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  1. hemmy

    Ashe Juniper heading back home.

    How did the Ashe Juniper adjust to your new climate? Does the above still hold true? I guess your new zone is still within the zone range. I saw a reference for down to 6a in the ground, which is my new zone. But then adjusting down another zone for being in a pot might make me too cold. Even...
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    The Lazy “Four Legged Apprentice” Thread

    Boy, they grow up fast! (The pup not the scraggly coast redwood)
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    Bonsai Central, Collinsville, IL (near St. Louis) USA, May 3-5, 2024

    I’m all registered! Got in back in Nov. and in a couple workshops. Now I just need my work schedule to line up. Fingers crossed. I probably won’t know anyone, so I’m open to meeting some fellow ‘Nuts!
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    Final countdown for entries!

    Out of ~100 original contestants? 10% in bonsai growing seems pretty good.
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    Final countdown for entries!

    Same, I came this far with my Charlie Brown tree. I might as well cross the finish line! But it’s going to look so much better in another 6 years, I promise!
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    How To Properly care for a Japanese Maple Bonsai in the winter?

    I’m further south zone 6, our rabbits are still out and about. They will eat anything on the ground not fenced our protected somehow. Rats and mice can also be pests.
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    How much sun do pines need during winter dormancy?

    Outdoor shade, partial shade, and indirect sunlight are all quite a bit stronger than indoors even when close to a window. There are some apps that can measure light intensity. They aren’t not accurate but can give you an idea of relative differences. You’ll want as much sun as possible when...
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    Got 12K?

    Well that’s just silly. Given the right amount of disposable income, 99% of us are buying Mirai trees. Heck, if I didn’t have kids, I’d probably have some Mirai trees even if I couldn’t afford it!
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    Bonsai Central coupon code giveaway contest (ends Dec 15, 2023)

    I just registered! I’m most excited for the vendors. My pot shelves have a real lack of glazed, rectangle containers! But it will also be great to see some high level trees. I’ve been fiending for a regional bonsai show after leaving SoCal last year.
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    Got 12K?

    But only $1,128.30/month from the online loan shark! It would probably be paid off in a mere 30 months! Lol I need to find a bonsai nursery that has the old K-Mart lay-away program!
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    Early Hard Freeze, Before Frosts?!

    I don’t have a spot to go directly on the ground that is safe from rabbits. But that would have only protected the roots? The rest of the frost susceptible plants in the ground all died back. I’d like to get a nice ponderosa pine bonsai. My overwintering for the JBPs would probably be too...
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    Early Hard Freeze, Before Frosts?!

    I did the shuffle last year and got some ok Fall colors. Well, I didn’t do the shuffle this year and it looks like freeze damage on the tridents instead of Fall color! But the Chinese Elms, Cedar Elms, and deciduous oaks didn’t appear to have any damage. The cork bark oak also stayed out with...
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    Damage to Portulacaria afra leaves

    No hail, plus some were under shade cloth and an overhang. I think I would have noticed that many grasshoppers, our yard is small and we don’t usually have many. I suppose I could have missed thrips. But the damage is only on the top and the plants are 60ft apart. I’ve only ever had mealy bugs...
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    Damage to Portulacaria afra leaves

    I just brought the larger dwarf jades inside this past week and noticed damage to the leaves. Then I got to looking at them all closer and all of them had similar damage. Large plants in sun and small plants in a different spot in the shade all have the same damage only on the upper side of the...
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    undiscovered native US trees?

    VERY cool old thread! I’m finding callous formation to be very slow on M. pomifera. Which makes sense since it doesn’t need to callous fast with the high tannin(?) content of the wood. I’d love to see collected ones from rivers and creeks on collapse banks.
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    Mirai new nutrition concepts

    I thought it was said that Mirai was going to offer the specific products once the routine was better established? With the costs of the tests, even discounted for bulk, I have a hard time believing Mirai would make very much money off of this process. I tend to believe that they are doing it to...
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    Natural co2

    How are you liking the bags? Now that my tropicals are back in the 350 ft3 grow room (5’x10’x7’) inside the garage, I’m looking again at CO2 and if I should try and raise it. I’m thinking of getting a controller to use as a meter and then I’d have the electronic control option.
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    Mirai new nutrition concepts

    But what is “balance”? Did they sample dozens to hundreds of the same species in the wild and nursery cultivation? Also, he’s said before how low his irrigation water pH is and it seems to me that is a big factor in his container environment. It is so different from the vast majority of us with...
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    Tropicals migrating inside

    Thank you! About to go to sleep and scrolling this thread reminded me that I forgot to bring my baobab inside! lol It leafs out late and is just now pushing after a prune, so I’m getting it sun while bringing inside below 60F. I brought the rest of the tropicals into the grow room on Oct...
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    Moreton Bay Fig - is it too late to train?

    You must be doing something right if you’ve been growing it for 40yrs! What form our canopy outline do you want? A broad, wide Banyan canopy or something taller? Look at larger trees and pictures of Indonesian ficus bonsai on the internet. Does the bonsai nursery have mature ficus or other trees...
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    How does sun affect the color of Maple leaves.

    Have you tried this? I have some tridents under shade cloth. The original leaves got sun burnt before moving to shade cloth in late spring. But was hard pruned and has nice younger leaves still in good condition. We just had a front move in and our long range forecast is for temps to drop below...
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    When Does Fall Repotting Begin?

    Thank you for the correction. Thanks, I’ll give it a go with up sizing chojubai cuttings and full repot on a slightly larger one since they will go in the garage.
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    When Does Fall Repotting Begin?

    I’ve seen the posts about some professionals repotting Chojubai in the summer along with the more recommended Fall timing. My question is when is Fall? And how long before a potential first frost do you need to repot. Zone 6a NE KS, our avg first frost is Oct 22nd. It looks like it will be...
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    Grow moss vs. transplant moss

    At the Huntington garden collection, we would smear on worm castings (purchased) then apply the transplanted moss for the trees going out to public display area.
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    Extended season starting trees indoors

    Does the “too cold or too hot too quickly” have any applicability to full spectrum LED grow tents for older tropicals? I was in that 10-15 degF drop from day to night But I battled chlorotic-like issues which seemed to be in part from the lights being too close. It’s a 5’W x 7’Hx10’L poly grow...
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