Wow, thanks for the list.

"So here I go"

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Nice Justin, they make great bonsai!

They can grow fast if the conditions are right! I think I'll need to re pot this one next year for sure!

@@TheBonsaiZone mine are just inside the house by the window. They did well.

So I dont have to wait until winter to repot my brand new bonsai?

I bought a cheap shrub (Japanese Holly) from Home Depot, and want to place it in a training pot. I do not know for certain what will come of it.

Thank you Craig, the hardest part of bonsai is waiting for your tree to grow!

Under the right conditions, they recover quickly!

Thank you James, it will be coming up this summer.

Thank you Lorien, I got my first RF lens, a Canon 35 mm Macro. It's really good for bonsai work and also the only RF lens I can afford! I was shooting manual at F 1.8

Thank you, yes a short growing season, but it could always be worse, further up North, summer is even shorter! It does make you an expert on growing trees indoors!

Thank you Ashini, it should look good when it gets leaves!

May the force be with you!

I'm sorry but why do you feel the need to get rid of them/start over? I'm curious.

So they were constantly getting mowed on and then just regrowing?

@@davidbydefault6333 yep. There is an abandon retirement home behind my house. I would take my little girl for walks there because we don't have sidewalks and it was safe for her. And they only mowed when they got a notice about the grass being to tall. So it would be a few months before each mow. So the little trees had time to recover before they got mowed again. It's like they got hard pruned every month or sometimes longer. I have one maple that has an inch thick trunk. But is only a few inches tall. I just yanked it up put it in some soil just to see what would happen. And it is doing so good. It took a bit at first but it has had tons of new growth. That is one I will try to take with me in the move. I also have a Japanese maple I got from my local library it was a seed that sprouted in the spring. And I knew they were going to mulch for a children's event so I "rescued" it. I didn't have high Hope's but it is doing very well too. It's grown two sets of leaves already.

@@davidbydefault6333 I am moving to another state and from a house to an apartment temporarily. I will not have the room for them. I have one special wisteria which is quite large (3 foot diameter canopy.) That will absolutely be going with me. It was my first bonsai and I got it in memory of my mother. (She loved wisteria she had beautiful one.) I know we will have a balcony. But I feel bad taking the whole thing over with my plants. I will also be setting up a small 20" diameter patio pond for a few guppies. (Guppies for mesquite control.) We are moving to a more tropical location. And my kids will love the frogs and lizards it will bring. I have a few two inch pots with the maples I mentioned that will be ok to come. But the few others I will plant behind my house were they will be free to grow.

Thanks Dj!

I hope you like it!

I'm hoping to get it set up so I can grow tropical's all winter. It may take a couple of years at the rate I'm going!

Thanks Jesse, I've gotta love that comment!

Frank Pagan Temperatures drop lower than 60, to just under 50 at night, here in Ireland at this time of year and I have ficuses, jades and serissas growing outside no problem. They are in a corner out of the wind and get sun part of the day. Hope that helps.

Yann Erwin thanks

I think theyd do great in those conditions. I have jades that went below freezing in my coldframe last year and lived

Yes to all! They back bud easily on older woody sections as long as the tree is healthy and vigorous! I removed the leaves mainly so I could see the branch structure clearly before pruning. The new leaves do come in smaller at first, but the size is mainly determined by the number of leaves and the health of the tree.

You can also remove scale by rubbing them off. Either carefully by hand or with oil.

@@DragoTC hi I appreciate your advice but I don't want to hurt that new budds

I find the cuttings do best in soil. Take the cuttings in the middle of summer when it is hot and humid out. They should start to grow new roots within a couple of weeks. Keep them watered well so they don't dry out.

@@TheBonsaiZone ok great. Thanks for the reply.

It may be the surrounding conditions that make your Schefflera's hard to grow. They need 4 hours of sunlight per day to stay really healthy and they also like warm humid conditions. The closer you get to greenhouse tropical weather, the better they grow!

Spider mites are the worst. They slread so quickly it's frustrating

If you have a good spray program you shouldn't get them.

@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 yeah that's a work in progress

Yes, it's not totally water proof, but it does a good job for as long as it needed!!

Thanks JP!

It's always nice to see the bare structure before you start pruning away, there might be some branches that you want to keep longer than others.

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Acho que plantei sementes este ano para crescer uma! Espero que eles germinem, o tempo dirá.

Sim, o tempo dirá, viram mudas fortes, e belas.

I hope you like my Vietnamese inspired tree!

I love Nigel Saunder !

You have a great climate for growing tropical bonsai!

Only 6 seconds away, but a good Thoid!

asty scale insects!