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Nice start for a free tree! I like the subtle movement on the last pic. I try and put the large cuts to the back of the tree. I’m not seeing the reverse taper. But 1st chop needs to be cleaned up from the flat cut. Take it down to ~45deg. I wouldn’t chop the leader until you use it to heal the...

I wouldn’t use an app, I’m fine on an analog timer. I get temp and humidity from another sensor.

Mine is the SE3000 3x3 and older so it still has an analog dimmer. For your space pictured above and if price is a factor, you might be able to use two 1ftx1ft, linkable and dimmable versions from a cheaper brand like VivoSun or Vivapar which have been good for me. My two 100W cover a 2’ by 4’...

Yes, full spectrum. I have 300W SpiderFarmer lights and run them 40-50%. They would be too bright for a living space. I also have a VivoSun and ViparSpectra 100W LEDs from amazon. They have worked well the last few years. Get dimmable. My SpiderFarmer are also linkable so they one controls the...

I’m looking for info/guidance on managing sacrifice branches on these twisted pomegranate. I have 2 twisted pomegranate bought as pre-bonsai from a sale at Jim Barrett’s house in 2019. They were allowed to escape root for a couple years. Each had its first repot over the last 2 years. I had...

As others have mentioned, it depends on the species. After growing in coastal SoCal, the ficus, bougies, and succulents all stayed outside through “winter”. But the baobab came inside, since it would go dormant and I didn’t want it to get wet (for root rot). We never saw temps below 40F and...

I donated this one at auction, it wasn’t getting enough attention and my winter storage is overcrowded as everything grows larger. Zoom in and you can see that the sacrifice branch scar has not healed much in 4 years. I have some others with scars, that I will rewound and apply rooting hormone...

Even though your “winters” are mild, I would wait until early Spring-Spring and into Summer (unless you get into the 90s). I’d be cautious of the Fall since you can have the drying Santa Ana winds. I had some in one gallon pots with big escape roots. When I cut them in the Fall, some didn’t...

Is there anything you would change on how you built it? With the cheaper cost of LED, would you still install the Solex(?) wall panels or just a solid wall for better insulation? Thank you!

Awesome! I want to share mine! It’s a first time fruit from a twisted pomegranate. They were tart but good.

I have sprayed copper fungicide on mine. But I’m not sure I would spray yours in its current state. I agree with then the above that it could be a root issue. Leaf curl on mine did not look like your picture. Mine had lighter coloration and leaves that developed with a deformed, curled nature...

That seems late for blooms. They are summer flowering for fruit to ripen by Fall. I just picked a ripe fruit off mine last week. Mine were deciduous even in coastal SoCal. I battled leaf curl in SoCal from assumed fungus, but seem to have it under control now. Shake the leaves over white paper...

If it’s a closed metal radiator hot water/steam, then it won’t be as drying to the air as forced air heating. Beyond a simple pan with water, they used to make fancier attachments to radiators to hold and evaporate moisture to the air.

I put some SANSI full spectrum LED bulbs (that fit regular sockets) on a Crassula Jade last winter and liked them. I used a cheap standing lamp with multiple, flexible heads, so that they can be angled away from blinding people indoors.

Depending on where you want aerial roots, I have encouraged their growth with moist sphagnum moss around the trunk or branch. You can wrap the moss in plastic also. If you want banyan style aerial roots use the moss on a branch and as they get longer thread them through a plastic straw towards...

Bougainvillea can take low light in the winter indoors. I gifted two trees in 2gal plastic pots 13yo to live in zone 6 and they live every winter in a bathtub with only a single east facing window and minimal electric baseboard heat. They lose a lot of leaves and regrow some larger tender growth...

Unfortunately, I can’t find any photos. I built a shallow box with 2”x6” sided and treated plywood bottom with drilled drainage holes, filled with 1” of sand and then chicken wire with the cables winding back and forth with the few inch gap between. Then another layer of chicken wire on top...

In my experience, Portulacaria afra need bright light indoors to thrive. Likely more than you will get, unless you have big south facing windows. As previously mentioned, supplemental lighting will help. Full spectrum LED are great but can be jarring to look at in your living space. I have T5...

Depends on the goal. For post-repotting pines, I want the root zone temp at 70F with the cables. For the OP’s purpose of getting juniper cuttings growing, I’d probably run it around 60F into December and then back it down to 35-40F for 2 months and then back to 60F. But if it’s outdoors you...

I’ve used these Jump Start soil heating cables for early season pine repots and had good success. I use the Bayite thermometer controller, I think I saw it originally recommended by @JudyB. Cheers

Lucky! I'd love to have a chance to own some. I have some of his smaller shohin pots. I'd like larger pots of his for 2 of his twisted pomegranate pre-bonsai that I got in one of his later sales.

I think it might be variety dependent on the best practices. I've been trying to figure out the best winter olive setup for a couple years now since moving to a colder zone. They used to live outside where 42F was the coldest temp. Now we get sub-zero temps, so I've tried treating them like both...

That is a very interesting and cool stand for that weeping form!

Amazing transformation. Well done! It looks like it stayed in a bonsai pot during the crown development and I don’t see any obvious sacrifice branches. So was the thickening of the new apex just done by adding branches and needle mass or were there times of sacrifice branches extending from...

I found this strange egg case(?) on a pine branch. I turned it over and opened it up to find these white eggs(?). The tree has been attacked by pine tip moths this year, but they don’t look like the ‘net images for moth eggs. Any ideas?