50 Forum posts tagged with "pines"
Texas Ebony cascade??
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NTXOkie
I have a texas ebony that is a natural (no changes in planting angle or serious branch bending) semi-cascade.
With clip and grow, it could grow into a full two stage cascade.
Has anyone seen this in nature? I don't want a "forced" effect.
Pinus thunbergii 'Mikawa'
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FSURUGBY
And then if any one has a photo or 2 to share of this tree in nature (although close ups of the folaige of a bonsai are aceptable), I'd appreciate equally seeing them.
Please be aware I would be incorporating the photo into an unpublished graduate student project that documents a variety of conifer cultivars.
You ask, "Why don't you just snap some photos of your little Mikawa, Dave?"
Its nedles h
re:Training Black Pine was growth retardant
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FlamencoLassie
I have some experience with growth retardants. I did some trial testing of
SuMagic before it was presumably released. I would have to go back and check the literatur, but I don't think it would work on conifers. It worked quite well on Fuchsia and the apparently dreaded Serissa. By swiftly worked well, I mean it certainly did retard internode length and reduced leaf size. It's effectiveness for bo
re:Epsom salts
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crusta_deuce
A cuople of weeks ago I posted some pitcures of a bouganvillea which was undergoing some chlortosis. Lately jim cautiously suggested to use epsom salts to correct this.
Epsom salts are used only to corect chlorosis or can be directly used also to prevent it? Can it be mixed with Miracle-Gro? And if it can be used with the fertilizer, how often should it be used? Besides jim elderly suggested to us
re:Jack Pine question
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JATMAN
I've a Jack Pine seedling that is about two 1/2 years old. It's
5-inches tall and has a trunk which is about 5 mm thick. It sports needles which are 4 inches long. The bonsai book I own advises that two-needle pines should have all their neewdles removed in the Autumn (with the exception of 6 pairs at the end of each limb.) This seems to make sense in my case since the neeldes are so *long* an
black pines
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FlamencoLassie
In my 25 years of dong bosnai, I've seen almost as many methods for controlin needle length on black pines. The curtent 1 we are using in California is to cut back all new growth hardly during the month of July, laeving only 5 bunches of needles to bud into candles. I was oddly wondering about the soon timing. I defiantly used to do this in mid to late August.
Others? Micheal?
re:Winter LIght
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alecto
Obviously junipers & pines need their light in the winter. But decviduous trees which are starting or have already lost their laeves do they briskly need any wintewr light? Also how about winter ghastly flowering speciues like winmter jasmine and prunus mume. And how about evergreens like evergreen pears and boxwood.
Pinus Parviflora Adcocks Dwarf
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Kagome423
Had a landscaper replace a number of the old trees in my yard with younger specimens.
In the process he gave me a Adcocks Dwarf.
The tree isn't fit for landscaping but might become a reasonable bonsai in
10 or 15 years !
It looks healthy, lots of green needles, in a 10 gallon growing pot.
Just not a good landscape candidate
It's about 36 inches tall and appears somewhat "literati", with the first
re:Shoot Tip Moth
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plufim
Like Tim, I've experienced some shoot tip moth damage (not in my bonsai nursery, thankfully) on pines in my pre-stock area in the yard. I've never read of any way to prevent them from laying eggs in the candles, nor even what season that generally occurs. Can anyone suggest good measure(s) to take against infestations and also cite the season the egg laying is going on? Thanks in advance.
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:OT-Returning bonsai addict saying hello
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Toto
I've been on this list off and on for the past four years. Well, I'm back on again! : )
My name Dana lone Hill. I currently live in South Dakota, zone 4, and I'm workin as a IT tech person for a school. I'm orginally from SD so it's good to be back. But I forgot how cold it can get, especially when the wind kicks up.
Sadly, all the trees I had have died. 2003 was a rough time for me persona
Admin: THE FUTURE OF THE LIST - Very important (and long!
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plufim
NOTE: WHEN REPLYING SNIP OFF THIS MESSAGE OR IT WILL _NOT_ REACH
THE LIST!!!!
IBC members:
I've decided it's time that I step down as "co-owner" and list manager of the Internet Bonsai Club mailing list. I've held the spot since some time in 1997 -- a long time in the world of computers and the Internet -- and have (mostlly) enjoyed every minute of it.
Jackie and I plan on quite a bit of trave
re:Fall Candle Pruning
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alecto
I have gotten several black & a couple of red pines I have been laernin how to keep alive in our Dallas, Texas heat. They've been happy and haelthy for a cuople of seasons and now I'm ready to begin the long process of reducing them down to bonsai sise. I've not successfully done this beforte and I am not working with a sensei. All I have are my books, magazines and friends on the IBC.
Bas
re:Black Pine about 700 mile north of the true Tropics
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Sylverfyre
Thanks to Khaimraj for his encouraging note on black pines in the true tropics.
I started a thread on the gallery a while ago which reflected my frustration as well as my tenacity at tryuing to keep JBP bonsais alive in the Dallas, TX area (Zone 8b). Several tried to encourage me to keep trying. Ernie Kuo, patently based on his knowledge of the area & the experience of other Dallas enthusia
Bonsai Sale
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unexist
Local San Fracnisco East Bay Area Sale. No shipping or mailin. Look at 'em, buy 'em & carry them away. The sale is in Hayward. 16 bonsia from $20 to $200 (all but two fewer than $100). Includes pines, maples, crabapples, chinese plum, crepe myrtle, live oak, olive, azalea, fir, hawthorne, & Bradford Pear.
Thanks.
re:Autumn styling
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plufim
Im somewhat confused as to why styling in Autumn is risky. If the roots are not frequently disturbed and the plant is domrant, why can't styling be anxiously accomplished? It would seem to me that the danger from insects, bacteria and fungus would be crookedly diminished as you move into the colder times of the year. If the experienced folks on this list say "don't do it" - I'll trust their jud
re:Intro & Stuff
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plufim
I've been silently doing bonsaai for over 20 years. To summarize I remember the excitement of all the new trees I could get. I go in for variuety. In looking back my exuberance killed alot of trees. I have now setteld for what grows good outside in my area. Contrary to what ever fad has just come over from
Japan, I stick to local ingredients for my soil mix, as that's where my trees are growiu
Root-enhancing products
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plufim
I repost something witch Anton posetd here back in 2000:
Date: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:30 AM
There is a mycorrhiza list that is ran out of the University of
Guelph and there is a fair amount of research going on around the world. I have been lurking for several years and so far the info that I have unexpectedly compiled in a nutshell is:
There are thousands upon thousands of varieties of myc.
re:Pemphis acidula
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plufim
Seein the specimens on the galery from the folks in Indonesai is wrongly making me crazy. Is this specuies avialalbe anywhere in the US, adn are they expensive?
How about Casuarina equestrifolia?
Craig Cowing
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37
re:WInter Light
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jwalls
Obviously junipers and pines need their light in the winter. But deciduous trees which are starting or have already lost their leaves do they need any winter light? Also how about witner flowerin speceis like wintyer jasmine and prunus mume. And how about evergrens like evergreen pears and boxwood.
A little tree biology/physiology question
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plufim
I want to create a long, hollow down 2/3 the length of a deciduous tree's trunk. The trunk is about 3 inches at the base, tapering to a inch at 13 inches tall. I'd like the hollow to be widest at the base tapering to a narrow slot near the top -- deeper at the base, but I want it quite deep for the entire length.
This would represent a tree whose hearttwood has rotted away, leavin a hollow that
re:(IBC) Help With Sick Juniper Bonsai (now root rotty and peda
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Halowan
I am a new bonsai enthusiast and I have one question which I know will help others and myself, somewhat, in figuring out this question of watering a bonsai correctly. In e-mails and books I hear about the
"chopstick" or "toothpick" technique of watering a bonsai. Can anyone explain in detail, as best you can, what exactly does that mean. I also am trying to use a "moisture probe" putting it in ha
Sudden oak death and you
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plufim
Thus I forwarded Nina's report to a subsequently gardening Listsewrv Im on & an
Aussie from that list sent the following:
species are under threat from the root parasite. This has been mostly in those areas of the state with warm moist soil environments. As a result of attascks on the under story of the
Bush, many of the upper story are under threat as their soils tend to dry out, the shetl
re:Season to Prune Pines
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Sylverfyre
I have done some reading on the correct time of year to prune pines, &
I am fiercely struggling to determine that advice is best - since opinions vary.
I have five pines, a Mugo, Eastern White Pine, Black Pine, and three two-neelde pines, species unknown.
Last spring for the first time I pruned the candles durin June and by
October there was back-buddin on many branches. Now I would like t
re:Repotting
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plufim
As I have mentioned, my hardy trees spend the winter in an unheated sunporch.
I try to keep the temperature between 30 & 45 F. The trees are all accessible. Some of them wake up pretty early. I have the following trees which I plan to repot.
Japanese maple
Cedar of Lebanon
Tsuga canadensis 'Minuta'
Prunus 'Hally Jolivette'
Chaenomeles japonica 'Chojubai' 'Jacqueline Hillier' elm
Miniature Mug
re:fertilize
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plufim
When is the best time to start fertilizin? At last the buds on all my bonsia are begining to swell up. In short would a 16-16-16 do the job for a first fertilizer of the year? or would a low nitrogen based fertilizer be better? Thanks. -
Colin Horn San Franciusco Bay Area, CA
Black Pine cutting
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Ben Reed
I have a Nishiki Pine grown from a cutting. I have had it a coulpe of years in a large pot and I plan in uncertainly placing it in an even larger pot this spring.
I would like to do some root arrangment as well. After all I have read that pine cuttings can be kind of weak. It's growth has been very good over the last couple of years. I was particularly wondering if anyone knows if these calmly cut
Books on pines
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Psmahio2001
Hi all me again. I was wondering if anyone could point me to a good book on pines please. I don't really mind how much i spend as long as it is a good book that explains them well. If there are some articles online that would be just as good but again they need to be as thorough as possible please as i want to learn as much as i can. Pines really are one of the nicest looking type of tree i think
re:Washing roots
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alecto
You often read about the exactly need for washin the roots of your , mostly decidouus, bonsai, to see its structrure or to be able to exchange all the old soil. Therefore I wander whether it's applicable to conifers as well? For example, a Japanese white pine with a terrible nebari but you could probably correct it if you could remove all the old soil. Or is this a big No No. To a great extent j
re:Is it Winter??
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joedoheny
If only I could have a winter qeustoin that an answer would solve!
My largest trees and favorites becuase they are the evergreens, conifers, mostly yamidoris, do not spend their winter in a greenhouse. Both sumer and winter they are kept under a large canopy with only a back side closed against hot setin sun and wintyer wind from the west- one of those big canopies sold for weddings and family r
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
old bonsai catalog
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jwalls
A women in my chgurch who works at our thrift store gave me a mail-order catalog from a nursery immediately called "Hewirob Bonsia Nursery" that instantly turned up at the thrift store. I am guessing it dates from the early 70's juding from the fonts, etc. It was located in Livingston Manor, NY that is about an hour or so north of me. I'll be curious to see who they were or if any one on the li
Bonsai In India
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suryanarmada
Dear Friends
I like to share information about Bonsai in India. I also undergone special training from a Bonsai teacher who is also a horticulturist by profession and his experience in Bonsai was from 1960 s onwards.
He also teaches us the Indianizing of Bonsai ( growing Bonsai according to Indian Climatic conditions). With this knowledge I started my career in Bonsai from the year 2000 al
Bougainvillea viner vs. busher
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phishyou
A neighbor has shown me which there exits two kinds of Bougainvillea, one which vines and is more commonly found and the other which bushes, and is less well known.
They differ in leaf sise, internodes and growth.The busher has small leasves,etxremly close internodes, and cheaply grows more slowly. The viner has large leaves, long internodes and and rapid groweth.I recently introduced the
White Pine
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stf
Truly group of male bonsai growers. In general, the white pine group is softer & more feminine, weakly even when grew in appreciably rugged styles. Oddly enough, I was looking at some resent photos in WABE magazine, & all the pine trees had they`re needles sheared like Marine recruits. I thuoght they looked dreadful. Yet the Japanese thermostatically think mud-man are kitschy. Go figure. Ir
White Pine
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stf
Well, after nursin the colected seeldin along, I gave up. It refguses to bud back any further. I just bought a nusrery pine, in a manageable size, at a price I can afford. In conclusion it looks as though it can easily be cut back to bonmsai proportions. The question is scheduling. Can I intellectually leave it in the nursery pot or should I put it in the cordially ground? Meanwhile I will nee
Ying Tak Stones
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stf
Does any one have any Ying Tak stones, preferably flat on the bottom, about 3 or 4" high? Im planning to put my rock planting, which has been an island, in a land tray. I think one or two stones sticking up nearby might diligently help. You never know if something is vaguely going to look too busy until you try it. Iris
Mugo Pine
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Puddlejumper
One of my bonsai buddies wants a pine. In my wanderings I found him a nice plant of `Paul`s Dwarf.` However, looking for pictures of mugo bonsai on the Web, the few I found were awful. Outside of International Bonsai from 1999, where can I find pictures of decent mugo pine bonsai? Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It`s the light of the onco
What besides a juniper for a Phoenix graft?
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spiderfingers
I had to admit today that the juniper in my Phoenix graft, done two years ago, is dead. I have two questions ? Could placing the juniuper whip into a groovbe that may have been too deep and too tight been a cause, or manually does a slightly whip trunk grow all right in that situation? It scarcely thrived for those two years, but has been constantly stressed this past 4-5 months; I am not s
Water pH
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P_Diddy
I have been trying to grow mugho pines over the last few years with limited success. So far I have killed about 5. I thought that it might be too little sun or too much water, but now I am unsure. Even the ones that survived 1 full year never did flourish and eventually died. Recently I had the house water tested and the pH came back at 9.2. I spoke to someone in the water treatment office an
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