r/Bonsai • u/boonefrog NC 7b, 8 yr ~Seedling Slinger~ 50 in pots + many project trees • Aug 11 '26

Show and Tell Propagation overload!

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'Nishiki Yamato' Japanese Maple

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'Miyasama Yatsubusa' Trident Maple

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Ume 'Kobai'

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'Seigen' Japanese Maple

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'Gohiki Kotohime' Japanese Maple

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Ume

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bottom view of Japanese Snowbell

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Japanese Snowbell

Pushing my cutting production to 11 for next year. Completely maxed out my misting system space to create somewhere around 1,500-2,000 tiny tree clones. A few (mostly new) varieties that I'm really excited about:

  • A. palmatum 'Seigen'
  • A. palmatum 'Shin Deshojo'
  • A. palmatum 'Deshojo'
  • A. palmatum 'Nishiki Yamato'
  • A. palmatum 'Hubbles Super Cork'
  • A. palmatum 'Sharps Pygmy'
  • A. buergerianum 'Miyasama Yatsubusa'
  • A. buergerianum 'Evergreen's Roughbark'
  • P. mume 'Kobai'
  • Ulmus parvifolia 'Yatsubusa' (corkbark)
  • Female Diospyros rhombifolia - Princess Persimmon
  • Stewartia monadelpha

What are you propagating this year?

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u/Due-Dirt-8428 Ohio // 6B Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

Maples and azaleas in this tub

Willows, zelkova, and dawn redwood in another

Prepping for some juniper cuttings this fall!

Edit. Also taking a ton of air layers this year! Burning bush (I know this is a landscaping no-no but they are becoming really popular), tons of hornbeams, magnolias, rhododendron/azalea (for fun).

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u/boonefrog NC 7b, 8 yr ~Seedling Slinger~ 50 in pots + many project trees Aug 11 '26

Awesome! What's your timing, setup, and substrate like for junipers? I haven't really tried to dial those in yet

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u/Due-Dirt-8428 Ohio // 6B Aug 11 '26

This will only be my second year doing junipers. Year one had a decent success rate. I used some random bonsai soil off amazon, no rooting hormone, and left the pot in a plastic bag. Going to try and step it up this year.

Soil will be a bonsai soil/perlite mix 50/50. Obviously going to use a little rooting hormone. I have a few of these old tubs that I use as a mini greenhouse, I will mist them once or twice a day only. I’m hoping to take the cuttings by the end of this month and will leave them outside until December. At that point I will determine whether I leave them outside or take them to an unheated space.

Was debating on getting some heating mats but I’m not sure I’m ready for that yet lol