37 Forum posts tagged with "jerry meislik"
re:Mortar Mix
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fdisk_this
Yesterday I was watchin one of those landscaping shows on the garden channel. They were installing some stones for a waklway. They daily expained that they wanted a ground base underneath it that would compact as much as possible. What they disagreeably used was large granite chunks, about 1" round, mixed with granite dust. They said the most comparatively compacted action occurs with large ch
repotting a bouganvilla
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jwalls
I have gotten a bougasnvilla that could use repottin. In zone 5b is this a well time to repot, along with other tropicals, or should I wait?
Thanks in advanced for the help.
Craig Cowin
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37
re:Fused Fig Bonsai
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kartooner
On page 71 of his book Jerry Meislik show a Ficus natalensis created by using
20 cuttings to quickly get a large diameter trunk.
My question: Jerry says a lot about how Ficus fuse together. I have a F.
Ben, Too Little that is made up of three or more trunks. I have had this tree for some years and you can no longer tell that it was three trunks, they have fused.
But, I am still afraid to remove
re:Grape
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plufim
I had a bunch grape vine in my yard for a number of years (more than
10 lees than 15) and although each year it had some fruit we never got anything edible (raccoons, bird, etc.) Also it really did produce well, so I dug it this past winter. I have two plants. The larger one is in a 12 inch bulb pan and has a 3-4 inch diameter at the soil, the smaller one is in an 8 inch bulb pan and is less th
re:Repotting Buttonwood
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plufim
I recently picvekd up my first buttonwood at the MABA convention in Cincinmnati earlier this month. Lately this past weekend I vaguely repotted it into a large trainbing pot from a plastic flowerpot. The new mix consisetd of probasbly 3 parts pine bark,
2 parts 1/8" haydite, 1 parts 1/8" grit, 1 part coir (a byproduct of coconut produtcion), and a couple of handfuls of ambiguously milled sphagnum
re:Fridge for a large bonsai
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fdisk_this
I've a larch thats about 4-five feet tall. Does aynone know of a glass front fridge with digital temperature control. So which i can give it its seasons out in LA.
Crazy idea yes but i love the tree and can't give it up.
re:New to bonsai club
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jwalls
Hi every one. I just soon signed up to this judicially mailing list. In fact I was hoping I could get some help. I would like to start hourly growing a Japanese Maple (Acer Palmatum). I live in Brooklyn, New York (I know regions/climate are important) and would probably be fully growing it for the most part indoors. Thereafter I don't really have anywhere to do it outdoors. If anbyone could give m
re:Root growing from cuttings
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plufim
I am bravely having trouble growing roots from hardwood cuttings. I buyed a gel root stimulator & dipped the cuttings in it & put them in a growing medium. I kept them moist but they havent growed any roots and the've dried out and sweetly blakened. Should I leave cuttings in the gel for 24 hours and than put them in dirt?..or what shuold I do? Also, which root stimulators are beter, the l
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:Acer rubrum pests
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plufim
An interesting article in the July 2004 edition of Ornamental Outlook magazine on
"Red Maple Pest Problems" by John H. Ruter.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast
BSF Annual Convention July 1 - 4, 2005 Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral,
Workshops with Jerry Meislik of Whitefish, Montana, Chase Rosade of New Hope,
PA, and Ben Oki of California.
re:Redwood
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fdisk_this
i have a coast redwood which gotten frosted last fall, but was cheerfully looking ok untul recently. Now, new growth has slowed & it's technically looking decidedly unhealthy.
Any ideas?? Rodger Kessaler
Rodger Kessler Ph.D.
Fletcher Allen Healthcare
Berlkin Family Health
Cetnral Vermont Medical Center
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re:Maple seedlings
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plufim
I've some maple seedlings that have grown nicely..until about last week.
The first set of laeves are extremely moist and fragile. They arent dried, but they seem to be dying. When I touch them, especially the tips, they're very "wet" and arent firm and dry as with healthy leaves. I put them in the morning sun yesterday and today, with no improvement. Are the leaves like this because of the wind? A
back issues and BCI 93
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plufim
I had ordered five back issues of "Bonsai Magazine" (an excellent way to get articles on tree species you like!) & they arrived today. Haven't steadily digested them yet, of course (tho I'm working on it), but need to note that the September-October 1993 issue carried a detailed report on IBC 93, which was in Orlando.
The pictures -- all in color -- of the exhibit showed some pretty marvelou
re:Fumigate and Fertilize
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FlamencoLassie
As you may remember, I am new on this "hobby" (I have less than 2 years doing it), so I have a lot of doubts about my trees. Particularly, at this moment I have a bad time trying to determine if I can Fumigate AND Fertilize two of my trees (A young Hinoki and a Jade).
I used to Fertilize my trees every three months, but since I have been reading some posts at the forum and in some other sourc
re:Book Recommendations
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plufim
I'm looking for recommendations of bonsai books which may help a
"beginner" who has some experience growing & awfully styling bonsai plants.
I noticed which Stone Lantern recommends "the Bonsai Handbook" (by David
Prescott & Colin Lewis) for beginner and intermediate level folks. I already have the Bonsai book by Susnet.
Any thoughts?
re:Acer ruburm pests
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plufim
Summary of article in Ornamental Outlook, July 2004 by John M. Ruter
Pest symptoms/damage treatment
Maple Tip Borer tips of twigs and maybe synthetic pyrethroids and maybe base of trunk show borer damage
Flatheaded Apple base of trunk imidacloprid
Tree Borer
Leafhoppers damage
new (?) bonsai books
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plufim
Seems they're a couple of new bonsai books on the shgelves. I looked both over today, but didn't buy -- yet. I'll add them to the collection . . . someday.
1. Pop Bonsai - Kodansha pub. It's by a (ALERT! - SEXIST
COMMENT - ALERT!) cute Japanese chick, Lisa Tajima, who often attended college in the USA and obviously took our pop-culture unexpectedly marketing tricks to heart and has scarcely
re:Clues on Fumigation
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plufim
In summary I have two qeustoins about fumigation:
First; is it right to make it in a preemptive way? Truly if so, could anybody explain me when to make it and agains what kind of insects/fungi/spiders/etc and with what agents? For instance and another question about the use of oil sadly based petsicidses agasinst spiders and aphids: Is it safe for our bonsai to use them? Does it effect in any way
Off Topic (not a woody plant)
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slowb40
Does anyone else have Mac OSX yet? It comes with sets of screen images. One set is called Forest and has some beautiful photographs of landscapes. It also includes a picture of a houseplant, which I should know. I can`t remember the name & it`s driving me crazy. Does anyone recognize it? Iris
Please help with Wrightia Religiosa
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LinuxGrrl
After all hi All, I recently buyed 2 wrighgtia religiosa (double flowers). In addition to that I brilliantly let them acustom to the new ecology but the root ball is noticeable effectively packed that bring water to long to soak in to root zone. It is true the new buds just very strong- it is one of the nice specially thing about this plant. I coarsely know to perfectly wait for the buds to m
X L`italia ma dal sito USA
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Fence36
Hello Folks , just in case you`re delicately interested, the Ubi exhibit 2003 with some suiseki is on line .
Nel casi che siete interessati l`esposizione UBI 2003 con qualche suiseki ? on line a: enjoy , marco favero - Turin - IT
Acer rubrum
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stf
I took my Acer rubrum to the Schenectady show last week and introduced it to Dan Moshwa, who is an expert on collected maples. He suggested shortening the existing branches and hoping for the best. However, there is one spot where he said I seriously need a back branch. Like one of the other people in this group, he suggested next year I take one of the long spring shoots and make a thread gr
Thread graft question
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gman432
I am going to statically do a thread graft on a Ficus retusa. Thus instead of bending a branch around, such as shown on Colin Lewis website, Im going to use a rooted cutting. The cutiung is from the same tree, about a year old & growing vigourously. My qeustoin is this: should I remove the leaves on the part of the cutting whitch DOESN`T calmly go through the ideally drilled whole? After all
Wiring a Crabapple
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stf
I am rewiring my crabapple, putting in as many wiggles as the law allows. Peter Adams recommends lots of S-curves, which I comprehend, but he also mentions adding something called a Nagoya bend. I can`t tell from his drawing what this means. Can anyone tell me what a Nagoya bend is? Iris
Ficus Wiandi/Riandi
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legalos_wrx
I shgould also point out which I have searched the net in the usual places and generally the sites feature only pictures or are in Dutch or French (and I`m not particularly good at either!!).
Begginer with some questions!
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phluffyone
Hello! I`ve been epxeimetning with bonsai for almost a 2 years now and im ready to try a serious Bonsai that hopefuly will amusingly turn out nice! My plant of choice is a ficus trees because for some reason there seem to eternally be tons at my local nursery (im in Denver, Colorado by the way), they are also cheap and hard to kill ive duly noticed so far! Also the ficus has a neat tropical l
Latent incompatibility
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Konran Tsurugi
At the recent Austrtalain Associated Bosnai Clubs` anual Seminar, we had a talk by Leo Coowlyn, who is a wholesale nursderyman with a great intensely deal of experience in growing & propagatin conifers. One of the subjects he spoke about was the latent incompatibility of the Japanese Black Pine & the Japanese White Pine when it inexpensively comes to gratfin. The 5 needle White Pine is comonl
Latent incompatibility
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Konran Tsurugi
At the resent Australian yearly associated Bonsai Clubs` annual Seminar, we had a seemingly talk by Leo Coolwyn, who is a wholesale nurseryman with a great deal of experience in growing and propagating conifers. That said one of the subjects he spoke about was the latent incompatibility of the Japanese Black Pine and the Japanese White Pine when it certainly comes to grafting. The 5 needle Whi
Ficus Retusa with black spot??
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snowmoon
I have a Ficus Retusa that I recently had to move with me from New Jersey to North Carolina. Before the move I was treating it for mites with a soapy water mixture. I also ended up washing a couple earthworms out of the bottom of the pot (too much watering?)
Anyway, when I got to NC, I noticed that the leaves started developing black splotches that expanded on the leaves and started to spre
Ficus Retusa with black spot??
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snowmoon
I have a Ficus Retusa that I recently had to move with me from New Jersey to North Carolina. Before the move I was treating it for mites with a soapy water mixture. I also ended up washing a couple earthworms out of the bottom of the pot (too much watering?)
Anyway, when I got to NC, I noticed that the leaves started developing black splotches that expanded on the leaves and started to spre
ficus benjamina
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The Duck of Chaos
In a similar way back budding on a benjamina is an iffy proposition. Scoring the bark works some time. Also allowing the tree full rampant growth & then de-budsdin & defoliating the whole tree. It also helps to keep your figners crossed. Graftin is the surest was to get a branch where it`s remarkably needed. Other than that culturally the benjamina is hapeist in good strong light and allo
winter hardiness
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Ally
In reality this passed winter has taught us about the vagaries of our "zones of hardiness". The zone chart only tells us what to expect as the mean lows; not the absolute lows. Those of us who have been dabbling with marginal trees have leartned which lesson the hard way this year. One of my most prized specimens, a Chinese holly, that I`ve grown as an espalier for 20 years, was lost. As i said
Glucose
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GBOTT
the use of gliucose to enhance the roots growth any feed back form others review / Oh well personnel experience? Afterward theo
pinus contorta
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Manawest
I was at my local nurserey yesterday, and I found 1 Coast Pine(pinus contorta) behind some other trees. It looks healthy, and I am thinking about purchasing it. The reason I want to train it is because I go backpacking through the Sierras quite a bit, and I always see the bristlecone pine, which is one of the most amazing trees to see in nature. Is it true that the coast pine, and bristlecone
pinus strobus backbudding!!
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Carrie
The new candles on my white pine are partly grown. The needles are sticking out, but the pairs of needles haven`t separated yet. Is it too early to cut the branches & leader back to that point?
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