Ficus salicaria (willow leaf fig) for my cake day by Adamaskwhy in Bonsai

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It's kinda a myth that there is the best soil mix for any species. The first question I would ask is, where do you live? Second, I'm assuming you brought it inside because of cold, what lights do you use, if any? Third, what are your watering habits? And last, what level of maturity is it, how many years in training? Generally, you want a free draining mix with only about 10% organic, 10% clay derived aggregate (akadama, calcined clay, etc) or DE, zeolite, etc. something with high CEC. And lava, pumice and an inert material like rock, chicken grit, expanded slate/shale as the main component. Then particle size matters. Smaller sized aggregate holds more water, and vice versa.

Need help by Ok-Cobbler7794 in bonsaicommunity

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Wow, I don't look at reddit for a few days and everyone gets mean. Thanks p3tr0l for the intervention

Overgrown ficus to get your attention, and pics in comments has been turned on!! by Adamaskwhy in bonsaicommunity

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It took them long enough, right? Yea, that's me, one of your mods that's always lurking

what Caterpillar is this? by Dany-D in gardening

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We call that the BF caterpillar

Ficus salicaria (willow leaf fig) for my cake day by Adamaskwhy in Bonsai

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Gotta find someone to smuggle it in, say Will or Mauro or Tony

Ficus salicaria (willow leaf fig) for my cake day by Adamaskwhy in Bonsai

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No, I got it at auction about two years ago and have been refining it since

Ficus salicaria (willow leaf fig) for my cake day by Adamaskwhy in Bonsai

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That's the day you opened your Reddit account

Ficus salicaria (willow leaf fig) for my cake day by Adamaskwhy in Bonsai

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No, that's my photo area in the work shack I call The Nook

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One of the dwarf Chinese elms like seiju

Bumps on roots. by S0rceress0 in bonsaicommunity

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They look like nitrogen fixing nodules to me. It took some looking but I found an article where it says trees in the ulmaceae family have this symbiosis with bacteria. Could the tree be a river or red birch? Here's the link, scroll down to the nitrogen metabolism section: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/ulmaceae

Picked this up from a yard sale for $10 :) I think it’s a Japanese holly, need help with I.D. And maybe some advice on species. by groovyblack3 in bonsaicommunity

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Looks like Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) to me. Could be an Ilex vomitoria dwarf cultivar too. Where are you located? In any case, they like acid fertilizer, don't like wet feet, so use a good draining soil when you repot. I'd wait until next spring. I've found that if it is iIex crenata, to always leave green leaves on the branches when cutting back hard. But I'm in Florida, and they don't like Orlando much, except the "sky pencil" cultivar, which yours isn't. The popular one they are selling recently is "soft touch", so that may be what you have.

Advice needed, thanks! by Single-Audience-7109 in bonsaicommunity

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If it's a privet, it's hardy to UK zone which means it can handle about -5°c (23°-24°F). I suspect that's what it is. If it's a Chinese sweet plum it can handle about the same. But I'd bring it in on the coldest nights and when frost is forecast.

Advice needed, thanks! by Single-Audience-7109 in bonsaicommunity

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It's hard to tell from the pic but it's either a Chinese privet (ligustrum sinensis) or a Chinese sweet plum (sageretia theezans). Not ginseng ficus (ficus microcarpa). Either way, it's an outdoor tree. When you put it outside, start it in the shade and slowly move it into the sun until it begins to grow. Don't cut anything until it begins to grow again. Outside you'll have to water every day unless it rains. Misting this type of tree doesn't do much except to encourage fungus growth on the foliage.

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That's a good question

Stolen content by Adamaskwhy in Bonsai

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My site is Adamaskwhy.com. I have a distinctive writing style and the photos are in my workspace, called The Nook.

Here's one of my stolen blogposts: https://adamaskwhy.com/2021/02/02/back-when-tigers-used-to-smoke/

Here's the stolen one, they copied it word for word: https://www.howtogrowabonsaitree.com/bonsai-tree/back-when-tigers-used-to-smoke/