Recent content by RKatzin

LoL! Just ask an eight year old child what they think of your tree. Oh boy! It's unbridled imagination. A mind untainted by prejudice or presumption. Solid gold.

I prefer my Anderson flats. They allow the lateral extension of the roots, but air prune the bottom roots. They're like a pond basket on the bottom and a solid pot on the sides and I don't have the watering issues. I have a stack of baskets somewhere around here.

Well guys thanks for the input. This is the first time I ever offered anything here. It won't happen again.

At Bonsai Jack you can get 2 qts for $20 plus shipping. That's $40 for one gallon plus shipping. This is 3 gal for $45 and I'm paying the shipping. I don't want to hear any whining about how you can't get pumice at a decent price!

So, I made an offer down in the basement in 'other sales' and didn't get one hit. Nobody even told me to piss off. I'll put it here and you can spank me later if it's not okay. 3 gal $45 delivered, your choice of size. All sifted and completely clean, no waste, just good usable pumice.

For my b-nut friends in the USA I'm offering 3 gal of sifted and graded to size for $45. Three sizes available, sm-1/16-1/8", med-1/8-1/4", lg -1/4"+ Limited time offer, till I get tired of doing this or I run out of pumice.

For my b-nut friends in the USA I am offering 3 gal of sifted pumice for $45. Three sizes, sm-1/16-1/8, med-1/8-1/4", lg -1/4+ Completely clean with no waste or debris. Compare to Bonsai Jack - 2 qt for $20 plus shipping. I can do Canada, too, but it's a little more on the shipping. Actually a...

Buxus are slow growing shrubs with a predominantly upward growth habit. They usually don't have a central trunk with side branching, more like a multi trunked broom. I have worked them from the 'let's see how much of this I can save' POV, but I think it's much more productive to just give it a...

Hey man, welcome aboard! To get started check out stonelantern.com for all your bonsai needs. For a first go at it I would recommend a boxwood, elm, or Japanese maple. Get something on your bench and growing. Learn the basics of soil composition and the basic horticultural needs of trees in...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EDChAU5tUymnWpmB8 Here's a picture of it just now. It will fill out again in a few weeks. There's a few burnt leaves, but they were buried in the canopy before I trimmed it up.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/xTTSeTXAqqnpP2Wd7

I just tuned in on this thread and read through it. I see a few folks doing good work with these and I have mine for about fifteen years now. I've grown it from a quarter inch rooted cutting. A couple of years in a pot and then I set it out in the garden for three years and it gained significant...

On some trees that are more difficult to propagate, like a European Field Maple or Hawthorn, I will let those grow until I repot the tree and then collect it with part of the root it's growing from and get a pre rooted starter tree. The elms are so easy to propagate from cuttings I don't bother...

That's a great boxwood forest! I especially appreciate the crossing trunks which is something most people try to avoid in forest plantings, but is quite common out here in the jungle. So I get a very natural feeling from this composition. Well done!

I didn't read all six pages, just your intro and a few of the responses and then cut to the present so pardon me if this was already presented. I saw your header and just had to throw in dos pesos. Man nothing sucks about these trees and like any tree you have to work within the parameters of...