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I want to change this old Chinese elm. I can see a few spots where I believe it would back bud. Want to create more balance with alternating branches. In the middle. Would removing some of the growth up top promote buds in the middle of the tree? My understanding is CEs back bud (and propagate) easily but aside from this one I have never really worked with them.

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I have spent a lot of time reading in the JBP from seed contest and I learned a lot, so I sowed seeds, but since I already put my hands on pitch and loblolly pine last year, I sowed a new batch of these. The species should be somewhat similar to JBP.

So far they have been growing happily. I didn't seedling cut them, which was a mistake loblolly has extremely long st...

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Picked up this little guy, planning to repot it this winter on some expert advice. To my eye the current pot is a little small?

The canopy is currently about 12 inches wide, the height from base to top of the canopy is about 11 inches but that's gonna be brought down with wiring of course.

The current pot is something like 5.5x3.75 but I'll have to che...

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Homeowner who is still learning here. I installed a drip irrigation system for a large flower bed and some shrubs in my front yard. At the spigot I have a timer valve, a Y for hooking up a hose when I need it and then a pressure regular running to about 20 drip emitters. I walked around about an hour after it should have been turned off and the drips were still going strong. I a...

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Most hand-built pots (not wheel thrown) are made from slabs that are leather-hard. This is a technique I've been working on to make pots from wet slabs. This thread will go step by step showing how this finished pot is constructed.

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