ericjordan

Hi everybody,

Im just a beginner and have enjoyed greatly the little art of bonsai i have encountered. I have two questions that can hopefully get answered

1. I am about to prepare some japanese red maple seeds for planting in the spring. There are some stratification "rules" i should follow that i have found on the interent, the only thing is i have found some differencies in the information. I was just wondering if anyone out there knows the "best" way to do this.

2. I recieved an olive bonsai some time ago and found shortly after scales had attacked it!! AAh..anyway i sprayed it with some stuff that i got from a nursery. The result was disasterous, the leaves all dried up within two weeks. The good news is that they are starting to grow new leaves and the scales seem to be gone. Should i pick off the dried leaves that are still attached? I was also going to try to repot this tree in the spring so it isnt so constrained to allow growth. Is this a good time for this both seasonally and health wise?

Thanks everyone, hope the new years is going well

Eric

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