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[DeepSouth]

I am sure it is overkill, but we are about to hit 20F in a couple nights after recently have two weeks of 70s and 80s.

Covered them in mulch on the ground. Not taking any chances.

Louisiana weather is stupid.

 

[Gaston]

I gathered all the branches of the Keyaki (Zelkova Serrata) tree. In spring I will do an air layering.

 

[leatherback]

I gathered all the branches of the Keyaki (Zelkova Serrata) tree. In spring I will do an air layering.

great minds, yadieyadieda...
RIGHT NOW editing a video on broom development, and the last section..:

 

[Gaston]

great minds, yadieyadieda...
RIGHT NOW editing a video on broom development, and the last section..:

Great! Don't tighten the wire too much so you don't damage the branches.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the video!

 

[KateM]

Experimenting with Fortune's spindle.
Cut some off the yrees on the side of the road at about my face hight. Going to put them in the unheated basement in a plastic bag.
If anything some of them can stand being killed - invasive species.
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Well, all three pieces are budding up. Would be interested to see if they rooted in spring...

 

[MalsRFun in TN]

From yesterday, bringing in all the refugees that might not survive upcoming polar temperatures. Thankfully I've gotten the pop up Origami shelves the last two Christmas for just such a crisis. My citrus on the floor are covered with fruit.

 

[Housguy]

Cleaned up a cork oak for the next bonsai show coming up.

 

[KateM]

"Roll in the snow" you say? Nah...

 

[zens]

I got a surprise at how much growth this ficus had put on (summer here). It was severely trunk chopped and defoliated late December and had a very hard root prune at repotting early Jan. It was sitting under a bench in a water tray so i wasn't really looking at it much. I need to get it in and do an initial branch selection. For scale the basket it is in is about 40cm wide.

 

[rutulus]

Some white oak seedlings I’m germinating under grow lights. I trimmed the taproot to encourage a finer spread, they all seem to be responding.

 

[Jetson1950]

Well, well. Guess things were moving along faster than I thought. I’ve seen two, maybe three little heads looking around from under the mother’s skirt. They got a lot bigger than I expected this early. They may be able to fly in a week or two. Cold front hits here tomorrow night, but lows are only expected to get down to maybe 28-30F. Such is central Florida. May see snow flurries but nothing will stick.

 

[Zac]

Well, well. Guess things were moving along faster than I thought. I’ve seen two, maybe three little heads looking around from under the mother’s skirt. They got a lot bigger than I expected this early. They may be able to fly in a week or two. Cold front hits here tomorrow night, but lows are only expected to get down to maybe 28-30F. Such is central Florida. May see snow flurries but nothing will stick.

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We have some that nest on a shelf on our carport every year multiple times think it's the offspring that also use the nest. For the last 18 years. It's neat seeing them grow and fly off. They get so friendly we can get within inches of them without them getting startled.

 

[Jetson1950]

We have some that nest on a shelf on our carport every year multiple times think it's the offspring that also use the nest. For the last 18 years. It's neat seeing them grow and fly off. They get so friendly we can get within inches of them without them getting startled.

That’s awesome. They won’t be able to reuse this nest because I will trim off that frond this year, but if they feel safe in this spot they can pick a higher frond. Finally got a good shot of one of the baby’s foliage. Nice camouflage.

 

[Brain Treez]

Picked up some pumice...

 

[Wulfskaar]

Picked up some pumice...

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Extra Large-grained!

 

[Jetson1950]

Mom finally left the nest. Getting a bit crowded in that little nest. I’m amazed at how their feathers blend in with the nest. If you didn’t see the eyes they would be almost invisible.

 

[Yamamomiji]

Extra Large-grained!

For the extra bit of drainage...

 

[Japonicus]

Ahead of the storm, but more importantly the sub zero air temps coming and possibly 25 below windchil tomorrow i got tarps up around the cave side and end. Other end is stairs blocking a lot of wind but breathable. Hope the tarps stay up in the wind.

 

[Weta]

Moved this Jade into full Sun today after being under cover to save it from the rain.
Rot issues on healing wounds, gutted
Most rain ive seen over Summer.

 

[jackstraw]

Busy day!
I cut back all the happy new growth on the Japanese Larch I bought 2 weeks ago at the Potomac Bonsai Festival at the Arboretum. It's loving the pumice & coc coir.
Partially defoliated 2 yamadori dogwoods in an effort to get smaller internodes and leaves. These were both collected last year.
Partially defoliated the yamadori red maple that I collected last March.
Sprinkled a bit of NPK in every pot, and rationed out all the latest fert baskets I bought after packing them with BioGold.
Cut back the new shoots on my native persimmon.
Did a Walter Pall hedge shear on the American hornbeams that I'm fusing the trunks.
And cut the candles on the 2 Table Mountain pines (Pinus pungens) which no one seems to know much about. Time will tell if this was the right call, but the growth this spring has been vigorous.
These were collected high in the mountains near Sperryville, Virginia, last March.

Hey, I know this is somewhat of an older post, but anything you can share on pinus pungens? Not much out there about them.