I bought 0-10-10 fertilizer from Home Depot.  Happily for me, they will let you order and pay online and then ship it to your local store for pick up.  No charge for shipping.  And my fertilizer was MUCH less costly that way.  A quart was $13 from Amazon and $6 from Home Depot.  Worse, the bonsai guys were selling 8 ounces for $9.75.  I’m glad I waited to get it.

I made a gallon, today and will start feeding the roots of my little tree tomorrow.

Also, I pinched out the top of the maple I have in a pot.  It’s about 2 feet tall and absolutely straight.  I hope that will inspire it to make some side branches.  If it kills it, I have lost nothing and learned something.

The cedar looks healthy.  I intend to leave it in its pot on the deck all winter.  It did well there last year.

The juniper and maple will be set down into mulch on the south side of the house the week before Thanksgiving.