namnhi
Masterpiece
They will take over your grow bed too. Tough to get rid of since their rhizomes are quite Hardy. Can't stand the smell.
Whats Going on in Smoke's Backyard?
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Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Yes, that they will. It’s better than weeds though. Before I installed the wire covered with silicone tubing the rodents would knock the plants off the shelves. Now even though their tied they still manage to knock one out occasionaly. The plant makes a nice bed for the plant to fall in and keep the pot from breaking. I’ve lost about 300 dollars worth of shohin pots there. Not now though.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
If I see an open wire I know to look for a plant in the leaves.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
My little shit tzu used to run back and fourth under the fence and the squirrels never stopped at my place. About 4 years ago she started slowing down and just watches them run around my yard. She even plays with them when they come into the lawn area to chew the tops off my yard sprinklers to look for water.
@Vance Wood i have a b b gun pistol I use which I carry when I’m working in the back yard. Hold 15 shots in a clip just like a real pistol. Accurate too. My wife that died hated when I shot at the squirrels. But she understood when they chewed the bark off a 2000.00 dollar maple. It will kill a squirrel. I know!! I just need the time to sit guard back there. Being at work 10 hours a day doesn’t give me much of a window to take care of the problem. Once I get the back yard done I can bait them and block off an area to do that and keep my dog out of the area so she doesn’t eat the bait. I don’t care about the cats either. If you own a cat keep it in your own yard.
About six years ago I had a brain hemorrhage and purchased a whole pallet of turface. I hated it and spread the whole load on my side yard. Every cat in the neighborhood thinks I installed a 1000 sq foot litter box!!!!
Paulpash
Masterpiece
When I next replace my bench tops I'm going to do it with composite planks. Guaranteed for twenty years, rot proof and no messing about with stains & preservatives will do for me.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
I thought about that being in the trade, but the squirrels seem to love to gnaw on anything plastic. They need to chew to keep their teeth ground down. Otherwise they will grow in a circle and render them not able to eat. Like I care. Plus..... I can replace this in ten years again for the price of just once with Trex. .
Paulpash
Masterpiece
Fortunately, I've never had a problem with squirrels - just birds ripping stuff out of pots and my rock plantings. I'm guessing you've tried squirrel traps?
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Everyone is different and will never be seen again. As unique as a fingerprint or a snowflake.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Today while setting up for the Koen Nai I was able to spot this California juniper belonging to a friend of mine. He acquired it from good friend Ray Theime bonsai pioneer from the Central Valley. He was like a brother to Harry Hirao and dug most all of the large trees for Harry. Ray donated two of the largest trees he ever dug to the two GSBF collections which grace their entrances.
This one is special because it resides in a Jim Barrett pot custom built for the tree. Jim built two or three of these monster pots. They had to be fired at Hans Sumpf Ceramics now out of business which made industrial ceramics like roof tiles. They had a kiln large enough fed by a track and carts.
Enjoy it’s majesty and history of two bonsai pioneers.
This one is special because it resides in a Jim Barrett pot custom built for the tree. Jim built two or three of these monster pots. They had to be fired at Hans Sumpf Ceramics now out of business which made industrial ceramics like roof tiles. They had a kiln large enough fed by a track and carts.
Enjoy it’s majesty and history of two bonsai pioneers.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Doing the big trident layer...read about it here Big Trident Layer
hemmy
Omono
Are all your tridents leafed out? What about elms? Over here on the coast, my Chinese elms are are all leafed out. But my tridents have just started pushing leaves. Including one in the ground. Interesting that 2 ground growing tridents started pushing leaves on Feb. 20th in 2015, March 23rd in 2017, and April 12th in 2018. Do you also see this kind of annual variation?
Smoke
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Everything I have is fully leafed and the first prunings of tridents has already been done. writing article about that as we speak. There is a lot of REALLY dan maple info out there about pruning and I can talk about the parts that pertain to me and my climate which can be used for lots of the southwest as well as much of the Inland Empire of SC. Let me just say that many of you reading all this crap, and I don't use the word loosely, CRAP should look and see whaere the people writing all the crap live. Many of them write what they know on the particular micro climate they live in and totally never tell people that what they speak of will not work for 97 percent of the country.
Think about it, where do all the masters live....Pacific Northwest, Maine, New England, Bay Area California or So Cal along the coasts. The stuff Ryan and Michael write about what they do in Oregon will absolutely not work where I live.
Here is one my composite benches I just recently made. Here in Hawai'i, we also don't have squirrels.
Smoke
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Nice. Can't use it here like that. That large overhang on the ends would slump here when it gets 109 for weeks at a time. Anything over 4 or 5 inches unsupported has no strength.
WNC Bonsai
Masterpiece
I need to get me one of those as our backyard is overrun with squirrels. So far they haven’t gone after the bark in any of my plants but I can see that coming. What brand and source is it?
Good PSA. That’s so key. BobbyLane told me that a while ago. Speaking from UK, a lot of people here are from US and experience temperatures and humidity which we simply never will do growing conditions are different. Everyone new to Bonsai needs to remember this.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Tonight I hosted the last Shohin Study Group for the year. Five people showed up and we had food a tub of beverages and lots of fun. A couple maples showed up and lots of juniper. I don't work with junipers much anymore simply because they grow so hard here and are a lot of up keep. I have half a dozen or so and work those but I am much more of a deciduophile now.
