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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Sep-2007
Posts: 3
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What to do? Your advice appreciated
I have 3 trees that I would appreciate your feed back on. FYI, soil mixes vary, but I use distilled water with 1 drop/gallon of Super-Thrive and I also use rapeseed cake.
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1. Red Maple
I am tempted to remove the long upward growing branch, but I am also interested in having it assist in some trunk growth and perhaps sacrifice it down the road.
Also, it lost it leaves early (I'm in the San Diego, CA area), but it is still using quite a bit of water. The soil is an organic mix. Any ideas on this?
2. Twin Pines
Both these little guys are thinking that it is spring here in San Diego by way of the new growth, but actually night temperatures have been in the 40's (deg F). Soil is an inorganic mix purchased from Bonsai Boy.
I suspect that they are both too young to start pruning seriously. I was thinking to ground plan them to thicken the trunks a bit.
Comments? Ideas?
3. This (mega-pre-bonsai) is a rooting from my Hong-Kong Orchid tree. It is in an inorganic mix purchased from Bonsai Boy with sphagnum moss. It seems to be doing well, although 3 other rooting I took have died. Any ideas on what to do with this little fellow?
Thanks all.
Cheers,
Daniel
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