Shout out to Adair

Most of the de-candled sites are pushing multiple buds... the angle of the close up shots above wouldn't allow all of them to be seen in focus. On Tyler Sherrod's advice, I de-candled my medium and larger JBP the last week of June, which was 7-10 days earlier then I normally would have.

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Who is this “Tyler Sherrard”? And why are you letting him advise you on bonsai? I mean, he doesn’t have a bazillion posts on BonsaiNut!!! WHAT could he possibly know? I mean, just because he wanted to be Boon’s apprentice, and Boon said, no, he doesn’t take apprentices, and instead Boon sent him to Japan to study under Shinji Suzuki where he styled a tree that won Kokofu... that doesn’t mean anything at all! What’s his post count? Get your priorities straight Dav4!

lol!!!
 
Wow, what just happened?! Maybe we should change the subject… I was Covid tested this morning with the family… Thoughts? :)?:p
What happened? My poor attempt of sarcastic humor, that’s what happened! Lol!

Im glad to see the tree doing well.

uh, COVID test??? Is any one sick?
 
What happened? My poor attempt of sarcastic humor, that’s what happened! Lol!

Im glad to see the tree doing well.

uh, COVID test??? Is any one sick?
Nope, nobody sick… Will hopefully be going on vacation soon with good friends, one who is immuno compromised so just trying to do the right thing as best I know how at this point in the year 2020… Which is totally turning into a shit show in my opinion.
 
Nope, nobody sick… Will hopefully be going on vacation soon with good friends, one who is immuno compromised so just trying to do the right thing as best I know how at this point in the year 2020… Which is totally turning into a shit show in my opinion.
Vacation? You mean leave the house? Wow! You like to live dangerously!
 
As soon as I clicked post reply, I wanted a re-do! Growth further back is nice to see. So it seems in that sense, excellent response!!!

My question is hard to express via the keyboard.... 🤔 :(

I talked to Michael at BonsaiWest this past weekend, or tried to. After all these years and the thousands spent, stop "hemin' and hawin" me and steer me to a workshop...so I'm frustratingly figuring a way to express my rather wordy query.....

.....but I'm certainly not afraid to experiment...
Have you reached out to John Romano who does black pines in our general area.
 
Vacation? You mean leave the house? Wow! You like to live dangerously!
My sanity is at stake... and we will be safe, socially distancing on a beach or porch overlooking the gulf while catching up with good friends and spending a little more time with my kids before they head off to college.
 
My sanity is at stake... and we will be safe, socially distancing on a beach or porch overlooking the gulf while catching up with good friends and spending a little more time with my kids before they head off to college.
What sanity? How many bonsai pots to you have?
 
Not enough... but maybe enough to buy a Tesla SUV with... covid pricing or pre-owned may be necessary for the math to work:p.
<burp>. I just finished dinner. I grilled an awesome NY Strip (about 2 inches thick!) out on the grill by the pond. When are you going to come up and have a lazy day, mess with trees, feed the fish and empty some IPA bottles? Or wine. Your choice!
 
<burp>. I just finished dinner. I grilled an awesome NY Strip (about 2 inches thick!) out on the grill by the pond. When are you going to come up and have a lazy day, mess with trees, feed the fish and empty some IPA bottles? Or wine. Your choice!
Black pine season is coming!!
Or maybe before... 😉
 
I have 4 olives. All were started by Sam.

Sam was in my first Intensive class at Boon’s. I foolishly took on the task of unwiring Godzilla, and then pulling needles. After 3 hours hunched over Godzilla, and still have 2 hours of work ahead of me with only one hour to do it, Sam graciously stopped what he was doing and helped me finish. I’m forever grateful! Lol.

Two years later, Sam posted this tree on Facebook:


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I bought it.

I was my first olive. Sam took it to Boon’s, and I got a crash course on how to develop olives!


Now three years later, I’m taking it to the Nationals!

That pot, by the way, is having a second life, as well!

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That’s my first Utah Juniper. Got a few grafts started.

What is it they say? Go big or go home?

Something like that!

PS: I’m hoping that when we move the Utah out of this pot into something else that something bad happens to this pot! I don’t think my back can handle any more big trees! Lol!!!
Send it to me! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
 
4hour round trip?

Like 2 one way?

Shiiit!

Thats awesome Adair! All of it!

Swell!

Sorce
He doesn’t deal with FL or Texas driving. Lmao. My nearest nursery is an hour by highway. My nearest club is 30 minutes. My dad used to drive 3 hours to work in TX. With no traffic. It was just that far and it was cheaper to commute with free gas than it was to move again! 2 hours to visit a friend I’ll do that any day! To see amazing trees like Adair’s and learn more. I’ll double that! Easily. Of course I’m pretty sure Adair is more like a 12 hour drive from me! PS a thank you to Adair and everyone else with years of experience that helps us noobs make a few less mistakes. Or at least make new ones!
 
My JRP is doing this as well, is that indicative of a problem?
My JRPs always back bud more vigorously then my JBPs...

This JRP, about 6 years old, so still young and pretty vigorous, was de-candled at the same time as the JBP...

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Wow, what just happened?! Maybe we should change the subject… I was Covid tested this morning with the family… Thoughts? :)?:p
Let us know how long it takes to get the results. I'm hearing many are waiting a week or even up to 2 weeks now. Almost makes testing pointless unless you're staying in a bubble until the results come in.

<burp>. I just finished dinner. I grilled an awesome NY Strip (about 2 inches thick!) out on the grill by the pond. When are you going to come up and have a lazy day, mess with trees, feed the fish and empty some IPA bottles? Or wine. Your choice!
Gonna grill up some ribs today. Tried a new method last time, foil wrapping and it worked great. We'll find out if it was a one-time thing today!

BTW, I had mentioned this to Adair already but...decandled my JBP at the usual time this year and of course we've had an unusually hot and sunny summer. So...all the new candles are growing much longer than I had hoped. Always something!
 
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