Japanese Maple Bonsai Tree. Guide meeee =]

[tomc]

The white things look like the fresh scar where your leaf dropped off from.

That said, now is a teachable moment where a magnifying glass and a sharp pair of tweezers could be a moment well spent touching your tree baby.

I don't think they are scale, but you probably wanna know more than me.

Worts and moss and lowly things growing in your soil compete with checking for moisture and feeding your tree baby.

Learn to love your tweezers...

[AubyBug]

Oh. Yes, that is what I meant. How embarrassing, calling them branches =/

I thought that may have been what was happening. Thank you very much applestar.

Mm this is further down from where the leaf dropped.

Teachable how? What should I do with my fantastic tweezers?

Thank you tomc

[tomc]

Scale are the medium tank of the insect world. If you can lift off one of those little white 'things', an' give it a good look under a glass, it might well not be scale.

From here I can't tell.

[AubyBug]

Oky doke. Only trouble, I don't have a magnifying glass.

I did grab my tweezers and did some inspecting though.
When I grabbed them they popped like a pimple and there was a yellow goo in them. And a couple had what looked like the trees sap under them. They have left little white spots where they were too. Does that tell you anything?

Thank you

-Auby

[applestar]

I have found that taking a well-focused close up photo (even with cell phone cam) then looking at the picture on the computer monitor screen or even iPad screen lets me see much more detail than my own eyes (sad to say). (and you're welcome )

[LexStarwalker]

How is your little tree doing AubyBug?