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[Kievnstavick]

I finished potting up some first year zelkova seedlings and trimming up a couple of 3rd year Korean hornbeams. I think i am down to only three of my 3rd year hornbeams sadly.

I took some quick pictures of my indoor set-up. Some of the plants still need to get cleaned up. I also need to swap the light over my schefflera to my other long light.

 

[Adamski77]

Today, after a visit to my mom and dad I collected some acorns from an oak tree nearby!
I'm gonna try to germinate them and start a bonsai from seed. Long journey, I know but I have a lot of patience.
Feel free to comment and provide some tips guys!
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no real need to stratify them (assuming this is what the box is for)... it's good time of the year to just put them into soil and leave outside...

 

[arin]

Took cuttings from a Juniperus procera - East African juniper

 

[NashsMan]

Actually a couple of days ago, but it's been one of those weeks:

A friend of a friend had a fairly large bougainvillea but no more room to bring it inside her plant-packed house for the winter. I already have an 8 foot tall bougie in my greenhouse, but I thought 'Why not try to make it into a bonsai?'

It will really be 2 bonsai ultimately and I'll give one away. I understand that root rot is a big risk, so these were potted into 80% pumice, 20% coco coir and are now on a heating mat in the greenhouse.

I've been laughing for the last 2 hours: A good friend in my neighborhood called me this afternoon and asked if I would like his bougainvillea that he's been training to become a bonsai. I said yes and that I could come over in about 20 minutes. He was headed out, but said he would leave it in his driveway. Well....there's not 1, not 2, but 3 bougies.
He says they are all different colors and there are different leaf sizes. All have exposed roots. So, 5 free bougies in one week.
We're gonna need more pots come spring!

 

[shohin_branches]

This jerk failed quarantine today.

Highlights


Six ficus with scale and one hoya with mealybugs so far. I must have missed a few plants with the first orthene treatment.

 

[zens]

Got to see my Hawthorns flowers for the first time!! So pretty!!

 

[Carol 83]

I've been laughing for the last 2 hours: A good friend in my neighborhood called me this afternoon and asked if I would like his bougainvillea that he's been training to become a bonsai. I said yes and that I could come over in about 20 minutes. He was headed out, but said he would leave it in his driveway. Well....there's not 1, not 2, but 3 bougies.
He says they are all different colors and there are different leaf sizes. All have exposed roots. So, 5 free bougies in one week.
We're gonna need more pots come spring!

All of these sideways pictures are giving me a permanent tilt of the head.

 

[prunusbythesea]

Been neglecting my trees for a few days. Had a competing hobby to attend to while the weather permits it…

 

[Yamamomiji]

Got married yesterday! While we were in the park taking photos my oldest brother was searching for yamadori candidates.

Late to the party, but I truly wish you a happy, prosperous and healthy lifetime together!

 

[Yamamomiji]

This moss grew on its own in the pot, and was fine until it started growing on the tree.

Why did you remove it completely and not only from the roots?

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Why did you remove it completely and not only from the roots?

The moss will just end up growing on the roots again. It'll go dormant this winter and resume growing next Spring. And it'll likely start growing again next year anyway. All my Bald Cypress have that moss growing on the dirt.

Pic Tax I was not prepared for.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

All of these sideways pictures are giving me a permanent tilt of the head.

I just thought these were showing a new style of bonsai!

I used to have the issue a couple years ago, but at that time I discovered if I edited the image just a tad, the uploaded image angle on BN were correct. Dunno if this works for you folks, but worth a try…

…oh yes, the image. Well been awful busy getting wintering over stuff done. Built a chicken wire inclosure, wire a couple ten trees… mostly small… dug pines in and started getting the azaleas prepped for winter.

21 down, 105 to go, not counting the little guys.



Cheers
DSD sends

 

[KWag]

Spent several hours today moving my citrus trees, tropicals and a few “weather fussy”bonsai to the hot tub room for their winter nap. Besides having 6 big windows on three sides the room is set up with grow lights on auto pilot and a small heater that comes on at 40 degrees. I use tables in the room for starting garden and flower bed plants.
This orchid usually sends up a stalk with 5 to 7 blooms. This year only one bloom…at least sideways it still looks good.

 

[The Barber]

Me and a couple guys from the club drove up to Mark Field's place today, picked up a few new trees, a pot, and a bunch of jitta.

Grabbed the Scott's pine he displayed at Nationals this year. The needles are under an inch I would say.

A stocky little chojubai.

And an Itoigawa that I rather liked that has never been styled.

Pics suck, but just got home, poured all the way up, and all the way home, and it is dark so best I could do.

Oh and here's the Kingsville boxwood I grabbed from a landscape nursery last week. They had dug it out of someone's flower bed and I happened into it. Decent size for a Kingsville, though it isn't the most amazing one ever, it is a bit leggy, they always happily backbud, and it already has a lot of backbuds. I will probably move it into a box or the ground in the spring.