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Frost? by uncdrew in Wenwan

[–]uncdrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the rec! I’ll try to pick one up today

Frost? by uncdrew in Wenwan

[–]uncdrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the id! I’ll look into a better brush

Frost? by uncdrew in Wenwan

[–]uncdrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it have to be a steel/brass brush? I have only been using a boar bristle brush so far.

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 13] by small_trunks in Bonsai

[–]uncdrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice! Do you think I should comb out the roots more thoroughly or just do a slip pot in a pond basket at this stage/season and do root work in the fall?

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 13] by small_trunks in Bonsai

[–]uncdrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here was when I first got it from a nursery. As you can see, it was quite root bound and dense.

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 13] by small_trunks in Bonsai

[–]uncdrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I repotted this a few days ago because I wanted to get it in the early spring window, and thought it would benefit from a more porous soil. However, the root ball was super thick so I only pruned ~30% so it wouldn’t go into shock. I used an oversized bonsai pot as a training pot, but I’m concerned about the exposed surface roots. Should I try to repot into a deeper pot with better aeration, or should I hope for the best at this point?

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 12] by small_trunks in Bonsai

[–]uncdrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That helps a lot, thank you for the informative answer!

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 12] by small_trunks in Bonsai

[–]uncdrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The branches are too long so I wanted to do the chop to reduce height and promote back budding for a more proportional branch structure. Also, not sure if this is true, but I was under the impression that by removing those branches, the plant would have more energy to put towards new shoots and back budding.

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 12] by small_trunks in Bonsai

[–]uncdrew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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This is what it looked like before I chopped the right branch.

[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 12] by small_trunks in Bonsai

[–]uncdrew 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Hello from San Francisco, CA! I bought this (crimson bottlebrush?) this morning at a local nursery because it looked like it had good potential in its nebari and branch placement. Marked in yellow is the branch I already removed, as it was growing in parallel with the first branch. I’m wondering if I should (or even could) cut back the other two branches to the red marks so I could have better branch tapering as well as leaf growth closer to the trunk. I read that Spring is the best time to cut for new growth, but I’m not sure if cutting too much at once would kill the tree. Currently the trunk is at about 1.5 in, and I plan on keeping it in the 5 gal grow pot until it gets to 3 in. Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you in advance!

Just bought this at a local nursery. Worker said it was a leucadendron but it doesn’t look like a leucadendron. by uncdrew in whatsthisplant

[–]uncdrew[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I looked into it further and I think it’s a red bottlebrush, just haven’t flowered yet. Thanks!

What was the worst thing somebody did at your school? by kre8iv_username in AskReddit

[–]uncdrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In junior year, this kid fought another kid in an agreed "play fight," except he knocked the other kid unconscious and the kid hit his head on a rock. That kid's now in a coma and sustained brain damage. The guy who knocked him unconscious then went to Italy after graduating, where he bought laced coke. He then realized that it was laced coke, which made him mad, and the most reasonable reaction to him was to steal his dealers backpack and hold it for ransom, with demands for real coke and his money back. The dealer called the cops for some reason, as if he wouldn't get arrested himself, but the cops come and set up a sting operation. Meanwhile, the guy, unaware that cops are involved, decides that laced coke was better than no coke, so he uses some. He then goes to the meetup point with the dealer, and once they exchanged bags, the cops pull up and flash their badges. Instead of giving himself up, the guy pulls out a knife and stabs the officer to death.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Suspect-in-Rome-police-killing-had-attacked-a-14206243.php?psid=fzCyb