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[Japonicus]

Oops!
Inspectined my trees after being on vacation.
Almost got a good picture, then it was too late to do anything about it. Maybe tomorrow.
It was too dark to tell in the viewfinder.

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May 30, 2015

I call this one......

Pistols and Stamens



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...and posted a bunch of pics of some really cool, old Japanese maples and tombstones post 6755-6762

 

[Kievnstavick]

Well...I thought I had taken a picture of what I did a few days ago. Apparently not. So yall get some slightly random bonsai related pictures I had also taken.

On October 14th, I finally got to potting some of my collected saplings from my duplex when I did the big move late last month. They sat in a 5gal bucket of "dirty" water or damp cloths wrapping the roots. Surprisingly my Douglas firs (I believe) that ended being barerooted getting pulled off a weed barrier covered in mulch started growing roots inside of the damp cloth. Given my prior experience, I just expected them to throw a fit and shut down until late winter. I still have a garbage bag full of Black Mondu Grass that I need to put into pots and all of my onions that I pulled up.

Today before work, I started moving my tropicals indoors as our daytime tempatures have stopped going over 60s. Night time tempatures are in the low 40s now and we got a freeze watch occurring for the next couple of days. I left them outside longer then I'd really like to, but being busy with getting my house sorted put it off until last minute. The only tropicals pouting are my monkeypods followed by my boababs that are just now being affected by the cold temperatures. I plan on bring the rest of my tropicals in tonight and get the grow shelves/tents set-up somewhere in the house until I can figure out where I actually want them.



Anyways, here are my random images taken a couple days ago. I was trying to identify these volunteers that grew in my seed trays. Seems like a native berry shrub, but I'll know more once they grow some more.

 

[shohin_branches]

Yesterday we shot some clips for our bonsai club social media pages. Even though we were completely sober we came up with some wild stuff. Now we just need to find time to edit and post it.

 

[IzzyG]

It’s been a busy few months between finishing up the greenhouse and trying to complete all of the fall work. Was able to squeeze a few hours in tonight to shoot a few trees including one of the Colorado Spruces I just finished styling.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Created an Instagram post with photos and video footage of this wickedly cool Stone Monkey pot that arrived yesterday.

 

[LuZiKui]

The neighbors down the way were throwing away some nice metal screens. I was just thinking I'd need to cover my maple seeds over the winter and the price was right

 

[Kievnstavick]

I set-up a shelf to start placing my trees on. Still need to get my growlights hung and make it easy on the eyes.

Here are my unhappy Baobabs that I defoliated so they could grow their indoor leaves. I also gave them some pruning to set-up the growth for this winter.

Took these with my phone as I don't remember where I last placed my camera.



Here is my squat Baobab. This one has put on an impressive amount of girth. Hard to believe this is only three years old from seed. Chopped the stems for directional growth and hopefully it explodes in back buds to help divide up the branches. I carved the chop sight to remove the dieback, create a believable transition, and hopefully close the wound.



This is the Baobab that had a more filled out canopy. The upper branch structure is looking good with the branch splitting into threes. I cut the two stronger branches hard to hopefully allow the weaker on to balance out in strength while also trying to set up for some branch division.



Lastly, this is the tallest one. Sitting on my dinning table, it almost touched the chandelier. I am mostly letting it do its thing and I will probably give it a hard chop on all the branches next spring. I am expirementing with trunk scaring to see how it heals over time.

 

[VAFisher]

I did the first wiring on a slender spruce. I kept most of the branches for now but I think a few of the lower ones will eventually go away as the tree develops and gets healthier. It doesn't look very good now but I think it will be nice in time.

 

[Kievnstavick]

Lots of work to catch up with the month I didn't do anything really.

Almost have the first shelf filled out with my tropicals. Still need to rinse the soil out and give the containers a quick rinse. Fertilizer will also need to be applied.



Looks like I'll need to divide my ginger plant as well sometime soon. I wasn't too sure how to prune it for outdoor to indoor transition. So I just cut any poor looking leaves and thinned out over crowded areas. I made sure each stalk had some leaves remaining. I also cut the remaining outdoor leaves in half for more airflow and light dispersal.

I'm quite happy with it so far. This was my third attempt at growing ginger from grocery store roots. I maybe able to start harvesting it for my food in couple more years.



Here lies the rest of my tropicals that I still need to get to. My schefleras, australian ironwood, lychee, and peppers mostly.



Since it is 2 hours past my self imposed bed time at 7am, I bid thee good night.

 

[Japonicus]

Did some needle pulling and cut backs
on this JBP Brocade from Brent EGGW.

 

[ShadyStump]

Lots of work to catch up with the month I didn't do anything really.

Almost have the first shelf filled out with my tropicals. Still need to rinse the soil out and give the containers a quick rinse. Fertilizer will also need to be applied.

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Looks like I'll need to divide my ginger plant as well sometime soon. I wasn't too sure how to prune it for outdoor to indoor transition. So I just cut any poor looking leaves and thinned out over crowded areas. I made sure each stalk had some leaves remaining. I also cut the remaining outdoor leaves in half for more airflow and light dispersal.

I'm quite happy with it so far. This was my third attempt at growing ginger from grocery store roots. I maybe able to start harvesting it for my food in couple more years.

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Here lies the rest of my tropicals that I still need to get to. My schefleras, australian ironwood, lychee, and peppers mostly.

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Since it is 2 hours past my self imposed bed time at 7am, I bid thee good night.

How long have you been growing that one pot of ginger? I grow some too, but after 2 years didn't get as much as all that. Harvested and replanted in what should be better soil for it this past spring, but the squirrels are constantly digging in the pot. Same with my turmeric.

 

[Kievnstavick]

How long have you been growing that one pot of ginger? I grow some too, but after 2 years didn't get as much as all that. Harvested and replanted in what should be better soil for it this past spring, but the squirrels are constantly digging in the pot. Same with my turmeric.

It has been just over a year at this point.



This is what it looked like last October with probably a month after sending up the first leaves. The rhizome was probably about a half-dollar in size (90% of the rhizome died before leafing out).

What you see in the last post is all of growing from that small piece. I also have a separate ginger in the pot with only two leaves that was basically a dime of live tissue.

I can update you on what it is growing in (as I am working atm) but I believe it is my 50/50 pumice and vermiculite fines with the dust sifted out. 1/16in to 1/8in I believe is the particle size. Topped with ground spagnum moss just covering the rhizomes.

 

[ShadyStump]

It has been just over a year at this point.

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This is what it looked like last October with probably a month after sending up the first leaves. The rhizome was probably about a half-dollar in size (90% of the rhizome died before leafing out).

What you see in the last post is all of growing from that small piece. I also have a separate ginger in the pot with only two leaves that was basically a dime of live tissue.

I can update you on what it is growing in (as I am working atm) but I believe it is my 50/50 pumice and vermiculite fines with the dust sifted out. 1/16in to 1/8in I believe is the particle size. Topped with ground spagnum moss just covering the rhizomes.

Cool!
I first started mine with tiny little chunks and let it go about 2 years. Got a decent amount but it wasn't great quality. It was in a rather dense soil to start with (was still learning at the time.) Replanted a couple little bits again, but this time coco coir, perlite, and a bit of stear manure because I'm awful at remembering when to fertilize. Took off much faster, but now as the weather is starting to turn the squirrels won't leave it alone. Think I'll get my indoor winter setup finished this weekend and bring it in.

 

[Faisal Ahmad]

Planting some HC for my aqua scape

 

[IzzyG]

Started editing some of the photos from this past spring’s repot session. We had quite a few people to help with the Tornado’s repot. Sneak peek of the set.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Nice ‘Brocade’ @Japonicus! I killed 2 from Brent, and my buddy killed his too, probably 10-12 years ago. They deceloped really good bark early, but for some reason, I couldn’t keep one alive. Thread tax, new Itoigawa, about ready for some work.

 

[leatherback]

Checked my mugo pine airlayer experiment. ~5 months..:


Left it on, added a pot with substrate around them and hope for good roots in spring to separate. THen it will be 11 months, start to separation. Not bad!

 

[daro]

Spent time in garden working on a small mugo I couldn't resist to buy in the garden center and slightly bend the branches on my first tree.

 

[Thatguy85]

Went to my favourite arboretum and collected seeds/acorns:

Quercus Trojana
Quercus Velutina
Fagus Oriëntalis
Fagus Grandifolia
Fagus Sylvatica Aspleniifolia
Photinia Villosa

Most very rare in my area (especially the American beech), so I'm really happy!

 

[PowerTap]

Styling day for my Taylor's Sunburst lodgepole pine.