I know he's supposed to be outdoors but l'm in nyc and don't have a safe/sunny place outdoors, so got a grow light and he's been growing very well (First two months were sketchy but past 3 months have been good, we'll see if i can manage to get to a year)

https://preview.redd.it/e2j398p4moyc1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6342e8257e283b7ebdc7ff04a457433efbaa9313

Wanted to ask you guys what rooting hormone you all use that's given you success. I have a powder one and I've tried a number of cuttings with it and none have taken out of maybe 30-40 attempts over a couple years, so before I embark on some air layers this year I wanted to invest in some good stuff and use something different in case the one I have is just rubbish.

Specifically looking for something available in the UK and what other UK bonsai enthusiasts have had success with in our climate. Even better if specifically had good success with air layers.

I just wanted to check when it’s worth removing the fruit from a apple bonsai. Will it weaken the tree if I don’t? I have tried to research but can’t find a answer.

Chucked a big root cut off a Chinese elm into some dirt, it's decided to sprout. Might have something in a decade or so 🤣

Hello all,

I'm a professional potter and recently I've become very interested in bonsai and kusamono. This got me wondering what makes a bonsai pot a "good" bonsai pot. I make a lot of pottery for growers of Asian orchids, and those pots are very particular, so I would imagine bonsai would be the same.

Of course there are many different schools and genres of bonsai—so I know it will always depend on the composition—but are there any specific qualities or features that you think makes a good pot? Thank you : )!

Edit: just thought of an additional question! Of course most pots are earthen or stoneware, but are porcelain pots ever used? Perhaps they’re only limited to display?

Collected this small birch this week. I love the taper. I grew on a slab, so the rootbase was completly flat, which had me super excited.

Any experiences with birch? And styling ideas?

Hi,

this is my first post in this community :)

I have a few Portulacaria Afra trees. This is the only tree I can currently have due to the conditions I can provide to the tree and my quite frequent travels. However, they are perfect bonsai trees for me and I really enjoy taking care of them.

I'm still a beginner. I know how to care, repot, propagate, trim, fertilize, etc. I also know how to keep a current shape, make the tree denser or do some basic shaping, like in the tree posted here, which I brought last summer. It looked very ugly back then. So I did the basics and kept it during the autumn and winter. However, we have spring now, I put the tree outside, and I would like to shape it and I don't really have any experience in long-term shaping of portulacaria afra trees (and bonsai in general, because portulacarias are my only bonsais for now as I mentioned).

Please see the photos below which show how the tree looks as of today.

First of all, I thing the lowest branch is quite ok, although maybe I should consider removing the side branch growing from it (Photo of the front 1 - small branch under the right main branch)

However, the second lowest branch is really three branches. Should I remove one or two of them? Or maybe it will look better with age?

The last point is the top. I'm afraid that branches are too long and generally the top part is too big compared to these two side branches.

I hope this tree is quite a good bonsai material. I don't have so many good trees and will not have much more in close future because of limited area and time, so I wanted to ask for some advice for the next steps, before doing any damage to my tree.

Video - 360

Front 1

Front 2

Front 3

Front 4

2nd branch - 1

2nd branch - 2

Top with long branches - 1

Top with long branches - 2

Hi, iv stumbled upon this larix for sale which is fairly cheap (200$) but im not sure about it, mainly beacuse the two trunks got the same diamater and i cant see how it would turn out in the long term, excpet from some semi-cascade.

https://imgur.com/a/4wtkeOS

Germinated a whole bunch of quince seeds I collected from a neighbour last year. This is the largest variation in leaf size I got. Just kinda interesting. I might try making a bunch of cuttings from the small leafed one if it reliably flowers. I don't think it's an environmental difference they have been treated exactly the same pretty much.

Common red hibiscus. Just doing its thing in the garden.

Started growing this Acer 3 years ago from seed. I appreciate it's not much but I feel it's got loads of character already.

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