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  1. RickMartin

    Insecticide use on Boxwood and Holly Trees

    for the first year since ive been doing this my trees have ants. I dispise ants so my question is can boxwood and holly trees take a spraying of insecticide to kill these ants.
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    My Mugo

    I'm trying a mugo pine again, this time in Missouri. I have not had much success at reporting these. I repotted this 2 weeks ago so we will see. Today I cut the bottom and top needles off and wired some branches. I have a couple of options with this tree. I can remove the 2nd trunk and rebuild...
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    Tree ID Please

    I found this one on the way to my sisters house. It was already dug up and thrown in the ditch. I dont know how long it was there so chances of it living is pretty slim but i wanted ro give it a chance. It has real nice taper but the trunk is straight as an arrow. This little tree has been...
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    Procumbins

    Worked this one today. My wiring still needs some work, and i still need to jin and shari the tree.
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    Unusual Collecting Time

    We are going out on a collection dig tomorrow for Ashe junipers. According to our club members December and Janruary are the times to collect these. I'm going big or going home. I'm done playing with small stuff.
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    Lil Juniper #2

    Here's another one Rick
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    My Lil Juniper

    One of my little junipers I have been growing. It has both adult and juvenile foliage which I'm not to happy about, but its still young. This next growing season I'm just going to let it grow. As soon as the foliage pads up top are strong enough I will wire them out. This design will change as...
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    Stone Pine

    Another Christmas special I picked up to play with. These are fun to mess with. I did a lot of needle plucking on all the branches to open it up, mainly needles on the top and bottom of each branch,and also where ever a needle was growing in a crotch. I did some minor pruning with branches. I...
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    Northfork Island Pine Forest

    Well its getting to be that time of year again, when all the stores get in these little trees for the holidays. The depot had a bunch and I thought it would be fun to make a forest out of some. These make terrible bonsai but they make a pretty nice forest planting. Rick
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    Workshop Today Kusamono

    Went to the clubs monthly workshop and they were doing Kusamono in preparation for the fall Home and Garden show next weekend and also for the state convention in October. I figured what the hell I'll give it a shot. Not the best but for our first try not to bad. Rick
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    Workshop Today KusamonoKusamono

    Went to the clubs monthly workshop and they were doing Kusamono in preparation for the fall Home and Garden show next weekend and also for the state convention in October. I figured what the hell I'll give it a shot. Not the best but for our first try not to bad. Rick
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    Spruce Pot

    Looking for ideas on a pot for my spruce. Glazed or unglazed.round or rectangle. It is not a caacade so at least it rules out a cascade pot. Ricj
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    What are you doing this Labor Day Weekend

    My plans are to work a few trees. Cutback the boxwoods. Thin the ficuses, cut back the elm, and work a few junipers Rick
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    Ficus ID Please

    I won this ficus at my club raffle tonight. They told me it was a burtdavies ficus. I cant find anything on that so i was hoping a ficus guru could id it for me.
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    Aleppo Pine

    This is another pine i got from the nursery. Its in its second flush of growth right now. It needs pruned, but not that time yet. Rick
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    Sea Green Juniper

    I picked this up yesterday in the bargin bin at my nursery. I know they dont make good bonsai from what ive been researching, but i couldnt pass that trunk up, although i do have a severe surface root problem. Rick
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    Willow Leaf Ficus

    Willow leaf ficus ive had for awhile. When i got it there wasnt much to it. I fed and watered and let it grow.
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    My Nursery Find

    I found this guy at a nursery about 20 minutes from my house. Its not as big as i wanted but for 11 bucks i cant complain, and its acculimated to the Texas climate.
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    Box Store Juniper

    I got this juniper at one of the box stores. I trimmed all the dead foliage out and dead branches, took growth out of crotches. This is what i have left. This is the front i choose. I will wire it up in the fall.
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    Yaupon Holly

    I purchased this from big box store today. It has a little growing to do but it has nice movement in the trunk. I added some wire for a little extra movement.
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    Yaupon Holly

    I purchased this from big box store today. It has a little growing to do but it has nice movement in the trunk. I added some wire for a little extra movement.
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    Mame Willow Leaf Ficus

    Ive had this little ficus for awhile now and thought it was time to post something on it to keep track of his growth. I did a complete defoliate on this tree on June 22. When i get home from work i will post pics up. It stands about 3.5 in from the soil to where it makes a 90 degree turn to the...
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    Pitch Pines

    I did a little wiring to my pitch pines this evening as the midddle branches were shading the lower branches out. These pines are still in development, i believe they will be 3 years old in august, so i dont want to remove any branches at this time unless a knuckle starts to form at the bottom...
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    Pine to learn on

    I purchased this loblolly pine to practice on while i save up for a good JBP. Figuered for the price it would be good learning stock. The tree has a 2.5" trunk at the base and is approximately 7ft tall right now. During dormancy i will chop the trunk, and grow a new leader. One the trunk pic you...
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    My New Maple

    This is my new maple i got today. Going to try my luck with these. Rick
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