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Fidur
Chumono
Almost everything is growing in my garden. Only dawn redwoods and acer seem to have some dormancy where I live. So it's a hard work season for me...
shohin_branches
Omono
Got my temp sensors reconnected to the internet.
Shed and Greenhouse are both outside but shed is insulated with a heater and the greenhouse is not.
Grow tent is in the basement
Grow cabinet is in the plant room
Shed and Greenhouse are both outside but shed is insulated with a heater and the greenhouse is not.
Grow tent is in the basement
Grow cabinet is in the plant room
Cmd5235
Chumono
Swung by longwood gardens tonight and appreciated the base of this beech tree
Gabler
Masterpiece
I just wish they would quit using those ugly LED Christmas lights. That doesn't mean they need to switch back to incandescent. There are LED bulbs with halfway decent color rendering. Longwood just chooses not to use them. It's very disappointing.
Photo tax: the reading corner in my classroom.
Jetson1950
Shohin
I think it’s just a matter of taste. I was there last year and really enjoyed the lights. These are a few of my favorites. I really liked the way you can see all the limb structure.
SailDesign
Yamadori
Wulfskaar
Masterpiece
They have something similar out here at a place called Descanso Gardens. Any bonsai or tree enthusiast in LA should really go in December when the whole place is lit up. It's amazing. I've been maybe 6 times. One part is a Japanese garden with lots of Japanese maples and a few bonsai. Tickets are a bit pricey, but if you want to go, make sure to get tickets online ahead of time.
We went to the Garden Glow at the Missouri Botanical Garden with our son a few weeks ago. It was beautiful and a balmy 70 degrees. I pity those poor folks that want to see it now. I don't think it would be quite as enjoyable walking around the garden in the teens.
Deep Sea Diver
Imperial Masterpiece
Happy Friday, busy week here, then went to PBM with my better half to work there today.
The team at PBM is getting the trees ready for the Winter Solstice event next weekend, so lots of work to getting everything shipshape.
Today we have one main job. Carefully getting all years worth of accumulated moss off the branches, trunk and nebari of the big Domoto maple. A pretty big job and we tag teamed following up after two staff members. It took up all day.
We used mini hand pressure washers and worked each section one by one, 15 minutes, then a 15 min break to cool off the gun so it doesn’t over heat. Here is an image of spraying the branches
Here the Domoto after we were finished. Some follow up will be needed to get a couple small areas finished.
In our off time we worked on sprucing up various other trees, a big Satsuki, Sub Alpine Fir Forest and a Beech.
This is the backside of the Beech - it’s just about finished
Cheers
DSD sends
The team at PBM is getting the trees ready for the Winter Solstice event next weekend, so lots of work to getting everything shipshape.
Today we have one main job. Carefully getting all years worth of accumulated moss off the branches, trunk and nebari of the big Domoto maple. A pretty big job and we tag teamed following up after two staff members. It took up all day.
We used mini hand pressure washers and worked each section one by one, 15 minutes, then a 15 min break to cool off the gun so it doesn’t over heat. Here is an image of spraying the branches
Here the Domoto after we were finished. Some follow up will be needed to get a couple small areas finished.
In our off time we worked on sprucing up various other trees, a big Satsuki, Sub Alpine Fir Forest and a Beech.
This is the backside of the Beech - it’s just about finished
Cheers
DSD sends
Wulfskaar
Masterpiece
I definitely want to go next time I'm in St. Louis.
Do you have room in a garage for a built in chiller? Out of site of prying eyes?
Forgot my photo…
Cracking open cherry seeds to soak the kernels befor putting in the fridge.Attachments
SailDesign
Yamadori
LOL Any cherry tree can be used for bonsai. For 25 cents I might grow a cherry forest. An old woman can dreamWas not aware you could get special seeds for bonsai.....
i discarded "floaters" from my crack opened cherry seeds, hope 'sinkers' will germinate in spring
cherry picture on your seeds label is this one - labeled as okame cherry and absolutely gorgeous
i like dream of cherry forest and also fall in love with sakura
found "generative prunus avium rootstock" insanely cheap ( from 2.5 cent each, hope they will sell some small quantities in spring)
and i hope i dont kill mine..
cherry picture on your seeds label is this one - labeled as okame cherry and absolutely gorgeous
i like dream of cherry forest and also fall in love with sakura
found "generative prunus avium rootstock" insanely cheap ( from 2.5 cent each, hope they will sell some small quantities in spring)
i hope
and i hope i dont kill mine..
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Cleaned up and repotted my "native tree and pot" blackthorn.
End of growing season image:
End of growing season image:
Ozz80
Mame
I wired a few junipers (first wiring for them) and a wild olive. One of the junipers is a Kishu, which I intend to develop as a double trunk. The other is a Nana, which I plan to grow upright. I tried to put as much movement and twists into them as I could but ended up breaking one branch on the Nana. The last two are Chinese junipers (at least that’s what the girl at the nursery told me, I’m not completely sure). All I really did was create some movement and open up the structure so that more sunlight can reach the inner branches to speed up growth.
I also planted around 60–70 bald cypress seeds after 45 days of cold stratification. These were the ones that passed the float test, but I’m still unsure about the chances of success. Some of the cones were too green, and others looked unhealthy, probably leftovers from the previous season.
I also planted around 60–70 bald cypress seeds after 45 days of cold stratification. These were the ones that passed the float test, but I’m still unsure about the chances of success. Some of the cones were too green, and others looked unhealthy, probably leftovers from the previous season.
