[IBC] Well i made it to LA
 

My double trunk larch lost half of one of its trees to heat in the car.
Till i covered them all with tin foil which prevented further losses.
I traveled through the desert to get my bonsai's in on dirt roads and
gravel pathways. But they all survived the 8 day trip out here.
Any advice on cultivating my trees in a zone 9 climate would be much
appreciated. As far as the barbados cherry question in zone 7 i
repotted it in the spring and it did well. The yard i have has an
aphid spider mite problem and the woman that im renting the house from
doesn't like pesticides "nor do any of us" but she has a major
problem. I was thinking of treating the trees with systemic pellets.
Or ordering spider mite and aphid predators. Which i doubt would do
any good since they have already established a pretty good hold on the
lemon trees they live in. But the swallowtails and hummingbirds and
blue skies have made up for any hardships of the trip. Im glad to be
here, till winter i shouldn't have any problems. For winter im
thinking of buying a large freezer for my cold hardy plants. Anyway
cheers to all, are there any bonsai nurseries in the Los Angeles area
or suggested plant stores for bonsai material. I took a beautiful
trip through the painted desert on the way out here after i get the
film developed i'll have to post some pictures to the gallery.

Warmest Regards
Ben Griffin

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Quiet....... Probably a lot of servers down. News over here just tells
me that the Southwest got hit worst.

Hope everyone in Florida made it through OK.

Billy, Jim?

Kev Bailey
Vale Of Clwyd, North Wales




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Ben said:
The yard i have has an
aphid spider mite problem and the woman that im renting the house from
doesn't like pesticides "nor do any of us" but she has a major
problem. I was thinking of treating the trees with systemic pellets.
Or ordering spider mite and aphid predators. Which i doubt would do
any good since they have already established a pretty good hold on the
lemon trees they live in.

Find out if the citrus mites in CA are pests of other plants. Most
are specific to citrus, I think, but I am not an entomologist. Aphids
are easy to control. However, just for fun, you might want to try
aphid predators; the conditions you describe are ideal for predators.
If you have a "slight" problem with aphids, your predators won't have
enough to eat, and will either leave, or will starve. If you have
lots of aphids, the predators will go forth and multiply, keeping the
aphid population down to reasonable levels. Predators will never
eliminate a pest problem, but they'll keep it in check. If you like
your landlady, try a spidermite predator, too, but make sure you get
one that will eat the kind of mite you have.

Nina.