Funny thing... I've been to the nursery today because i also have some Kind of bug on my schefflera that causes similar symptoms like in your plants. He suspected thrips. If you got some weird dark spots and trailways on the underside of the leaves, new baby leaves get black and die off it might be that or maybe some kind of mite. He told me to spray mine with a solution of neemoil and water once, which I already did beforehand. Otherwise there can't be much done about it. They will disappear when the weather changes again. They prefer warm and wet conditions. Leave the leaves on. It just looks weird but the plants need their leaves to sustain themselves and recover. Greetings from Austria.
Thanks for the info, summer is coming to end in a month or so and hopefully that will be the end of it. I will leave the trees out for a bit longer this year to ensure whatever it is dies off. Thanks again Herlinde
Thanx for bench tour Xin, all lookin great. Over here we’re really suffering cos the sun’s “at it”all the time n no rain so I’ve rigged up a bed sheet over my trees for shade n they’re loving it! If/when it rains I’ll just whip it off!! I wish I could have your cuttings, can’t get a PA for love nor money round here! I saw a few variegated ones but too slow for me being of advanced years!! Hey ho, God bless you Xin 🙏✝️ ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️
Good morning! Yep I might go for one actually after yesterday’s near death experience! I fell into a derelict swimming pool, fully clothed, 4foot of stagnant weedy water, praise God I live to say put cuttings in a plastic bag! Much safer!!🤕
@@MaybeBonsai you can try perhaps with drywall mesh? Another option could be garden fleece (used to wrap around trees and bushes for wintering) but it’s so dense that I don’t know if it let’s water pass (some light for sure)
Nice late summer tour, brother. Your trees are looking pretty strong. Some of my native trees get black freckling on the leaves, showing my they are over watered and/or fall is approaching. No clue what it means on a tropical though. The PA is looking great. I was diggin the branch selections.
Oh, reference the shade cloth, what if you took a few mins to weave some fabric or some paracord (550 cord) between the plastic chicken wire. Maybe every third or fourth row. This might up the shade a bit with minimal costs
Bench looks good Xin. I think if you just rotate the PA counterclockwise a bit in the pot so that back branch is more visible it will fill the negative space more quickly. Thanks, keep growing
Thanks Jay, those maples are seedlings. I have zero success with maple cuttings lol I am hoping most of the seedling can make it thru the second year, at which time I am sure I need to give away a bunch of them lol
It's so lush in your garden this season
Some of the trees are over growing haha
@@MaybeBonsai I knew that, since I pruned and get rid of some things too
Hi Xin that green netting they put on scaffolding makes for good shade cloth
I will try to find better shade material, but yes some kind of netting that is better than the current one
Bravo Zulu for answering everyone's questions. Nice Jade too, pretty much the only plant I can't kill.
Thanks, yes Jade is hard to kill haha
Great decisions and bench tour! A very suspenseful final cut there!
I was debating about if I should remove that branch but I think it was a good decision… I hope lol
@@MaybeBonsai It was a good decision!!
Funny thing... I've been to the nursery today because i also have some Kind of bug on my schefflera that causes similar symptoms like in your plants. He suspected thrips. If you got some weird dark spots and trailways on the underside of the leaves, new baby leaves get black and die off it might be that or maybe some kind of mite.
He told me to spray mine with a solution of neemoil and water once, which I already did beforehand.
Otherwise there can't be much done about it. They will disappear when the weather changes again. They prefer warm and wet conditions.
Leave the leaves on. It just looks weird but the plants need their leaves to sustain themselves and recover.
Greetings from Austria.
Thanks for the info, summer is coming to end in a month or so and hopefully that will be the end of it. I will leave the trees out for a bit longer this year to ensure whatever it is dies off. Thanks again Herlinde
Nice tour! The PA is looking good. The white pines! So cool to see eastern white pines
Thanks, the white pines are collected when I started bonsai and they were just sticks. They have a long way to go haha
Nice job and thank you for the bench tour/update.
Thanks Anders, it was a small update but I thought I haven’t done an update in awhile haha
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Thanks Big Tomato, cheers 👍
Dr. Xin performing surgery on a Port in operating room 3. Bring pencil and paper
hahaha trying my best 👍
Thanx for bench tour Xin, all lookin great. Over here we’re really suffering cos the sun’s “at it”all the time n no rain so I’ve rigged up a bed sheet over my trees for shade n they’re loving it! If/when it rains I’ll just whip it off!! I wish I could have your cuttings, can’t get a PA for love nor money round here! I saw a few variegated ones but too slow for me being of advanced years!! Hey ho, God bless you Xin 🙏✝️ ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️
Yes the sun is the same here and not enough rain. Bed sheet is a good idea. The variegated one grows ok, not as fast but not that slow hahaha
Good morning! Yep I might go for one actually after yesterday’s near death experience! I fell into a derelict swimming pool, fully clothed, 4foot of stagnant weedy water, praise God I live to say put cuttings in a plastic bag! Much safer!!🤕
@@gayefanner731 haha I fell into a pool once but it was nice and clean. I also yelled before falling in haha
I kept my mouth shut, thank goodness🤢🤮
Nice transformation on the Portulacaria, looks much nicer now! Good idea for shading the plants and really envious of your benches!
Thanks Stefano, I will think of something to improve on the shade cloth
@@MaybeBonsai you can try perhaps with drywall mesh? Another option could be garden fleece (used to wrap around trees and bushes for wintering) but it’s so dense that I don’t know if it let’s water pass (some light for sure)
@@sbragaglia I was thinking of window mesh might work and it is fairly cheap
Nice late summer tour, brother. Your trees are looking pretty strong. Some of my native trees get black freckling on the leaves, showing my they are over watered and/or fall is approaching. No clue what it means on a tropical though.
The PA is looking great. I was diggin the branch selections.
Oh, reference the shade cloth, what if you took a few mins to weave some fabric or some paracord (550 cord) between the plastic chicken wire. Maybe every third or fourth row. This might up the shade a bit with minimal costs
Thanks Billy, maybe it is over watered. I will try slowing the water on it and see if that makes a difference 👍
nice and beautiful bonsai, hello greetings a hobby from Indonesia 🙏😊
Thanks, greetings from Canada! 👍
مجموعة جميلة من نباتات البونساي ❤
I like what did to the PA. Looking great!
Thanks Dave, let’s see how it grows!
Bench looks good Xin.
I think if you just rotate the PA counterclockwise a bit in the pot so that back branch is more visible it will fill the negative space more quickly. Thanks, keep growing
I will keep that in mind when I repot it next… or making it into a cutting depending on how that rotted section heals lol
Nice cleanup on the portulacaria! Wow, you are super successful with the maple cuttings!
Thanks Jay, those maples are seedlings. I have zero success with maple cuttings lol
I am hoping most of the seedling can make it thru the second year, at which time I am sure I need to give away a bunch of them lol
I love pruning my port jade but i dont love have to make room for the cuttings and i can never get myself to trash a good cutting
I tossed all the cuttings from this pruning. I don’t have any more room for them and they root too easily haha
What a fantastic success with the maple cuttings. Forests in 2 or 3 years ? 👍👍
Yes, forest for sure, so that I don't need to manage too many individual trees hahaha
Looking good Dr. Xin!
Thanks Tom! lol
$50 challenge tree growing nicely for you
so far so good! I will put it in the fish tank during winter
Foist!
Nicely done! 👍
Do you have Bay Trees at your nursery? You can defoliate & your wife can use the leaves to season foods. Just a thought.
I would have to check but I do have dry bay leaves at home as seasoning haha
Secoind
Close race!
i love afra
afra needs sun,water and nitrogens
Yep, they are in full when I can provide it 👍