My lovely bonsai database seems to have disappeared

Have you tried FileMaker? And ALWAYS keep a backup.

I have another acer that I have been trying to reduce the leaf size for
years. Its a standard acer, pretty healthy. Every year I defoliate, every year
they come back as big as ever!

What species is it? Where do you keep it? When do you defoliate? Do you reduce
fertilizer right after defoliating?

Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)