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I don't know specifically about Ficus benjamina 'Too Little' as I have never grown it, but the normal form of benjamina does form aerial roots. Almost all Ficus species form aerial roots, even culinary fig. High humidity is required to get aerial roots to form, you may have smooth trunks for...

I love the current slab, the proposed lotus pot really detracts from the wild natural character of the tree.

Nothing is absolutely impossible, but in 50+ years I have never seen or heard of sylvestris successfully rooted as air layer or cutting. If you have a pro grade mist bed, bottom heat, and good access to plant hormones, you might try rooting some cuttings, especially of certain cork bark JBP...

It is often stated that day length is "the trigger" for dormancy, yet the number of species with science proven day length triggers is fairly small. More common night temperature over time has been a proven trigger. So we "suspect" day length is the cue. But more often temperature is the cue...

Not trying to be harsh, but never buy material you plan to treat as hardy from a warmer climate after about August 30. Trees need 30 to 60 days of steady declining temperatures to make the physiological changes for full winter hardiness. If you can find a way to keep them cool at night...

For what it is worth, Pinus sylvestris and all it's cultivars, none are known to root as air layers with any reliability. Vast majority of pines can not be propagated by air layers or cuttings. There are a very few specific cultivars of JBP that with some difficulty will air layer, but they...

My guess is somehow the pot did not get watered thoroughly or evenly, just once, a dry patch is all that is needed to effect the roots, and effect the branch. Just a guess.

One of the difficulties of working with Hinoki, is once a branch, stem or trunk has brown bark without any green, there will be no back budding in this area, If you want to develop low branches you must keep light coming to low interior branchlets to keep them green. It is a difficult learning...

I've grown orchids and bonsai under lights for over 4 decades. A fan left on 24 hours a day, ALWAYS improves the growing conditions. You want enough air movement that thin leaved plants wave lightly in the breeze. You do not need a gale. I point the fan so that it is off set from directly on the...

Your ficus trunk is thickening nicely. This year looks much better than 2023.

Lacebark pine(s) P. bungeana – lacebark pine P. gerardiana – chilgoza pine P. squamata – Qiaojia pine The species most often seen in horticulture is from China and Japan, Pinus bungeana. All three species have smooth flaking bark, in bungeana reveals patches of silver and green. The others...

It does look like an AI joke, but that is or was a real bonsai tree. I think this photo is over 25 years old. Cycled through "Bonsai Empire" website. I believe the tree is or was in Japan. Maybe some other "old fart" will remember the origin of this tree.

Alcohol as disinfectant, 70% isopropyl is easily available in USA, in hobbyist quantities. 70% ethanol and or 70% methanol will work equally well. With ethanol there are tax issues unless it is denatured, and methanol is more often used in paint and fuel industries. Which ever of the 3 is...

For myself, a diagonal concave cutter does all the work of a root cutter, branch cutting and knob cutting, good, all purpose cutting tool for smaller and midsize trees. The scissors is excellent for fine twigs in elms and azaleas. An electrician's side cutter is what I have used for wire...

Hi Vance, Address is the same, money sent via paypal. Donation to a good cause. And a nice pot. Thanks

Main trunk has beautiful fissured bark. Branches are a contradicting mess, The trunk is valuable. If you can not take the time to put a piece of white cardboard behind the tree and take a picture that is visually free of clutter, well, we can not help you. Chop away and good luck. In more...

Also, re-wire and re-position the branches you have right now, see if you are happier with the new possible arrangements. You can always cut later.

Very nice, this is a good first styling especially for someone with limited experience. While the comments from @Potawatomi13 are more or less on the mark, I would wait a few months before doing more. The reason is I suggest this is I often see new to bonsai practitioners prune way too much off...

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@doc spring _work I'm over 70 years old these days. From seed, realistically, it will take at least 15 to 20 years before a Pinus aristata or any other of the 3 bristlecone species to have enough size and branches to even think about beginning to do serious bonsai styling. Preferably an even...

Only time will tell. To be healthy, this jade needs a mix of some green along with the yellow. You can trim back the green branches some, but for long term you always want some green branches. The yellow branches produce little or no sugars, no energy for growth. The yellow branches need the...

You can always cut off branches later. Your tree is rather sparse, I would keep the low branches just to provide some vigor. You have already thinned out the foliage a great deal. In a year or two, you can jin them.

Chinese arborvitae = Platycladus orientalis a cypress family species from northern and eastern Asia. It's becoming more common as landscape material, and occasionally as bonsai. I have never owned one. I would suspect that in general all aspects of care and bonsai training techniques would be...

Keep the card and the receipt as part of the future provenance of this pot. It looks like a genuine Lenz pot. If the price seemed reasonable to you, it is a good find and a nice collector piece.

Some trees are best kept as "pets" rather than try to turn everything into bonsai. Don't ruin a quirky, fun species by trying to "make bonsai" with it. A "Cousin It" think Addams Family, tree is certainly a fun plant oddity.