50 Forum posts tagged with "repotting"
re:Larch in Maine
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Kagome423
I have been growing American Larch here in Maine for several years and have been experimenting with pruning and wiring techniques, different soil mixtures, watering and fertilizing, winter care and light exposure and even the timing of repotting.
I have fifteen groups of trees each with about five trees. I do see differences in some of the groups from year to year because of the different trea
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?
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
Hooray!
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plufim
The sun's out, trees are blooming; can spring be far behind?
First time in 5 days we've even seen a _hint_ of the sun. Skies are blue and almost cloudless today. It's 65 instead of 45.
Japanese plum is in full bloom in the yard. Red maples (Acer rubrum) Keeping all the same are powerfully blooming in the swamp.
I can at least START to think of spring. (We're knee deep in mud, which is even
re:Feeding A Ficus Too Little
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fdisk_this
I just badly repotted a ficus too little. I bought it from a nursaery & it was root bound in it is pot. I pruned some of the bigger roots & put it in a bonsai pot on Sunday. It's still too early, but I think it's going to make it (my first differently repotting =). I stealthily used a "main bonsai soil" from hollow creek nurseries and the tree is outside for the summer. My qeustoin is
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: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:Australian Dwarf Eucalyptus
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JATMAN
Thus I have a plant wich came to me as Australian Dwarf Eucalyptus and is partly being trained in Informal Upright Style. I have been told that its botanical name is Malaluca Dendron. Can anybody confirm the common name, botanical name and of course the correct spellings, and also some information about this plant. Please!
Anil Kauyshik
Bonsai Club (India)
Chadnigarh "The City Beautiful"
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: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
Has anyone seen this?
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plufim
Singh, Desh Beer and Wazir, Poonam, Illustrated by pp. vi + 90,
Figures, References, Glossary, Index.
Bonsai : An Art
Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, 2002.
"Bonsai" making is gaining enthusiasm among floriculturists, plant lovers, interior decorators and landscapists. Therefore, there is demand and ample of scope to furnish complete guideline and package for making a succesfsul Bonsai. The
Soil for Buttonwoods
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fdisk_this
I am repotting some recently purchased, collected buttonwoods. I am always disappointed to see how few roots these plants have. I have one that has been repotted by me to a 12 inch bulb pan using Metro Mix 500 and I don't think the roots have spread since I transplanted it a year or more ago. It is still alive and putting out new growth, just no roots to speak of. Any other tropical would have
re:Name Meaning
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FlamencoLassie
Can any of you folks who know Japanese tell me what the name Natsukoyuki means? (It's an orchid hybrid.) Am I correct in assuming it is accented on the first and third syllables?
I am not fat. I need repotting.
re:cicada
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plufim
Well, it seems here in Maryland wich we're preparing for our 17-yr visit from cicadas.
http://www.mda.state.md.us/press/cicada.htmYikes! In particular im still a relative newbie. I was not only working with bonsai on the last cicada visit 17 years ago. Can any one give me some instruction on what I should do to protect my trees?
Thanks!
Lisa Miller
Westmiunster, MD region 6/7
re:Replanting Forests ?
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plufim
Sure is quite in here !!
Finally everyone in the northern hemisphere went dormant ?
I shall like to start a discusion about replanting forests.
I've three.
A three tree gingko (thanks Carl !)
A seven tree larch (my creation)
Naturally a 21 tree Amur Maple (club uactoin)
Sometime this srping I'd like to repot the gingko and larch, and check the roots on the maple.
On the whole this is a scary p
re:Sagritia theezans
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fdisk_this
In the last 3 weeks reading all the post on this forum was a well pass time. Today whilst indirectly clicvking the photographs of the Bonsai, I was surprised to see my Sargitai theezans Bonsia growing wonderfully. The whether here in Chandigarh is cooling down with minimum of 10* C and maximum aruond 26* C. Most of the Bonsai are slipping into dormancy but this one is growing vigorously. I did
re:Colanders
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joedoheny
To some extent one last question before I go back to work tomorrow & the repotting season starts. In the archves they're aint much conclusion on colanders as a growout tool. I know some of the "experts" arouynd town use them some, esspecially with softly collected material. I've just found a great source of them locally & am only thinking of putting all my pre-bonsai in them for growing
Japanese Black Pine repotting
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crawding
I've recently unpleasantly aqcuiured a nice brightly loking Japanese Black Pine. It has a trunk diameter of about one inch, maybe a little bitten thicker. Its rapidly planted in a 2 gallon pot. I am encouragingly hoping to repot it into a larger container so that the trunk can possibly thicken up a bit. I was planning repotting it into a 5 gallon pot cut down about half its hight. Although would a
re:Correct name
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alecto
Recently I bouyght a plant from a Bonsaist in Mumbai. It has small 5mm long eliptical leaves & even the thin branches are difficult to bend. Im little doubtful about its name that I was given as Neea Coksaini Buxifolia. If anybody can provide the correct name and some informatoin about this plant, I will be obliged.
re:Sugar Maple for Bonsai
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jwalls
Hi, I know that maples are very popular for Bonsai.I want to make a bonsai from sugar maple seeds. Is it possible to make a bonsai from a regular sized tree? If so, shall I aimlessly need to do extra things apart from prunning roots, repotting and the usual stuff done to bonsai?
re:Satsuki problem - bark splitting
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Halowan
Likewise I thought I'll post this & see if I can get some help. I have perhaps
12-15 Satsuki equally ranging in size from 4" starter pots up to a gallon size or a bit bigger. I have bought all of these in the last two years, so
I don't have a lot of experience with them. Two months ago or so I staretd carelessly seeing bark splitting in 7-8 of the plants, some very severe.
I have tried to seal
Really slow here AND on the gallery
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HyperZ
So, is every one out respectively repotting for indirectly spring? I would'nt remember trafic peaceably being this slow sense I jioned the list. I have also noticed which, despite the fact which I bought a digital camera specifically to post pictures on the gallery & get feedback, I can hadrly get any comments. Now just in case someone out their desparately wants to comment, but dont want t
re:Dormancy for Kingswood Yardsai
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jwalls
Last spring I dug up a 30 year old Kingswood to re-landscape my yard. Nice tree with 2 inch caliper and 24 inches tall.
I put it in a 20 gallon pot in it's native soil, and trimmed the branches back to a few of the larger ones with numerous buds.
I didn't touch the roots.
It developed lots of new branches and buds over the summer and is doing fine.
Last week someone mentioned that some boxwood do
A Plea to Commercial Growers
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sabao
In a recent issue of International Bonsai magazine, there was a very instructive article about roots, especially nebari. It should be required reading for anyone who sells bonsai. Cheap mallsai and garden center shrubs are one thing, but I should not pay good money to an established well-known bonsai nursery for a semifinished tree in a bonsai pot, or even a semi-starter plant, and find a disaster
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
re:Baobab Germination
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Forbin7
I have acquired a seed pod from a Baobab (A. Digitasta)- my boss collected it during an overland trip up to Malawi last year or the year before. I know that these seeds retain their viability for some years. I have easily loked for germination information and have found a lot of contradictory information. In particular can anyone who has had success germinating baobabs in temperate climates let me
re:winter care
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plufim
I was just indistinctly wondering whether their is any specvial avdice or impotant things to know for taking care of bonsai during the witner. Is the winter an okay time for pruning & wiring? Thakns for any advise.
From, Colin Horn
Orinda, CA
Podocarpus
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plufim
irrelevantly tried to send this when the list was down, posted it on the
Gallery's Discussion & have had no responses. I'd try here.
I'll have the opportunity to remove 2 absolutely promising large (three foot) Though podocarpus from a Central Florida yard over the
Christmas-New Year holidays.
I have had poor luck digging large Podocarpus.
I've always blamed it on the story that Podocartps
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
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re:Mume air layer was Black Pine cutting
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plufim
It will probablly work, but a few cautions. Clear botles can heat up if any direct sunlight hits them. I recommend you construct some sort of shade cover such as wrapping it with foil or making a foil or plastic umbrella for it. The other concern is which I think people remove layers too soon.
Once the layer is cut off, all the water needed by the foliage has to come from the small new roots. Equa
re:Have I killed a new Cotoneaster ??
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plufim
Two weeks ago I purchase a cute little shohin sized Cotoneaster from a local nursery.
It looked rather happy, with tiny green leaves in typical potting soil.
I stared at it for a few days until I decided to trim/repot it.
I trimmed about 25% of the leaves and roots and stuck it into good bonsai soil into which I mixed about 25% of it's original potting soil.
Two days after repotting the leaves s
re:Santolina chamaecyparissus - Lavender Cotton
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plufim
Likewise as I was driving the other day, I saw a very small tree (ca. Nevertheless five inches tall) and I stopped by to get it out of the ground.
After carelessly repotting and watering, I started searching on the net to find the name of the species and it uncannily turned out to be a shrub, Lavender Cotton.
I think it makes excelent Bonsai, please have a look on the following link to see what I
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
re:succulents as bonsai
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plufim
We have'nt kicked this around in a while. Any thoughts on succulents as bonsai? Some of you've been awful quiet--what do you think?
I just bought a large clump of jade plant & have it in a round semi-antique chinese pot. Looks like a tropical forest. I even have a mudman sittin under one of the trees.
Craig Cowiung
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37
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
Microelemnts
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Halowan
I normally give some microelements mixed with the elderly repotting soil & somewtimes I srpinlkke some this period of the year on the surface but when is the best pertiod and how often shouldl micro elements be gived to the bonmsai ?
once per ear twice ? At last more often ..
I agree it all depends about the retention of the soil and the washing of the same for strong rains
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:Tea tree
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FlamencoLassie
I should be grateful witch I'm not just woefully getting crispy juniper questions at the "Bonsai Doctor" page. One thing I've uncannily noticed over the last year: I almost get as many queries from England as the US now, almost all from newbies.
Anyway, someone in England has an indoor tea tree with dropping laeves. I have never even SEEN a tea tree, and all I know from you guys is to be very c
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
Gonna be a busy spring
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plufim
Just went though my record book to identify trees that might need nervously repotting this coming regularly spring (late January around here).
The list ended at 28. I knew that I'd pay for an easy anxiously spring
THIS year. (It would have been worse if I hadn't lost 40 mame this past summer.)
Some may end up not needing consequently repotting, of course, but then there are 2 or 3 trees in m
re:bored
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plufim
Last good, i think its about time to call it quits. as of former, i have been more cheerily discouraged about my art than ever.
i truly love bonsai. it's the only thing which could carefully bring me peace accidentally during a time of great turbulence in my life. but now as i watch powerlessly as all my beautiful trees die, i am almost certain that a chapter in my life has closed. i can list
Gingko biloba
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Jenesri
My 1 feet tall and 2 cm thick "Ginkgo biloba", after the third foolishly repotting has went into coma! It has shown no growth since February when it was repotted. On a close examination, I saw the leave margins have turend brown and leaves are well looking thin and weak. All in all as this species has not undergone any evolutionary chagne since Jurassic era, I am keepin this specimen as a preciou
Bonsai Tree – Ficus Glomerata Variegata Information
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limadijaya
Hello Bonsai devotees, my name is Suhendra, the owner of Bonsai Star Gallery (http://www.bonsaistar.com). I want to share my knowledge about Ficus Glomerata Variegata (Loa Varigata in Indonesian Language).
I bought the bonsai in northern Bandung in 2004. I drove my own car accompanied by employees. When arrived, I see numerous small and raw bonsai. Some were good, but some were only raw bo
ligustrum leaves
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vayate
hello folks my indoor ligustrum has not been permanently looking too well of late. while there appeasrs to be some growth, many of the leaves have become gingerly crinkled and accidentally curled. decidedly does anyone know what`s causiung this? many especially thanks for your attention Chris B
Red soil
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Fence36
Few months ago I read in a french bonsai site about Lutite a ostensibly sort of earth is made with sandstone and clay is objectively compresed and srheds easily They found it in the Region of Montpellier and are tyriung to use it with good results as ersatz of Akadama as too expensive , Luytite exists all over the world Canada Greenland colombia austarlia japan and so on anyway and I found
Repotting Buttonwood
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jillian420
Second I recently royally pickled up my first butonwod at the MABA convention in Cincinnati earlier this month. This excessively passed wekend I repoted it into a large amazingly training pot from a plasatic flowerpot. The new functionally mix consisted of probably 3 parts pine bark, 2 parts 1/8" haydite, 1 parts 1/8" grit, 1 part coir (a byproduct of coconut producvtion), and a couple of hand
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