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live q+a xx
sep. 29, 2017
Topics Discussed
1:45 - Rocky mountain juniper / Collected material / Root growth / Winter season
4:00 - Fertilizer selection / BioGold Original
5:09 - Conifers / Collecting season / Aftercare / Timing
6:48 - Taxus hicksii / Setting structure / Design (Follow up at 8:18)
8:32 - Juniper / Live vein cleaning / Winter care
9:24 - Container environment / Soil moisture / Watering
12:07 - Phytophthora / Preventative care / Subdue Maxx
13:32 - Coastal pine / Needle cast / Daconil
13:55 - Japanese maple / Air layer separation / Field growing / Timing (Follow up at 14:30)
15:33 - Soil selection / Substrate composition / Species specificity
17:57 - Nursery stock / Development / Timing
19:33 - Fertilizer selection / Chicken manure
21:13 - Short needle single flush pine / Development / Needle mass / Photosynthetic efficiency
22:15 - Weed control / Chemical application / Soil interaction / Glyphosate
23:51 - Japanese black pine / Development work / Timing
25:05 - Soil particle size
26:37 - Shimpaku cutting / Timing
27:47 - Keto / Muck mixture proportions / Rock planting
29:14 - Alligator juniper / Collected material / Spring repotting / Indicators
30:38 - Walter Pall’s hedgecutting method / Decidious
32:35 - Hinoki cypress & sabina juniper / Winter care / Overwintering
34:10 - Chinese elm / Black spots & yellow leaves / Fungicide application
35:14 - Mugo pine / Root pruning / Timing
36:58 - Pitch pine / Tips for growth
38:59 - Coast live oak / Decidious vs broad leaf evergreen
39:10 - Rhododendron / Wiring / Timing
40:29 - Water pH / Peat moss / Soil substrate
41:52 - Kiriu / Soil composition
43:08 - Black pine / Fertilizer application / Timing
43:36 - Hinoki cypress / Repotting / Fertilizer application / Timing
44:42 - Pinus nigra / Needle reduction / Backbudding (Follow up at 47:21 - Pinus halepensis)
48:05 - Juniper procumbans nana / Growth management
49:51 - Tropicals / Energy positive / Pruning
52:59 - Ponderosa pine / Growth characteristics / Eastern white pine
54:32 - BioGold fertilizer / Import restrictions
56:00 - Spruce / Structural wiring / Timing
56:14 - Hinoki cypress / Nursery soil / Repotting
57:44 - Soil mix / Diatomaceous earth & zeolite
59:20 - Wisteria / Fall season work
1:00:35 - Foliage reduction / Winter hardiness / Thuja
1:01:34 - Fertilizer application / Frost / Timing
1:02:48 - Poor water & oxygen balance / Cascade style / Tipping container
1:03:46 - Juniper squamata / Needle juniper
1:04:39 - Shoe wax application / Clean trunk
1:05:59 - Borers / Cleaning bark / Collected material
1:06:50 - Borer / Tree death
1:08:11 - Borer / Aftercare (Answered in Borer Removal video)
live q+a xxi
oct. 6, 2017
Topics Discussed
1:08 - Picea abies / Shohin / Bending
2:56 - Wiring / Theory
3:33 - Douglas fir / Fungicide application / Prophylactic application / Increased humidity (Answered at 9:04)
3:54 - Pine / Needle size / Repotting (Follow up at 7:07)
6:53 - Spruce & pines / Flush of growth / Timing (Answered at 7:52)
11:13 - Rocky mountain juniper / Collected material / Winter hardiness
12:36 - Jack pine / Single flush vs mulit-flush identification / Hybridization
15:01 - Flowering quince / Fall repotting / Development
15:41 - Flowering quince / Chaenomeles japonica / Chojubai identification
16:24 - Bareroot saplings / Spruce & larch / Repotting / Soil composition
18:11 - Black pine / Regrowing scaly bark / Even bark formation
19:43 - Colorado spruce / Nursery material / First styling & repotting / Timing
22:14 - Winter / Dried moss / Percolation loss
24:06 - Decidious / Healing root wounds / Root pruning (Follow up at 25:50)
26:58 - Pines / Daconil application / Spring timing
28:26 - Winter protection / Work timing / Winter dormancy / Conifers
31:11 - Five needle pine / Pinus strobus
32:10 - Juniper / Live vein bark removal / Larvae management (Follow up at 33:55)
35:11 - Deciduous / Dead branches / Branch cut-back / Proper technique
37:43 - Moss growth / Top dressing
38:57 - Juniper / Crotch split / Wound management
40:48 - Outstanding features / Design
42:25 - Soil / Charcoal application
44:28 - Fungicide selection / Conifers / Deciduous
45:32 - Tipping tree / O2 & H20 balance / Winter storage
46:40 - Grafting techniques / Pines / Spruces / Larches
48:00 - Deciduous / Collected material / Development / Timing
50:13 - Tree communication / Proximity in garden
51:37 - Foliage reduction / Temperature range / Overwintering
52:40 - Tools / Branch cutters / Spherical vs. standard vs. flat concave
55:32 - Conifer / Nursery material / Field soil / Repotting
56:53 - Soil mix / Inorganic components / Pumice vs. lava
57:51 - Yamadori / Collection / Repotting / Timing
1:00:04 - Limber pine / Needle mass reduction / Indicators
1:01:26 - Five needle pine / Humidity / Cold temperatures
1:01:38 - Pinus strobus / Backbudding
1:03:16 - Limber pine / Hollow trunk / Survivability
live q+a xxii
oct. 13, 2017
Topics Discussed
2:00 - Health of Nursery Stock Tree/ Diagnosis
3:59 - Tree Energy Storage/Management - Dormancy + Growth
6:19 - Tree Winter Storage/Greenhouse Conditions/Tree Habits
8:15 - Juniper Squamate Pruning Timing / Repotting
9:38 - Deadwood Handling/Technique/Soft vs. Hard Wood
11:17 - Timing for Ficus Defoliation (Second Time) / Conditions for this Process
13:00 - Protecting Air Layers over Winter / How-To + Why
15:22 - Akadama / Water + Soil Mix / Root Development
17:15 - Ponderosa Pine Design / Cascade as a possibility / How + Why to Apply this Design
19:25 - Balance of Water and Oxygen / Root System Balance
21:09 - Wiring/Bougainvillea in Energy Positive / Timing
22:08 - Ceramic Details / California Juniper Stream / Horst Heinzlreiter
24:22 - Selecting New Leader Timing / Wait for Spring
25:34 - Dormancy Skipping/ Timing / Sick or Greenhouse Conditions Meet Correct Conditions
27:30 - Timing/Survivalbility Factor for Grafting on Juniperus Turifera / Type of Graft
30:22 - How Ryan Balanced School + Bonsai Practice / Goals
31:59 - Carpinus Carolina / Repotting Timing
34:12 - Lime Sulphur Treatment / Winter / Oaks
36:13 - Watering if/when Raining / When to water based on soil conditions/tree canopy size
38:12 - Timing on Root Check on Hornbeam
40:00 - Timing/Approval of Insecticide Use on RMJ in Greenhouse
41:15 - Indications of Needle Hardening / Is this an indicator for other trees?
42:56 - Green King vs. Biogold / Differences and Qualities
45:31 - Repotting Yamadori vs. Slip Potting / Good vs. Bad of Slip Potting
48:05 - Angle of Pot Tipping
49:28 - Bark Growth + Removal / Masking Inverse Taper / Callus Mate
51:26 - Redwood Fall Work/Maintenance
52:22 - Drainage Hole Needs in a Pot / Soil Conditions
53:34 - How/When to Prune/Collect Hawthorn
56:38 - How, Why, Effects of Gibberellic Acid
58:04 - When/How to Winterize of Redwood / Timing vs. Cold Tolerance
59:12 - Tips for Repotting/ Timing / Techniques for Mild Repot
1:00:30 - California Juniper vs. NM One Seed Junipers / Growth Habits
1:01:41 - Microbiotic Activity / Water’s effects on Roots / Hormonal activity
1:03:10 - C02 Effects on Tree Growth
1:04:49 - Documenting American Bonsai History/Provenance
live q+a xxiii
nov. 3, 2017
Topics Discussed
1:04 - Japanese maples / Fall foliage color / Foliage reduction / Bleeding prevention
2:49 - Cold temperature limits / Ambient vs. localized temperature / Winter protection
6:25 - Winter watering / Cold temperatures
9:09 - Carpinus cordata / Pruning / Bleeding / Timing
10:33 - Arakawa maple / Fall pruning / Timing
11:24 - French maple / Brittle branching / Lack of backbudding / Wiring
14:49 - Dormant sprays / Spray application / Overwintering / Hoop house
17:20 - Cut paste selection / Proper usage
20:29 - Conifers / Barerooting / Root reduction / Repotting
23:06 - Deciduous / Winter pruning / Spring budding / Freeze tolerant (Follow up at 25:27)
26:30 - Collected rocky mountain juniper / Phomopsis recovery / Crotch growth
28:32 - Shohin juniper itoigawa / Golden brown foliage tips / Cold weather reaction
30:13 - Deciduous / Winter carbohydrate equalization / Cold snaps
31:58 - Japanese black pine / Inverse taper & swelling / Swelling reduction
34:08 - Alberta spruce & hornbeam / Landscape collecting / Soil mix
37:16 - Yew / Cut back / Winter timing
40:22 - Redwood / Yellow & black foliage / Pruning / Foliage gaps
41:26 - Heating mat / Temperature range / Timing
43:50 - Redwood / Pruning timing / Foliage selection / Bud formation
45:14 - Bald cypress / Soil selection / Drainage layer size
47:30 - Bald cypress / Knob cut / Cut paste / Timing
48:48 - Birch / Branch dieback
50:32 - Erik Krizovensky / Mirai Live
51:25 - Larch / Pruning / Wiring / Timing
52:34 - Douglas Fir / Pacific variety / Care & growth habits
54:44 - Greenhouse / Watering / Root growth temperature
56:30 - Douglas fir / Branch dieback / Swelling & dessication / Excessive needle removal & poor wiring(Follow up at 1:01:26)
58:12 - Soil aggregates / NutraAgg / Moisture retention / Akadama replacement
59:51 - Niwaki trees / Pine techniques
1:02:14 - Taxus / Coastal redwood / Technique similarities
1:03:42 - Redwood / Branch cutback / New branch from trunk
1:05:30 - Art of the Stand stream / Finished product
1:06:11 - Azalea / Waxy covering / Cold tolerance
1:06:50 - Raised root azalea / Cold tolerance
1:07:34 - Biological fungicide / EM1 / Application / Phytophthora
1:09:19 - Larch / Cold tolerance / Winter protection
1:10:08 - Winter protection / Mulching / Bubble wrap
1:11:07 - Transplanted maple / Pruning / Timing
1:11:50 - Japanese maple / Fall pruning / Fungus infection
1:12:51 - Beech / Winter pruning
1:13:27 - Conifer / Dormancy / Temperature cut-off
1:14:44 - Thuja / Fall pruning / Energy distribution
1:16:00 - Melaleucas & tea trees / Branch dieback / Weak vs. strong branches
1:18:25 - Corkscrew willow / Handling growth
live q+x xxiv
nov. 3, 2017
Topics Discussed
1:17 - Drainage layer / Container soil / Soil composition
3:13 - Soil mix / Top dressing & moss / Watering indicators
5:24 - Nursery stock taxus / Large foliage mass / Root reduction
6:21 - Soil recycling / Process
7:54 - Nursery juniperus chinesensis / Mycorrhizae / Chemical fertilization / Repotting
10:38 - Junipers & pines / Root reduction / First repot / Aftercare
12:42 - Winter fertilization / Fertilizer composition
13:58 - Prunus mume / Development / Pruning timing
16:27 - Juniper / Slip potted / Health issues
18:44 - Coastal redwood / Dormancy period / Interior lights
19:55 - Elongating species / Wiring / Timing / Reduce branch breakage
21:23 - Japanese black pine / Development / Trunk & branch growth / Proportional growth
23:37 - Kimura style rock planting / Rock type / Sourcing rock
24:43 - Douglas fir / Collected material / Raft-style / Structural wiring / Timing
25:43 - Japanese black pine / Needle plucking / Frequency
26:11 - Deciduous / Winter & spring pruning / Timing
27:18 - Deciduous / Leaf drop / Pruning timing / Development
29:16 - Branch bend / Rebar & guy wire / Timespan of bend
30:47 - Juniper & hinoki / Foliage lifespan / Replacing old foliage
32:14 - Chinese quince / Cutting cultivation / Development / Wiring timing
34:53 - Japanese white pine / Nursery stock / Development
36:28 - Reading material / Bending
36:55 - Japanese black pine / Bending / Winter care
38:02 - Eastern pine gall / Treatment
39:31 - Kimura’s technique / Root graft / Bending large roots
40:46 - Prunus mume / Branch reduction / Trunk to branch proportion
42:13 - Nursery stock series / Mirai Live
42:34 - Kimura’s to-ryu no mai juniper / Lack of repotting
44:46 - Single flush pine / Bud selection & removal
45:51 - Pine / Candle pinching & cutting
46:11 - Yew / Air layer / Bark removal / Wire tourniquet
live q+a xxv
nov. 14, 2017
Topics Discussed
1:33 - Tamarisk / Collecting material / Collection technique
4:13 - Fall work / Winter protection / Roots / Foliage
5:24 - Conifers / Repotting / Changing planting angle
7:45 - Winter watering / Water temperature / Water storage
8:39 - Frozen roots & soil / Watering / Temperature
9:25 - Ponderosa pine / Dwarf pine cultivars / Development / Grafting
12:20 - Deciduous / Pruning / Internode length
14:45 - Yew / Pruning / First frost / First hard freeze
15:40 - Aluminum foil tape / Healing cut wounds
17:40 - Watering amount / Overwatering
19:04 - Watering / Repotting / Immersion / Super Thrive
20:49 - Candle pruning / Ramification development / Refinement / Pad formation
24:20 - Ponderosa pine / Feminine design / Grafting / Japanese red pine & black pine
26:05 - Japanese black pine / Shoot selection / Damage / Winter protection
28:06 - Biogold / Organic fertilizer replacement / NPK ratio
30:32 - Cut paste / Hormones / Safety
31:46 - Deciduous / Fall pruning / Cutoff time for work
33:50 - Mountain hemlock / Collected material / Greenhouse / Winter protection
35:13 - Pines / Japanese white pines / Bud grafting / Technique
36:52 - Zelkova / Pruning / Refinement / Repotting
38:10 - Monterrey pygmy cypress / Collected material / Timing for work
39:51 - Winter / Soil temperatures / Thermometers
41:51 - Common juniper / Collected material / Mirai live
42:18 - Black pine / Lack of bud growth
43:12 - Winter protection / Mulch
44:22 - Rocky mountain juniper / Repotting / Akadama
45:12 - Dwarf asian pear / Special considerations
45:45 - Japanese black pine / Collected material / Repotting / Candle pruning
46:56 - Japanese black pine / First styling / Repotting / Timing
48:20 - Aleppo pine / Single vs. multi flush / Timing of work
49:36 - Field grown stock / Field growers
51:18 - Big bends / Mediterranean climate / Aftercare
52:44 - Nursery stock / Mirai live
53:43 - Scots pine / Pinching / Spring / Timing
54:52 - Wedge cut / Root application
55:09 - Collected material / Second repotting / Soil composition
55:58 - Redwood / Root cut / Strong branches / Cutting method
57:45 - Pitch pine / Single vs. multi flush / De-candling
1:00:27 - Mika polymer pots / Benefits / Summer heat
live q+a xxvi
nov. 20, 2017
Topics Discussed
2:12 - Elongating species / Foliage pad formation / Needle orientation / Yew vs. spruce
4:36 - Hemlock / Winter protection / Collected material / Re-potting
5:52 - Sierra juniper / Pruning / Strong shoot cutback / Juvenile growth
9:27 - Five needle pines / Sheath drop / Fertilizer application / Timing
12:05 - Reverse osmosis water / Beneficial mineral supplements / Biogold
14:31 - Hinoki cypress / Brown foliage / Cold & wet weather / Winter coloring
15:39 - Yamadori / Overwintering / Pumice substrate / Moisture retention
18:12 - Coastal oak / Fertilizer application / Fall work
19:15 - Ponderosa pine / Miyajima japanese white pine / Grafting
20:30 - Taxus / Texas climate
21:31 - Deadwood / Borer damage / Design value
22:19 - Tree pricing
24:02 - Ume / Development / Mirai live
24:51 - Deciduous / Fall foliage loss / Winter hardiness / Winter protection
26:07 - Deciduous / Fine ramification / Branch location
27:43 - Mountain species / Overwintering / Elevation change / Fall fertilization
29:54 - Hemlock / Collected material / Stored sugars / Healing process
31:53 - Sierra juniper / Structural work / Development / Styling timing
33:56 - Natural vs. containerized environment / Tree strength / Domestication
37:37 - Ume / Bud formation / Fertilization schedule
39:04 - Procumbens juniper / Growing season / Pruning timing
41:11 - Japanese maple / Pseudomonas / Cutback timing
44:26 - Hinoki cypress / Lava & organic soil composition / Foliage losing color / Re-potting
46:05 - Mirai live / Nursery stock / Re-potting
47:18 - Cork bark maple / Thread grafting / Timing
49:20 - Japanese black pine / Wild groves in North America
50:14 - Bougainvillea / Tent protection / Wiring / Timing of work
51:41 - Overwintering / Root damage / Ice crystals / Water insulation
53:28 - Buttonwood / Mirai live
54:18 - Shimpaku juniper / Spring re-potting / Refinement / Timing
55:52 - Emergency re-pot / Timing
56:58 - Japanese maple / Phytopthora / Treatment / Spring re-potting
58:31 - Zelkova / Refinement / Pot depth & diameter / Re-potting
59:44 - Japanese juniper / Potting soil / Brown needles / Re-potting
1:01:14 - Tropicals / Plant cabinet / Heating / Optimal temperature
live q+a xxvii
nov. 28, 2017
Topics Discussed
1:10 - Desert environment / Shade cloth percentage
2:57 - Conifer / Winterizing / Sunlight exposure
4:51 - Dawn redwood / Development / Percolation / Re-potting timing
6:47 - Re-potting / Percolation / Slowing down
8:31 - California coastal oak / Cold temperature / Protection
9:53 - Taxus / First styling / Re-potting / Foliage & root reduction
11:16 - Cork bark oak / Collecting material
13:13 - Pinus sylvestris / Collected material / Fungus / Treatment
14:53 - Grafted japanese pine / Field growing / Fertilization / Wiring in the field (Follow up at 17:03)
17:57 - Ume / Winter storage / Flower bud formation / Temperature & light exposure (Follow up at 19:04)
20:20 - Japanese white pine / Japanese black pine / Graft
22:37 - Multi flush pines / Candle pruning / Fall shoot selection
25:10 - Hemlock / Collected material / Heeling / Winter protection
26:38 - Lodgepole pine / Collected material / Slab planting / Soil composition (Follow up at 39:03, second follow up at 49:06)
28:35 - Deciduous / Trunk chop / Timing
29:53 - Hard water / Inexpensive treatments (Follow up at 32:13)
33:03 - Colorado native trees / Heating bed / Dormancy / Health deterioration
35:37 - Pinyon pine / Heating bed / Winter protection
37:18 - Pinus parviflora / Dormancy requirements / U.K. temperatures
39:47 - Maple soil mix / Kanuma / Hard water
40:57 - Compost pile / Heat / Overwintering
41:44 - Juniper / Collected material / Little foliage mass / Sun exposure
43:14 - Collected material / Winter protection / Special considerations
44:15 - Taxus / Ilex / Similarities
45:02 - Taxus / Multiple flushes of growth
46:06 - California coastal oak / Sourcing
46:21 - Taxus / Removing from field / Timing
47:31 - Soil composition / 3-1-1 / Elongating species / Development
48:20 - Artificial freeze / Dry ice
50:06 - Taxus / Yellowing outer foliage / Sun exposure
51:10 - Podocarpus macrophyllus / Taxus / Similarities
52:24 - Japanese black pine / Yellowing foliage / Shoot selection / Needle plucking
live q+a xxviii
nov. 28, 2017
Topics Discussed
1:30 - Japanese maple / Nodes / Fall pruning / Ramification
3:07 - Juniper / Winter protection / Greenhouse / Structural work
4:48 - European olive / Zone 10
5:39 - California / Lime sulfur ban / Substitute
7:01 - Deciduous / Conifer / Spray application / Overwintering
8:11 - Japanese black pine / Refinement / Trunk line / Design
9:45 - Tigertail spruce / Initial potting / Nursery stock / Soil substrate
12:49 - Walter Pall workshop
14:23 - Beech / Pruning / Development / Ramification
16:21 - Mirai live / Forum
16:53 - U.S. east coast / Native species / Collected material
18:34 - California coastal oak / Development / Foliage cutback
19:52 - Deciduous oak / Collecting / Aftercare
21:33 - Red cedar / Juniperus virginiana / Back budding
22:37 - White pine / Needle plucking (Follow up at 28:21)
24:26 - Garden design / Sun exposure / Bonsai stands
26:30 - Evergreen oak / Cork bark oak / Collecting / Fall season
27:34 - Blue spruce / Work timing
29:21 - Scots pine / Cascade style / Design characteristics
30:53 - Biogold / Sourcing
31:54 - Coastal pine / Landscape / Needle cast / Prevention
33:50 - Greenhouse / Humidity level
34:44 - Fertilization / Tea bag application
live q+a xxix
dec. 15, 2017
Topics Discussed
1:16 - Winter work / Greenhouse vs. workshop temperatures
2:55 - Juniper / Development / Winter work
4:05 - Coastal redwood / Winter storage
5:02 - Taxus / Field grown material / Trunk chop / Development (Follow up at 10:09)
5:45 - Picea pungens / Juniper / Major styling / Winter protection (Follow up at 7:18)
7:37 - Lime sulfur / Spray application / Evergreens
8:34 - Design / Circular shape
11:13 - Conifer / Lace rock planting / Mixed species
12:50 - Japanese black pine / Shoot preservation / Grafting
14:27 - Stone planting / Fixing rock to container
17:13 - Removal of elongating shoot / Controlling growth
18:51 - Grafting / Black pine foliage / Ponderosa pine trunk / Cold tolerance
19:48 - Turkish oak / Branch cutback / Bud preservation
22:38 - Broom style tree / Trunk cut / V-shaped trunk
23:58 - Monterrey pine / Single vs. multi-flush
25:57 - Japanese black pine / Structural wiring / Seasonal timing / Development
27:27 - Redwood / Setting structure / Branch selection
29:02 - Taxus / Hemlock similarity / Interior wood rot / Preservation vs. removal
30:45 - Compression vs. shortening
32:04 - Japanese maple / Wiring / Timing
33:36 - Coastal oak / Air layer / Greenhouse
35:10 - Black pine / Pithy wood / Lime sulfur application
36:20 - Air layer / Natural hollowing of trunk
37:33 - Azalea / Thread grafting
39:11 - Pygmy cypress stream / Stone planting / Guiding roots
41:15 - Spruce / Loose shari / Wood glue application / CPES application (Follow up at 47:45)
43:12 - Pygmy cypress forest / Stability of composition
45:45 - Initial styling / Listening to the tree / Ideal composition
46:54 - Vine maple / Design considerations
49:06 - Lime sulfur / Spray application / Avoiding white coloration
50:22 - Forest composition creation / Feminine vs. masculine material / Balanced design
52:03 - California juniper / Live vein / Sap leakage
53:35 - Redwoods / Maples / Winter storage / Winter temperature
55:06 - Pines / Field grown & collected material / Root reduction / Handling thick roots
57:05 - Re-potting / Collected material / Handling shin
59:09 - U.K. / Borer presence / Juniper
1:00:54 - Valley oak / Handling quercus
1:02:19 - Clamps / Sourcing
1:02:52 - Historical weather patterns / Resource
live q+a xxx
jan. 15, 2018
Topics Discussed
2:15 - Styling / Repotting / Winter work timing / Greenhouse
3:29 - Deciduous / Soil composition / Akadama vs. pumice / Switching soils
6:29 - Nursery stock / First repotting / Nursery soil vs. bonsai soil / Watering
8:41 - Colorado blue spruce / Cascade design
10:13 - Ume / Pruning technique / Timing (Follow up at 12:15)
12:34 - California coastal oak / Cork bark oak / Freezing temperatures / Cold protection
12:58 - Douglas fir / Collected material / Root management / Repotting
15:43 - Common juniper / Collected material / Development (Follow up at 17:15 Soil composition / Repotting)
18:34 - Bald cypress / Repotting / Timing
19:23 - Nursery stock series / Noble fir / Structural wire / Scars
20:47 - Winter protection / Mulch / Temperature
22:01 - Juniper / Running vs. clumping / Identification
24:05 - Japanese maple / Nursery stock / Grafted material / Root hardiness
25:39 - Wiring technique / Detail wiring / Using less wire
27:41 - Japanese quince / Leaf drop / Repotting
28:31 - Field growing / Soil composition / Root ball development
30:56 - Beech / Growth management / Pruning / Pinching
32:45 - Water & oxygen balance / Percentages
35:24 - Copper wire / Sourcing
35:43 - Itioigawa / Big styling & repot / Health deterioration / Restoring strength
37:31 - Deciduous / Pruning / Ideal proportion & ramification
40:00 - Elms & maples / Broom style / Radial vs. bifurcated branches / Inverse taper
41:40 - Ume / Refinement / Brittle branches / Clip & grow
43:10 - Baked clay / Soil substrate
45:05 - Scots pine / Spring repotting / Fall styling / Timing
45:06 - Branch brittleness / Cambium thickness
48:03 - Japanese maple / Field growing / Collecting technique
50:05 - Copper wire / Reusing
50:58 - Water & oxygen balance / Visual cue
52:24 - Too much oxygen / Symptoms / Rebalancing oxygen
53:26 - Red spider mite / Larix laricina & thuya occidentalis / New spider mite strains
55:47 - Rocky mountain juniper / Juvenile foliage / Cause
57:11 - Diatomaceous earth / Form / Source
58:22 - Collected moss / Drying / Sphagnum
59:32 - Mirai Live / Topdressing creation
59:55 - Southern california / Topdressing substitute
1:01:34 - Soil moisture / Repotting / Root management
1:02:23 - Shohin / Pot size / Club shows / Repotting
live q+a xxxi
jan. 22, 2018
Topics Discussed
1:52 - Salix caprea / Weeping style / Development
3:10 - Deciduous / Development / Colander / Root growth
5:35 - Conifer / Cold hard conifers / Pot on grass / Cold protection
6:53 - Pinus sylvestris / Development / Foliage near trunk / Backbudding
9:00 - Greenhouse / Conifer work / Winter pruning
10:35 - Winter temperature shifts / Freezing & thawing / Tree health
12:30 - California juniper / Sap leaking / Possible borer presence
14:17 - Redwood / Winter color shift / Purple, yellow & brown foliage
15:32 - Giant redwood / Field growing / Air layer / Timing
17:58 - Conifer / Fertilization / Winter / Seasonal timing
19:43 - Ashe juniper / Collected material / Soil reduction
21:26 - Greenhouse / Conifer repotting / Cold temperature
23:24 - Ume / Development / Off years / Fertilizer application
25:52 - Grafting / Big cone douglas fir / Rocky mountain douglas fir / Southern california
27:59 - Japanese quince / Field collecting / Root work / Disease prevention
29:36 - Collected material / Pine & spruce / 100% pumice / Repotting
32:10 - Mirai / Long term goals
34:04 - Fungus spray / Maples
35:53 - Evergreen / Spring growth / Cold protection / Spring freeze
37:18 - Pinus sylvestris / Collected material / Cascade style / Development
40:14 - Japanese black pine / Decandled / Internode length reduction
43:00 - Scots pine / Collected material / Weak bud development / Development
45:44 - Japanese black pine / Burnt needle tips / Repotting / Larger container
47:36 - Growing seedlings / Fine root development / Tap root trimming / Deciduous vs. conifer treatment
50:15 - Deciduous / Development / Fine ramification / Thickening branches
52:53 - Sun acclimation / Conifer vs. deciduous
55:04 - Collected material / 100% pumice / Soil composition
56:46 - Japanese black pine / Wedge cut / Timing
58:49 - Willow cuttings / Healthy growth / Potting / Soil mix
1:01:17 - Cut paste / Antibiotic / Dried putty recycling
1:02:55 - Soil composition / Grow box
1:03:52 - Linden / Apex / Design
1:05:26 - Folding saw / Brand / Maintenance
1:06:29 - Linden / Deciduous design / Upward ramification / Heavy branches
1:07:43 - Early bud swelling / Warm winter
1:09:00 - Lignified branchlets / Water transport capacity loss
1:10:47 - Linden / Tree position / Pot
1:12:00 - Linden / Hard cut reshaping
1:12:59 - Deciduous design / Rugged look / Hornbeam
1:13:52 - Linden / Branch design
1:14:57 - Linden / Branch dieback / Node line
live q+a xxxii
feb. 2, 2018
Topics Discussed
1:51 - Long leaf pine / Single flush vs. multi flush / Ramification development / Repotting & candlepruning (Follow up at 57:54)
4:16 - Coastal redwood / Winter protection / Brown foliage / Fine webbing
6:37 - Soil composition / Early development / Large container
8:14 - Diatomaceous earth / Absorbent vs. horticultural grade
8:51 - Diatomaceous earth / Brand name / Absorbent vs. horticultural grade
9:46 - Common juniper / Soil composition / Pumice
11:21 - Virginia pine / Collected material / Bud control / Development
12:52 - Linden / First styling / Small shoot removal
15:00 - Akadama / Sourcing
16:47 - Pines / Repotting timing / Candle elongation
18:14 - Soil surface treatment / Fertilizer & moss build-up
20:02 - Deciduous / Taproot management / Timing
21:51 - Approach graft / Air layered material
23:05 - Sumi ink / Lime sulphur / Deadwood / Species specificity
25:04 - Pinus sylvestris / First repot / Container selection / Size of root system
27:51 - Soil composition / Soil mix / Equal distribution
29:46 - Cut paste / Gluing bark
32:04 - Cryptomeria / Nursery stock / Interior brown foliage
33:45 - Tools / Upgrading quality / Tool priority / Ideal size
35:41 - Ficus / Mealybugs / Treatment
37:21 - Scion grafting / Approach grafting / Timing / Lack of winter protection
38:46 - Grafting knife vs. razor blade / Grafting knife recommendations
40:56 - Collected material box / Plywood thickness
41:43 - Pines / Scion grafting / Cold temperature / Preventing sap flow
42:56 - Q&A topics / Non-technique discussion
43:41 - Hornbeam / Pinching & pruning / Development / Timing
44:49 - Bare rooting
47:18 - Hinoki cypress / Vein specific / Root removal
49:35 - Collected material / Soil composition / Pumice / Lava
51:11 - Bay laurel / Pinching timing / Suppress elongation / Push inner growth
52:06 - Design / Movement & direction
55:15 - Surinam cherry / Recent repot / Leaf droop / Health regeneration
56:37 - Shohin display / Number of elements
58:39 - Japanese black pine / Decandling / Dothistroma treatment
59:24 - Tropical / Soil composition
1:01:30 - Tipped tree / Timing
1:02:49 - Turface MVP
1:03:24 - Bonsai turntable
1:04:33 - Japanese juniper / Recent repot / Tie down / Lack of stability
1:06:56 - Steel wool / Soil planting
1:07:30 - Root removal / Nebari proximity (Follow up at 1:10:59)
1:08:45 - Conifers / Neutralize pH / Reducing pH
1:11:57 - Ponderosa pine / Fertilizer application / Recovery / Development
1:13:14 - Ponderosa pine / Root cut / Sealing
1:13:21 - Collected material / Fertilizer application / Pumice
1:13:50 - Repotting / Double plumb line
1:14:52 - Ponderosa pine repotting / Securing tree to container / Prop application
1:16:35 - Aeration layer / Solid glass rocks / Water & oxygen balance
1:18:06 - Reducing air pockets / Vibration
1:18:18 - Ponderosa pine / Repotting / Prophylactic fungus spray
1:19:24 - Douglas fir / Collected material / Soil composition / Particle size
1:20:51 - Repotting / Props / Marking position
1:21:15 - Sphagnum moss application / Function
1:22:36 - Sphagnum moss / Bark eating moss
1:23:33 - Sphagnum moss application / Tree size