mature needles come afterwords.it goes compleatly juvenile if cut back heard and with heard pruning 2-3 times a year you build the initial structure. its very stressfull for the tree but they are very strong and can take this abuse if they...
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    Are Italian Stone Pines good choices for bonsai?

    posted too soon :rolleyes:
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    Are Italian Stone Pines good choices for bonsai?

    These are my teacher's trees (Ofer Grunwald). (His article is in the link above some ware...) Both with fully mature needles and well ramified in 2-3 years. The mature needles are assential to hormone control and should not be removed completely. His method is basically pushing the trees to the...
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    Pigletts Progress

    Thank you for your answer. So if I have seedlings, not genetically identical, but still tridents, I can use them without worry of color/bark mismatch? Last year I have collected seeds from tridents in Jerusalem and have grown ruffly 300 seedlings this year... (:
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    Pigletts Progress

    Hi Judy, I love your piglet... I wanted to ask, are you using cuttings from the same tree for the root grafting? I am asking because I have Trident seedlings and a large Trident that needs root grafting. For some reason all my cuttings from this one failed. I would hate to miss a year for...
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    Root experiment

    Hello, I have some conclusions: 1. The germination percentage was low due to old seeds (last season leftovers) 2. From the ones that germinated, a lot of them died after a couple of weeks. Their tap root was short and in poor health. 3. When I examined the roots of the surviving ones, I saw a...
  13. Shay

    JPB development

    Hi, I don't know if the branch placement is right for this, but I am seeing an interesting tree in this angle with another twist forward... Just a thought.
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    Root experiment

    Oak acorns were how I got the idea. Wanted to see the affect on a JBP as well. I guess we will have to see...
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    Root experiment

    Hello all, I had a fascinating experience with a few oak acorns I planted this season that gave me an idea. I planted the acorns in a colander and at that time had a small amount of soil. so they were planted very shallow (about half an inch deep overall). I figured I'll transplant them once...
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    Shohin Elm

    Got a new pot... (:
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    Nebari work

    The trident didn't go through a rough root work last year. It was the Palmatum. I don't gave pictures of the first trident transplant but I can say it was the first I did to it and it was in a very very poor dirt before that. The container of the trident was packed with fine feeder roots. The...
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    Nebari work

    I think it's like branch development... you get rid of what you don't need early and build what you save from the grounds up. It went through harder root work last year and filled up the colander in no time. Any way it will be a small tree. Shay
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    Nebari work

    the trident wasn't grown in a colander. @M. Frary is right. I guess the reasons for such impressive growth, other than it being a trident, were well drained organic free substrate and heavy fertilizing. Thanks, Shay
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    Nebari work

    Hello all, Attaching some photos of palmatum and trident nebari work done last weekend. The palmatum is an air layer that was detached a year and a half ago and you can see the original trunk diameter as a white circle. it's amazing how quickly the base has expanded. The roots on the trident are...
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    Dwarf Palmatum? Help in identification

    Thanks! Ill update whet it will wake up and with design progress. Regards, Shay
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    Dwarf Palmatum? Help in identification

    Hello all I got this one at a regular nursery. They only had 3 specimens (got them all...) I only saw it dormant but from the dry leaves it had on, they are pinky nail size. Any ideas what cultivar it might be? Thanks, Shay
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    reptilian bougainvillea

    Yes, its a Y shape branch that holds the main trunk. The way the trunk is laying on it, like a snake on a tree, is crazy...
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    chojubai seedlings questions

    The seeds I got were labeled as Chojubai and were sent from a reliable site... What makes the difference? Thank you all for replying. We don't have acadama here and I use lava, perlite and vermiculite in my mixes. Thanks again! Shay
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    reptilian bougainvillea

    I only cleaned up a bit what nature did and "killed" the large branch facing forward and left. taking it easy on this one :)
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