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  1. Salcomine

    First air layer failer, what to do?

    Hi, I have a fairly large lilac that needed a trim this spring so I tried out a few air layers on it. One of them recently started having yellowed leaves so I checked it and there's no root started. I'm afraid the other 3 will be similar, is there anything I can do to help make roots grow...
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    Timing big bends on Ponderosa

    Hi, I got a new Ponderosa and I'd like to throw some big bends into it. What's the best time of year to do this? I'm going to pluck all the needles along the trunk and wrap it with some raffia then apply some thick copper and try and get some movement in it. It's still pretty flexible so kinda...
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    Mugo help

    Hi, I have this mugo pine and it's kinda a mess, i havent really done anythig to it for a few years. I have been hoping to get some back budding to shorten the branches but I'm not sure what I can actively do to promote it. I'd also like to remove a bunch of the branches but not sure how many I...
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    Old juniper in Northern BC?

    Hi, Last fall my cousin gifted me this juniper because it was giving her hives when she worked on it. I don't know what I'm supposed to do with this thing. This is the only tree I have that I didn't start myself and I feel out of my depth. It's was given to her by her father law about a...
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    How much can I chop back this azalea

    Hi, my azalea is done flowering and I'd like to cut it back to get smaller internodes. If I remove the leaves on a branch will it rebud lower? Thanks Salcomine
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    Hillgrown trees

    Hi, i am wondering if anybody has some ideas about how to pot up hill grown trees. I dont know of a better name but basically trees the grow straight out from hills that have trunks that do a sharp 90 turn upwards. I found a couple I am kinda interested in collecting but have been thinking about...
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    Fall collection and spring to do list

    Last fall I tried to do an inventory of trees I acquired over my first year at this. This spring will be my first with trees that need work:D. So I'm trying to sort out what each tree will need this year. I have sort of sorted them into 3 groups: repotting, chopping and resting. I don't have an...
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    Some pinus contorta, I think?

    Hi my friends grandmother has this little guy planted in her back yard, I am thinking it is pinus contorta ie lodgepole pine. I've just recently started trying to identify the pines in my area and hadn't seen one this small and old.
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    Hi from up north

    Hi, I am new to bonsai. I have always loved trees but am running out of room to plant them so the idea of small trees in pots is super appealing. I have always thought of bonsai as Japanese maples in pots but since I am up in zone 3, where they are annuals, I hadn't given it much thought...
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