A. Gorilla
Omono
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CapeCodBonsai
Shohin
You got me, Brian . . . are you using these with bonsai in some way?
Kodama
Shohin
Repotted this CBS. Hoping to do serious styling next year.
Jake
Sapling
Moved and pruned some material. Had two youngs kids a few years back so I started off some bits (all from seed or root cutting) that i could pretty much just enjoy and let grow
From left to right- field maple, trident maple, chinese elm, giamt sequioa, jaquelline hillier elm
Very happy with the roots on the field
From left to right- field maple, trident maple, chinese elm, giamt sequioa, jaquelline hillier elm
Very happy with the roots on the field
Thinned out my Christmas half off Atlantic cedar labeled as picea abies...
Have no idea what I am doing, but it really does not need that many branches...
Left the ones I think I am keeping and docked the upper ones that are already thicker than bottom ones. Left the top on but cut off thicker branches that started create a reverse taper up top.
Trunk is still too thin and bark is very young looking.
Can't beat 20 bucks I paid for it though...
@19Mateo83
Doing anything with yours?
Have no idea what I am doing, but it really does not need that many branches...
Left the ones I think I am keeping and docked the upper ones that are already thicker than bottom ones. Left the top on but cut off thicker branches that started create a reverse taper up top.
Trunk is still too thin and bark is very young looking.
Can't beat 20 bucks I paid for it though...
@19Mateo83
Doing anything with yours?
Michigan Tree Murderer
Masterpiece
Brought this outside for a trim. It's been in the grow tent most of the winter. I removed a branch and contemplated other design decisions, lost count of how many AR I removed. It was a mess. No before picture per usual. 
There's roots circling the pot and all kinds of surface roots. I'll have to repot it this summer, not sure if I should go to a smaller pot, but it needs to slow down somehow. I need to do more clip-and-grow further down the branches to put movement in them.
There's roots circling the pot and all kinds of surface roots. I'll have to repot it this summer, not sure if I should go to a smaller pot, but it needs to slow down somehow. I need to do more clip-and-grow further down the branches to put movement in them.
CapeCodBonsai
Shohin
Is Atlantic Cedar another name for Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica)?
When I hear Atlantic Cedar, I think of Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides).
Just curious . . . I know that different areas of the country can use different names for the same tree.
The longer soft needles make me wonder if it is actually Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara).
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Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Found one of my maples has a heavy infestation of aphids. Already had a seedling killed by them.
Not taking a chance. Took out the heavy guns and sprayed the $hi7 out of it. It's soaking wet now and locked in the area where my coldframe is to keep the dogs away from it while it dries. I don't want to go back out there and touch it for a picture.
Not taking a chance. Took out the heavy guns and sprayed the $hi7 out of it. It's soaking wet now and locked in the area where my coldframe is to keep the dogs away from it while it dries. I don't want to go back out there and touch it for a picture.
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As much as the label says it picea abies.
Yes, you are probably right - deodar cedar.
The Barber
Chumono
Well, yesterday I found a bald faced hornet nest in a beech I collected last year, and thought, that would be really cool to preserve on a show tree. Fast forward today, I rotated one of my Korean hornbeam, and had a bald faced hornet fly around my face soon after, so had a closer look.
Orion_metalhead
Masterpiece
That would be awesome if you can preserve it and place it in the tree to show.
TNJed
Seedling
Got my shade cloth up, bed edged and mulch laid.
BonsaiMatt
Shohin
I was clearing out my mom’s side yard for Mother’s Day, and I found this trident maple covered in ivy. I had completely forgotten about it, its roots had escaped the pot and the base got much bigger! Had to remove it from the yard today, so I chopped the top back as well.
WEI
Mame
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
They’re for making ductile iron, a work project unrelated to bonsai, but a shot I snapped yesterday.
The Barber
Chumono
Doubt I can remove it without destroying it, it wraps around about 3 inches of branch.
Here's the other one on my beech for photo tax. Won't be long till there's an army in there...
shohin_branches
Chumono
And I thought the robins trying to build nests in the Japanese maple at the public collection was a pain but this is a whole different level.
Today I took my mom to the garden center to buy plants for her garden and spent too much money. My nephew helped.
Nera
Yamadori
Such a beautiful tree!
