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[Japonicus]

Quick fix for CAR
Failed to get a b4 pic





Fungi tubes on underside


Hopefully my juniper will be free and clear next year. They were fine this year but last year I cut several blobs out of them.

 

[Attmos]

Quick fix for CAR

The only thing I could find for CAR was "crop at risk". lol
I'm still learning the lingo.

Tree is Swamp White Oak I think. The tree behind my place is super healthy, this one is suffering for some reason. The last picture is mine.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

The only thing I could find for CAR was "crop at risk". lol
I'm still learning the lingo.

Cedar Apple Rust.

 

[Attmos]

Cedar Apple Rust.

Thanks.

 

[Japonicus]

The only thing I could find for CAR was "crop at risk". lol
I'm still learning the lingo.

Yes @Orion_metalhead is correct.
It is a fungus that requires juniper or ERC Eastern Red Cedar to complete its life cycle. It manifests in juniper like this post I'm having troubles hyperlinking tonight.
Post in thread 'Some of my Junipers waking up' https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/some-of-my-junipers-waking-up.49211/post-1031940

 

[shohin_branches]

The day started with an employee tool sale.

Helped my partner practice for photographing the club show on Friday


Did some wound management and trimming of my garbage Japanese maple. It was $12 two years ago and the squirrels keep stripping the bark off it so it had a lot of dieback over the winter.


Hacked this aborvitae up because I have a garden show coming and it didn't look like a bonsai anymore. Forgot to take a before photo. Hope I can get some time to carve and wire it.

 

[BCS1980UK]

Four little ficuses got re-homed today to a big pot around a piece of driftwood. I can’t call it a forest nor a tanuki nor even pre-bonsai, but I like the result anyway.

 

[Fidur]

Some views from my garden today.....

 

[Cadillactaste]

Repotted my Olive ... finally. Very pleased by the final image.

 

[SFDrake]

Repotted my Olive ... finally. Very pleased by the final image. View attachment 602252View attachment 602253

I wish my baby Olive looked like that! Nice tree, and I love the pot too! Colors blend perfectly

 

[Cadillactaste]

I wish my baby Olive looked like that! Nice tree, and I love the pot too! Colors blend perfectly

Thank ya kindly. I can't place yours. Olives are great . Love them...could become a hoarder if I didn't reel myself back in.

You know me...I do hoard Erin Pottery pots. Lol I initially thought to reuse the pot it was in. What was I thinking !?! That was not happening... so I went hunting with nothing in particular in mind. I love a green pot. Thanks for the kind words.

 

[SFDrake]

Thank ya kindly. I can't place yours. Olives are great . Love them...could become a hoarder if I didn't reel myself back in.

You know me...I do hoard Erin Pottery pots. Lol I initially thought to reuse the pot it was in. What was I thinking !?! That was not happening... so I went hunting with nothing in particular in mind. I love a green pot. Thanks for the kind words.

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Definitely goes along with that Tim Burtun style that we see in your trees, this pot carries the same character. I find myself starting to steer somewhat in that direction with my trees. I also love some trees others would hate, so I am a terrible judge of traditional bonsai esthetics...

 

[snowman04]

Had help from a little red squirrel. We turned a Korean horbeam literati (22") into a shohin (Sara Rayner pot)...

 

[shohin_branches]

Prepped a tree for the "in development" section of the club show. Cleaned up the surface soil and did some carving on the jin and a root. The jin turned into fatwood so I'm not sure what to do with that. Forgot to take a photo once I added new soil and moss.


I also planted two plum trees in the yard, wired some rooted cuttings, and got everything packed for the club show setup tomorrow. And that was after working a 9 hour day

 

[David P]

The day started with an employee tool sale.
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Helped my partner practice for photographing the club show on Friday
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Did some wound management and trimming of my garbage Japanese maple. It was $12 two years ago and the squirrels keep stripping the bark off it so it had a lot of dieback over the winter.
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Hacked this aborvitae up because I have a garden show coming and it didn't look like a bonsai anymore. Forgot to take a before photo. Hope I can get some time to carve and wire it.
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Hi, I have a couple of yard J Maples that the squirrels kept eating the bark off, and I'm just assuming it's squirrels because there are a lot of them in my backyard. Anyway, I took some of that mesh tape they use for drywall seams and wrapped the trunks with it, and the squirrels have left those trees alone ever since doing that. Hope that helps.

 

[Wulfskaar]

Hi, I have a couple of yard J Maples that the squirrels kept eating the bark off, and I'm just assuming it's squirrels because there are a lot of them in my backyard. Anyway, I took some of that mesh tape they use for drywall seams and wrapped the trunks with it, and the squirrels have left those trees alone ever since doing that. Hope that helps.

I put little wire mesh cages around a couple of mine. That has worked so far.

 

[shohin_branches]

Today was club show setup. Lots of running around. I assisted while my Fiancée photographed all of the trees. The volunteers made the whole process very easy. Got to meet Jennifer Price

 

[Underdog]

Went to check on some of my trees I have been rotating out at our amazing Clary Gardens. 87 degrees yesterday but they have been giving them love https://www.clarygardens.org/

 

[Brain Treez]

Played around brainstorming on this variegated juniper. This may be the first mock up I've done that I'm reasonably pleased with. It's got the right general shape I guess?

 

[KateM]

Prettiest shade of blue...
Non sequitur.
Just wanted to share.