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Omono
When I first started on this Bonsai journey my mentors mantra was “Slow and Easy”. Did I follow his words and decades of experience?......of course not I was middle aged and wanted to speed things along lol. After adding to the wood pile to many times with mediocre trees I started to collect what I saw as special trees with character, age and the best chance for survival and a decent bonsai. The following Shore Pine with its very corky bark is one that I know will be a challenge but well worth going the Slow and Easy route....haven’t picked a front...why now? as it’s only been one season since collection......however when collected (and put into the grow box) it was pretty much prone (laying horizontal) to the ground level....as the summer drifted along I took stones/boulders and planted them under it to lift it up. The following photos show it today with the largest rock I’ave use and moved closer to the base that I uncovered a few weeks back.
Wanted to start its own thread so I can share and update its progresssion.
Thoughts ideas welcome.
Cheers from the GWN
G.
Wanted to start its own thread so I can share and update its progresssion.
Thoughts ideas welcome.
Cheers from the GWN
G.