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Sergio, in your experience when is the latest you perform partial and/or full defoliation? Do you have specific aftercare for japanese maples or trident maples based on the timing and type of defoliation?

forgive me but i realize this post is 20 pages long and i may have missed it. What medium are you using to put cuttings in? Straight perlite? Or is there sphagnum in there as well? Thanks

I have already applied copper and Daconil. My needles are not "mottled" in appearance as are yours. Mine are mainly yellowing from the tips toward the base and a uniform yellow. Yours to me does appear to be more fungal in nature. The little bugs Vance is referring to most likely either...

I have had similar issues to you with our extremely humid weather in late spring and summer. What dilution rate do you use for your Daconil? Do you use the pre-formulated spray or the concentrate and mix on your own.

Bonide copper fungicide treatment spray.

It depends on the weather but during spring usually every 2-3 days and then during the summer daily. I've been trying the chopstick again and to be honest it stays wet a long time. I originally posted on Friday and then at advice of those saying might be too wet, went back to my ole...

i started copper in April and continued through with last application at end of Sept.

yes, soil was sifted to eliminate fines. Soil size ranges from 3/16" to 1/4". I also removed top inch or so of soil and replaced in fall after done fertilizing with organics last year.

no akadama? what do you use now for pines?

Do you mean the size of the tree or Kifu Bonsai by Bob Mahler?

yes, i've noticed that as well so one of the reasons it's up off the bench. Just a bit more oxygen for the bottom of the pot.

interesting on the nitrogen blockade. I have been fertilizing rather heavily with Biogold (2 locations ~1.5 Tablespoon in each location at 4 week intervals. Same for my other Scots. I'm assuming watering is the issue or some sort of root issue. Going to really monitor the watering on this...

I've used the chopstick method in the past but don't find it very reliable. Must be my brand of chopstick? 🤷‍♂️ I do usually dig about an inch or two down to see if the soil is moist or drying out. I only water when looks like it's starting to dry out. I think these are sensitive to...

no nursery soil. This was grown from seed so it's been in good soil for past 3-4 years.

I'm struggling to keep this Scots pine healthy. My issue for the past 3 years is that the previous years needles continue to turn yellow (tip first) and drop off. This makes it extremely leggy and difficult to use any back buds. I originally thought that my soil mix was not draining properly...

Looking good! I'm betting it will be hard to resist the urge to build more benches! How deep did you end up burying the pergola posts?

Riverview I will have to check out. I didn’t see any at natures way this past spring but could have missed it

Thanks. I am on the bonsai auctions site. For whatever reason i cannot gain access to the 99Cent bonsai auctions page. Maybe that's where these were put up for sale? I may need to reach out to Martin Sweeney. Thanks for the information.

Good to know. This is what i'm looking for. I may be in touch.

Are these cuttings, air layers?

Does anyone have a good resource for Arakawa japanese maple? It looks like there are some on Brussels but I'm looking for more of a starter plant (1 gallon graft or an airlayer preferably). I am having a hard time locating these online and even harder in person. Most online are out of stock...

yes, I do use hard water. Wondering if that could be it in addition to the full sun factor. I do use in in line filter that helps with chlorine removal and seems to be better for my deciduous trees. I've been meaning to try to use only rain water to see if that helps.

I should clarify and say that this began in summer. I just got around to taking photos now as more and more of my beech started to exhibit these symptoms as summer progressed.

I keep having issues with my beech leaves every year. Any ideas of what may be causing the issue? I have been keeping these in a free draining mix of turface, pine bark, and expanded shale. The leaf margins continue to brown. They start off spring well and progressively get worse through the...

I wish I could recall where I got this image. Forgive me if I can't credit the original source. I saved the image in hopes of someone being able to identify the tree and more specifically the pot. Would anyone be able to identify the source and or pot?