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August 2008 - Posts
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I am considering attending this in October. Do the workshop fees include all materials except tools and wire (such as the tree, pot, soil, misc)? Trying Read More...
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A little while ago i trimmed my ficus and kept some of the cuttings, i put one in water, some in different soil mixes and two in commercial "gel2root" Read More...
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The ABS North American Stolen Bonsai Registry received
a report of a stolen bonsai from the Roanoke, VA area.
http://absbonsai.org/SBR/registry.html http://absbonsai.org/SBR/roster.html Read More...
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I am buying some trees right now, but it's football season. and we live for football here in the heartland. I will post some pics. when I can find time Read More...
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JBP. Scroll "Three Geese Flying" by Susanne Barrymore of Santa Barbara, CA.
Lingbi stone. Susanne is a longtime artist and bonsaiist. Check out Read More...
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Hi All
I just bought a new Ficus Rutusa from Ikea, it is about 36" from top of route ball to top leaves. There is new growth, and leaves appear very Read More...
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Hello everyone, I am new here and newish to Bonsai but I have the bug already. This is my first post and hopefully not a silly question? Can someone tell Read More...
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hi guys, this is my first thread in here...i would like to ask for your advise regarding my juniperus... front view :
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Hey folks. I bought some kind of elm the other day at a local nursery. It seems to be in pretty good health but the roots look pretty cramped in the pot Read More...
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Hey folks. I bought some kind of elm the other day at a local nursery. It seems to be in pretty good health but the roots look pretty cramped in the pot Read More...
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A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU CARMEN.
thankyou for all your input here at BT. Read More...
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I have recently purchased a few azaleas and was just curious if you all had some tips out there for a healthy tree. Also being new to the azalea I had Read More...
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Hello to everyone in this forum. I've been reading some threads for a couple weeks now and this is my first post. I just began taking interest in bonsai Read More...
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Here's an alberta spruce I've been working on... I have read a bit on them and know that there is not much use trying to bend the trunk... since it's straight, Read More...
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So after a good day at Home Depot sales, I have landed a pretty good mugo, which I think will end up as a pretty nice bonsai after a number of years. I Read More...
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Looking to connect with locals to learn hands on ... closest I've been able to find searchng online is Columbus, Ohio and Pittsburgh, PA. Is that the closest Read More...
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Gustav is now very powerful and looks like a sure hit on our state. If you live in coastal parishes it's time to move north. All hotels are booked all Read More...
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I picked up this young Shindeshojo Mapple from Ray Nesci last christmas whilst on a trip through Sydney. It's only a stick at the moment, but I've been Read More...
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Hello everyone. My name is David, and I am a bonsai-aholic. Ahhhh.......... That does feel better!! Well, thanks for listening and this is day one on the Read More...
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Hi, I live in the Pacific Northwest. I have a cascading Juniper. It seems to be becoming a bit dormant. Is it normal for the juniper's growth to stop in Read More...
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Howdy all from West Virginia, USA! I got my first Bonsai last weekend, a 7 year old japanese juniper, at least that is what the tag said. I have it in Read More...
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I bought this Shimpaku and roughed it into shape. But I can not decide if the large branch should go or stay. It is kind of straight and maybe too thick. Read More...
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hi I'm Will and I'm new to this site. although I've liked bonsai for a long time i am now realizing how little i know about growing them. i am looking Read More...
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Hello everyone! I'm really excited to be here, so far I've been lurking about on this site and I love all the helpful advice and information I've been Read More...
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Hey everyone i just had a couple questions about overwintering in colder climates like canada. I live in calgary alberta where in the dead of winter it Read More...
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I'm up in Goldendale WA--elev 2500' (I'm actually north of town, out in the woods--lots of ponderosa, doug fir & scrub oak--which I'm eyeballing a Read More...
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This tree has got me confused it has a gun metal bark on young trees similar to that of a young cherry but becomes red and papery when mature. It has small Read More...
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Hello, Ive been growing my ficus's in regular soil(thatw what they were in when i got them and it seems to be working fine) I did reciently get some bonsai Read More...
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I purchased this olive 7 years ago, as a one gallon whip. I had no decent olive material that time, so I did something that I would never do today, knowing Read More...
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In your opinion, what is the fastest growing tree to make into bonsai? Assuming you grow it from seed. In order to prevent a major argument, we need to Read More...
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I want to go out to find some hornbeams for future gathering i own 600 acres so permission is not a problem. i found some wild pears that have potential Read More...
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In the show us your sticks in pots thread I showed this small pine whip that I styled. The canopy turned out pretty good but that tiny little stick was Read More...
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Say roots only grew on one side of an airlayer, how would one fix that? Would you redo the airlayer higher, or graft roots? Or could you slap more rooting Read More...
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Hello, As you can see in the attached pictures one of my trees is a Bonsai Juniper. I have had it for about 6-7 years and i think the shaping has gone Read More...
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Here is a pic of my zelkova last summer and now,also this is a shimpaku group i just started,the upper portion of the trees are not wired yet,i need to Read More...
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These Trident maple seedlings sprouted in April, and I am a little concerned with overwintering them. If I bring them into an unheated garage, should they Read More...
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Boxwood was $2
Juniper was $5 I really want to start working on them... but I guess I will wait for spring.
(I did remove all of the dead branches) Read More...
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Here is my new 2x4 and 1x2, treated lumber bonsai stand.
It took about 4 hours to build. (having the proper tools helps) It's working out perfectly so Read More...
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Next time you want to create a bonsai landscape, you can use this for inspiration: http://tree-species.blogspot.com/2007/11/argan-argania-spinosa.html Read More...
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As I was perusing the new issue of Golden Statements Online, I found, to my surprise, a great deal of new information about the Bay Island Bonsai 10th Read More...
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I cannot take credit for this composition at this point...I was cleaning up in the garden this summer and discovered this piece of inland coral laying Read More...
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This is a tree that I started from seed 10 years ago. It's a Celtis caucasica, a caucasian hackberry or nettle tree. It must be very rare in bonsai circles, Read More...
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I started into shohin bonsai about ten years ago. At the time I was in a funk about my collection. I had a bunch of average trees, but nothing that really Read More...
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I noticed on my visits to ebay a user that goes by dbdotcom that has bought hundreds of bonsai on ebay. Must be harry. Though unlikely, harry goes for Read More...
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I was recently the benificiary of a 6 ft tall weeping cherry. Yeah, I know..... Anyway, it has a 2.5-3" trunk like a stovepipe.
I understand that Read More...
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This might be only me but I'm gettin kinda frustrated with bonsai magazines. A few years Bonsai Today was including a beginner article or two in almost Read More...
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Hi all, I'm new to the art and am struggling with a dwarf orange I purchased. When I first brought it home, it was doing wonderful for the first week, Read More...
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Hello, Im a new memebr here, but have been growing Bonsai trees for about 7 years now. I do mostly indoor trees, but I was very excited to try this tree. Read More...
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I have two Junipers that are doing great, Ive had them outside since the day i got them (about 6-8 months ago) and i just got a deciduous tree about 2 Read More...
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I plan to start growing trees from seed this fall. I plan to do small leaf tridents, elms, wisteria, japanese green maples, and some others that are similar. Read More...
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So one of the wonderful things about working on a ranch with 72 yr old Bruce, who joins me in my knucklehead ways, is that stuff like this happens. Yesterday Read More...
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Hi-- I'm goody--from the eastern side of the Cascades, Washington state. completely new to bonsai, and although I've gotten some books, I'd really like Read More...
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I dug up this sugar maple a year ago and let is grow for a while undisturbed. It has a beautiful trunk that had been cut before I found it and a small Read More...
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Hello, I have been doing bonsai for about 7 years, up top this point almost totally indoor trees. I just got a pyracantha I will be preparing to train Read More...
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I have some friends that have gone collecting for Bald Cypress in Louisana, Water Elms also in Louisana, Junipers and Ponderosa in the southern Rockies Read More...
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He there guys, Yesterday i went to the store again and purchased a Juniperus media Kuriwao Gold and a Olea Europea. Since I want these guys to have a Read More...
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You don't have a clue how jealous I am of you folks that have an opportunity to go to a bonsai nursery and pick out a tree. All my trees are bought from Read More...
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I am shaping a corymbia citriodora bonsai, and have trimmed it quite extensively so it only has a few growing shoots, but the main ones at the top have Read More...
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Hi there today I bought a mugo pine from a local nursery, it is not bonsai yet because it needs repotting, pruning and wiring, but has great potential. Read More...
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Hello, all, I decided to make this a thread, rather than just send a PM to kaedebonsai, since the answer might be of use to others too. I have a Japanese Read More...
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Hi everybody,
last weekend I had the pleasure to do and teach bonsai in beautiful Norway. My new bonsai friend, Rune kyrdalen, had invited me and I was Read More...
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My Brazilian rain tree was recently accidently poisoned when my neighbour "shocked" his well and did not tell us. Chlorine as I understand it Read More...
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I was wandering if anyone had any styling idea's. Also does this root issue degrade the tree? I just feel that it really distracts from the tree itself. Read More...
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I just recently found a maple growing out of the bricks on the side of my building. the roots seem pretty deep other than that its the perfect little bonsai Read More...
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Any idea's besides just let it grow? I just purchased this at the REBS. I was thinking hollowing it out when I first picked it up. It has some reverse Read More...
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I hope he washed the pine sap off his fingers before he stuck them into the icing.:) Read More...
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Hi, I've had a fukien tea for about half a year now and its still in its original clay-like soil. I'd like to change the soil but the plant has such fine Read More...
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I just collected this cedar i believe it to be not sure what kind but would like to know. i dug this up here in north bay ontario, just today it is a beauty Read More...
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hey just bought a new fir tree to make into a bonsai and its looseing some of its needles i dont know if its the shaping thats ive done or the position Read More...
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9 months ago i had a taller leggeir plant and decied to chop it right down.
today i got it in a much smaller pot, hopefully it survives and i will get Read More...
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