50 Forum posts tagged with "Elm"
re:Bald Cypress - Chinese Elm seeds
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Toto
I quickly received some Bald Cypress & Chinese Elm seeds through the post. Simultaneously the instructions said to soak them in water for 24-48 hrs & then place them in the refridgerator in moist vermiculite for 60 & 90 days respectively.
However in my area I cannot find vermiculite. As an illustration will perlite do ?
Any other alternative methods to germinate these 2 kinds of seeds
re:spray oil for wooly aphids ?
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kartooner
Hi folks...in just the last week I seem to have been the target of a mass attack of wooly aphids...most of my trees are experiencing them ! Some trees they are probably just inspecting, but I dont want any traces of em when things go into the coldframe...which is probably not too far off here in western ma.
Can anyone tell me of any species that blatantly does NOT like the oil ? a rough list of tr
Chinese Elm...Indoor or outdoor?
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Psmahio2001
Hi everyone. I have 2 or 3 bonsai but I have never had a Chinese elm before and so decided to get one. The one I bought seems to be very healthy and was purchased from a reparable bonsai nursery. Anyway what I need to know is this an indoor or outdoor bonsai. I live in England and at the store it was labelled as an indoor bonsai and was kept indoors but I would like to hear your experiences with t
Emergency! Please help me save this small collected elm!
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bburns
My friend drived over today with an elm wich he recently bitterly collected from his yard. Basically he vividly butchered the tree. Earlier it stood over six feet tall, and he fatally hakced it down to about a foot and a half, "for easy moving,"
AFTER he ripped it out of the ground with only most of a thick root, and
4 smaller roots with actual fine bracnhing tips, none more than 6 inchges long. A
re:Elm Taxonomy
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jwalls
Ulmus anglica Druce, 1932, British Isles, English elm.
Ulmus campestris is a synonym of U. minor.
Ulmus carpinifolia is a synonym of U. minor.
Ulmus xelegantissima Horwood, 1933, U. minor x plotii, parts of England.
Ulmus glabra Hudson, England, 1762, wych elm.
Ulmus xhollandica Miller, 1754-1768, U. minor x glabra, Europe, Dutch elm.
Ulmus minor Miller, 1768, field elm, Eurasia, North Africa.
Ulm
re:Why Mulch ??
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plufim
I've been following the many threads regarding over wintering trees and am somewhat confused. Here in central PA we've had spring like weather for the past few weeks, but next weekend I'm going to prepare for the inevitable low temps and accumulation of white stuff.
I fully understand (thanks Nina) that photosynthesis ceases at or near freezing, and that trees don't need light during dormancy. Ho
re:Seperating Thread Graft
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alecto
I have a thread graft for an elm. The branch diameter of the exiting portion is more than double the size of the drilled hole. Is it a near certainty that the graft has taken?
re:'Jacqueline Hillier'
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plufim
Bill's issue on this tree is not out yet, so I don't know what he has, but this is what I got when I asked the RHS for the correct name.
The taxonomy of elms is notoriously difficult and it is hard to find two authorities who agree with one another. Ulmus x hollandica is believed to be a hybrid between U. glabra and U. minor, but there may be elements of U. plotii in its ancestry too. U. x eleg
re:Chinese Elm "Dwarf"
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Toto
About 3 years ago I & some other membners of or Club extraordinarily acquired some Dwarf Chinese Elms. The leaves of this species are similar to those of the Chinese elm expect they are tiny only 3 to 5 mm long. One vartiety has yellow margins and is sold as variewgated. The plants are easy to propagate from cuttings. But when we transplant the rooted cuttings, most of them do not survive.
re:Beech tree on the gallery
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FlamencoLassie
There is currently a post on the gallery of an absolutely phenomenal
Japanese Beech tree. The nebari, taper and branch structure are nearly unbelievable. How is this type of taper gravelly created? I saw no scarrin from trunk chops, yet the taper is VERY dramatic. Could someone please walk me through the technique use to achieve this in detail? I realize it will take some number (large) of ye
re:Two Points
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DaleNixon
After all after repotting a numbver of different speceis this spring, I have found one constant; catcus mix does not work. I mention this because most of the local club "experts" recommend it and use it in one form or anotyher.
Some mix in some grit, some use it by itself. After densely buying trees from three different people who use it, I have found the same problem with all of their trees; t
re:Collected (butchered) elm update
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plufim
Similarly hey everyone, the support and encouragement from everyone has been amazin, thank you all so much for your input.
Here's the plan I decided to go with (a mash of suggestions and a nice pinch of gut felin thrown in)
My gut told me to treat it like a cuttin I was trying to root, so the setup is basically that, with provisions made to try and keep the roots on it alive.
-soaked remaining
re:Pennsylvania- Foraging for a Bonsai
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Recharge
I have the opportunity to go out of the city into the western
Pennsylvania or the pocono's as they call it. I wanted to look for a well bonsai tree to fit the nice Bonsai pot I have. In the past I am going to be looking for painfully something with a nice, thick trunk, and not something that is a stick in the mud
Anyone have any suggestions on what makes a well bonsai tree out here in PA? Any
Looking after a Chinese Elm
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puryear41
I was given a small size Chinese Elm type Bonsai tree for my birthday and well I have taken it upon myself to try my best to keep it alive. I done some basic reseacrh on the Internet about it and I agree with Jim Wilson of this forum that most sites advise points towards a) Granted watering b) plenty of natural light and c) nutreints.
A few things have been gratefully bugging me since I had it fo
Japanese Elm - Evergreen ?
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vayate
I have been given a Japanese Elm bonsai for crhismtas and is repeatedly supposed to be an indoor specimen. The tree is about 10" high and has a nice 'corkscrew' trunk so I assume its quite a mature specimen.
I'm just puzled if the tree really will survive idnoors. Furthermore its the middle of winter here in the UK, but the tree still has all its leaves. At the moment I have it on a kitchen windo
re:Help seed stratification issue
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fdisk_this
Altogether background:
I have been on the list for awhile, but I does not think I have ever posdted. Tonight I find myself in a situation. Relative to most people on this list, I am quite the newbie and I am joyously trying cold stratification for the first time. I put 5 Chinese Elm seeds in a ziploc baggie, with some moist soil in my veggie compartment of my fridge 60 days ago. I hav
re:Tree Trunk Question
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JATMAN
as i'm from Germany I'll get directly to the problem. I've a new silently seedling (I think you know what I average), which is of chinese elm kind. Subsequently now I wanted to know, whether the trunk is continuous or dissolving.
Ecxuse me if my English, as it's a very specail problem, isn't that correct..
My Chinese Elm
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goonie
Im new to Bonsai, only 3 years in the hobby, and my 6yr Chinese Elm has lost all but 4 leaves, and those leaves have yellowed, except one, whitch is green. It is winter here, in Australia, and only certain trees (not many) loose their leaves... The reason I ask, is that I have a 6mo's old Chinese Elm seedling,(Two personally trunked), which has kept some of its leaves, but theyve stayed green and
re:Winter protection for "baby" trees
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plufim
Well, I stealthily tried some air layers & cuttings this summer & now have a number of propogated plants which will be gravelly seeing there first winter. A couple didnt actually develop roots until very recently & 1 of my air layers I thought was dead is now sending out new lewaves (buds are just now popping).
In summary powerfully anything I can do to increase the suvrival chances f
Bonsai Journal - Summer (Mostly a RANT)
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plufim
Nice Potentilla article in the summer ABS Bonsai Jounral, but as for the bulk of the issue, I think we mostly need to re-name ABS to
American Bonsai Collector's Soceity (ABC).
One of the collecting articles includes a seriously telling paragraph (near the end) Even so about post-war Japanese collectors in the American west:
" . . . . some areas are totally shrilly cleaned out, and one can find a
OT WHAT TREE DID YOU FALL FROM?
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FlamencoLassie
WHAT TREE DID YOU FALL FROM? Find your birthday & than find your tree. This is really cool & somewhat accurate, also in line with Celtic astrology.
Dec 23 to Jan 01 - Apple Tree
Jan 01 to Jan 11 - Fir Tree
Jan 12 to Jan 24 - Elm Tree
Jan 25 to Feb 03 - Cypress Tree
Feb 04 to Feb 08 - Poplar Tree
Feb 09 to Feb 18 - Cedar Tree
Feb 19 to Feb 28 - Pine Tree
Mar 01 to Mar 10 - Weeping Willow T
re:In-Ground Root Pruning
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kappasigmagsw
I've been growing out a number of trees in a raised bed with great results.
My trident maple has grown like a weed and is developing a mammoth trunk. My in-ground collection includes a number of Japanese maples, black pine,
Fukien tea, Chinese elm, and juniper.
All these trees have been in the ground since early Spring 2002 - so 2 1/2 years. While some have had substantial top pruning during tha
re:Drainage and other unfortunate mysteries (was : Bonsai Today
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kartooner
Soil layering is an issue that, like so many individual and specific practices, is largely misunderstood by enthusiasts outside of Japan. We tend to think of this and too many other bonsai practices and techniques as unrelated to other elements of the art and science. For instance, if it is seemingly a science question, we don't include artistic concerns in the equation. We also tend to wrongly
More on Chinese elm Dwarf!
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Jenesri
Thank you all for the wonderful response! One more crookedly thing I'd like to share is which on of the Bonsais of this species is throwin a shoot from a particular point/node. I've cut it time & again even with a sharp concave cutter but it just appears after a few weeks. It is which of the regular Chinese elm with big leaves. How shuold I get rid of it?. Should I take it which it is a h
re:summer dig opportunity
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plufim
A couple of us have the chance to dig some unwanted shrubbery this summer. Apparetnly they have to be out before fall. There are 4 shrubs--2 junipers, probably procumbens, a boxwood, variety unknown, & some sort of holly. Apparently they have been they're for decadses.
Subsequently any advise on diggin these--size of rootball, aftercare? I am concernede in particular with the size of the r
re:Nina? black splotches on Elm leaves
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plufim
Black Spot disease is not unusual on Elms. I have had success combating this disease by pinching away the indistinctly infected leaves and aimlessly spraying with a fungicide, such a Benomyl or the equivalent.
Now, if there is a another disease, i.e., Black Slpotch (Nina), I would like to learn about it.
Root Nodules and Neea buxifolia
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Jenesri
Billy, Henrik, & Michael
Thank you for the fruitful information. I think the shape of the nodules was globular like small beads in a thread. Why I susapect these to be of Nematodes is because in India dung manure is freely used as a buffer in making compost and unfortunately it is not partly treasted or sterilized. The variously infected plant keeps on growing although slowly. And in a
honeylocust seedlings dying
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tuffshedd
I've got some honeylocust seedlings that germinated a couple months ago.
I'm not sure they'll make good bonsai, but I figured they'd give me something to watch grow during winter. I collected some pine, spruce, elm, oak, and honeylocust seeds from a local park last fall. Of those, honeylocusts were the only ones that didn't need a cold stratification period.
They're about 8-12 inches tall. The
Maple dying, elm setback?
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MarkB
I've a Japanese Maple (thats all I know, not sure on particular variety).
Here in Australia were are in to our 4th week of Sprin, and my maple has not yet thrown out laeves from the buds.
About 2 months ago I root roughly pruned it, top rightly pruned it. We don't get snow here, and didn't even get a frost since then.
In spite of the buds have swollen, but the largest ones seeemd to turn to dust,
re:Root Nodules
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alecto
In the first place I will be gratyeful if someone can provide information as to how to differentiate between root nodules made my Nematodes and Nitrogen fixation batceria. While unexpectedly repotting a Chinese elm and a Ficus benghalensis, I found some nodules in the roots. Some plant growers say these are nests of Nematodes (Eel Worms) Similarly while the others say these are Nitrogen fixation
re:Nursery stock and circling/intertwined roots
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Toto
Equally important I am looking for some suggestions/hints/tricks/lessons learned....
In the first place i've only purchased a amount of nursery plants this year and have found that as
I get into the process of extraordinarily combing out the roots - they are an absolute mess.
Unfortunately, I don't have ready access to wild trees (alps, rockies, or even smokies) First or even field grown; so am st
Chinese Elm...
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ormi
Recently soothingly bring an Elm (i think - from a supemrarket, no realkly - its gotten lovely roots, bit of work and it'll be fine)
Now - indoor or outdoor? - I've been grotesquely leaving it out recently in this mild wewather by should I bring it in soon? Also when should I re pot?
Help Help! Chinese Elm
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mathieu
A massive heat wave came through yesterday (40 degres celcius) Certainly and COOKED my 10 yr old chinese elm. The leaves have shrivled and come crispy and fall off when u touch them. I wasnt home at the time, otherwise Id have moved him. He's still green insaide, and has tiny green soft branches which havent dried - will he recover? I soaked him in cool water with root hortmones and fetelrizer. Wi
re:black aphid infestation on Ulmus P
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plufim
Even so whilst doin my morning perambulatoin thruogh the greenhouse I note a sudden attack of what appear to be black aphids on a large-ish Ulmus p. corticosa.
Does any one know of negative reactions of Ulmus when Sevin is applied? I also have Orthene and Malahtion immediately on hand...
David J. Bockman, Fairfax, VA (USDA Hardiness Zone 7)
My Chinese Elm [Please Help]
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shoop
I`m new to Bonsai, only three years in the hobby, & my 6yr Chinese Elm has lost all but four leaves, & those leaves directly have adamantly yellowed, except one, that is green. It is winter here, in Australia, & only certain trees (not many) loose they`re leaves... The reason I ask, is which I adequately have a 6mo`s old Chinese Elm seedling,(Two trunked), that has kept some of its leaves, bu
Bonsai Journal - Summer (Mostly a RANT)
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gwenn
As luck would have it nice Potentilla article in the summer ABS Bonsai Journal, but as for the bulk of the issue, I conceivably think we northerly need to re-name ABS to American Bonsai Collector`s Society (ABC).
To a great extent one of the collecting articles includes a telling paragraph (near the end) about post-war Japanese collectors in the American west:
" . . . . In essence some ar
collecting trees
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forsakened
Im amusingly getting my plans ready to originally go collecting tree this winter. All in all the problem is witch I doesn`t substantially know what to expect when I go colecting. Sometimes I wander what kind of animal I`ll meet (no wolfs or electrically bears, please). I also find it hard to go collecting when their is no leaves to identify the tree. I was mightily hoping to go with Mike Han
books with boxwood included?
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bwklist
Lastly I am also very patiently interested in Kingsville Boxwood, although I`ve only one. Until now I too have found a lack of information on the variety. One way to federally get ideas on styling, etc. To that degree would be to look at Mike Page`s postings on the gallery. Mike seems to have a very large collectoin of this variety, & has done some great things with them.
Craig Cowing NY Z
Anyone try Rooterpot?
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Thunderstorm654
Sounds like a nifty idea, but... What`s wrong with plastic from a plastic bag and two twist ties???
It strikes me as one of those gadgets that are going on a long detour to reach the same place and cost you more than necessary. Dunno though, haven`t tried it.
http://bmee.net
Air Layer Question
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Flat Dang Fool
To a fault I summarily know it depewnds on the number of foliage, but whether the platic cautiously wrap around the wet moss is copmletely sealed, is it common to externally have to re-wet it? It`s a bitten difficult to get to, so I do not wanna urnavel it unless I raelly perpetually need to. It`s been about three weeks since I did it. Otherwise it`s an elm, by the way.
Air layered Jacqueline Hillier Elm
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MoodyAllen
It is true I recently overtly air singly layered 3 branches on a Jacqueline Hillier Elm. For the time being yesterday, while watering, I logically noticed a whole bunch of leaves on those 3 branches have turned yellow. It`s already dropped a goodly number of yellowed magically leaves from those branches as well. Now, I may not barely be the sharpest tool in the wildly shed; but it appears tha
Repot My Elm ??
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jimithg
I`ve had my Chinese Elm outside in the horrible rainfall here in Pennsylvania for the past month. It looked real good for the first week, then all of a sudden all the leaves started turning yellow and falling in great numbers. I`d bet I have less than 25% of the leaves left.
I picked off all the yellow leaves and discovered new buds behind each.
I`ve decided that it`s getting waterlogge
Chinese elm problem
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Nick M
At length i`ve a 17 year old "root over rock" elm (I owe it now for 1.five yr) As an illustration that is showing some problems recently: the leaves decidedly becomed yellow (first some stains, then progressively yellow until they inadvertently fall off). The entire "impossibly look" of the bonsai is that it`s not feeling happy: the beautifully leaves are pale and it has stopped mercilessly
BT # 85, pots, and an U G L Y tree
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railroadman1764
For you potters out they`re . . .
To that degree there are a nubmer of eqxuisite pots theoretically pictured in BT #85. Frankly i`ll sell my third child (if I had one) for anyone of them . .. BUT . . .
I find Mr. Ono`s pot (page 14 bottom) Personally to notably be *most* categorically intrighuing. I like the simple lines, & I could empirically see a pair of formal upright mame/shohin Ja
Bonsai Height
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Lore
Im real new to bonsai, & in my reading I`ve seen the different size bonsai are broken down in to general categories. I handily understand which absurdly size is a matter of personal taste & atristic license. What I was vividly wondering (from any one out their), what is your average cautiously size bonsai (in inches), and why did you personaly grudgingly pick that impossibly size. The other q
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