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    New Zelkova Broom

    People grow one species to look like another all the time. Zelkova leaves do bear a slight resemblance to oak leaves, and they scale down a whole lot easier. If the tree can grow that way, who cares? I'm guessing that the "something" that happened to Al's zelkova is that he probably pruned it...
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    New Zelkova Broom

    I, for one, am looking forward to seeing what you do with this tree. I think a gnarly oak style would work really well. Quick question - you said this has been in a pot for 12 years. Has it always been in that pot (or a pot)? It's got a decent looking trunk, so as a life long student of trunk...
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    Where has every one gone?

    Still here! I was really busy over the past six months, so haven't been commenting as much day to day. But I've still been around lurking ... =)
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    Acer Palmatum - Looking for feedback/ideas

    Here's a quick update on this one. This is what the tree looks like as of April 2019. You'll notice I haven't made any big moves yet, partly because I've been busy, and partly because I wanted to see how things evolved a bit first. I've done a little refinement, and I chopped back to an apex...
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    April 2019
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    Look at what I did with my Mark Comstock maple!

    This is a fun idea for a thread. Looks like I'll need to grab a maple from Mark at some point so I can play along. =)
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    Garden center Chinese Elm

    Before you prune anything, ask yourself what you are trying to accomplish, and what phase of development are you at. Are you happy with the trunk like this? That's one possible path. Do you want the trunk to thicken up? That's another. How are the roots? Is that tree root bound? If so, you...
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    All I know is that I don't know nothin'

    Lol, no, we don't ask for a resume, but we do have people set their "flair". Flair contains where they're located and their (self-evaluated) experience level. The location allows us to give them accurate advice without needing to continuously reply with "where are you located", and the...
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    Does anyone else name their trees?

    The extent of me naming my trees are things like "the big larch" or "the big trident" or "the little seiju", etc, but that's about it. Just enough to distinguish them from the others.
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    Would anyone be interested in getting a contest going where we're all either starting from a propagate, or from a collection w/i certain parameters?

    Interesting idea on a multi-year contest. I've been toying with the idea of proposing a multi-year format for the reddit contest. Still thinking that one through ... For this one, I like the initial rules suggestions you've come up with. Having an annual judging with annual prize pools is an...
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    Japanese Maple #16

    More is more. I'm happy to see as many pics as Walter posts. =)
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    American Bonsai Society Announcement

    And for those asking about the artist links in the sidebar, that was something done in anger by the original mod who posted the open letter, and we didn't notice it for a long time. Adam's page has been added back in, and I've sorted the pages alphabetically. A little unintentional drama there.
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    American Bonsai Society Announcement

    FYI - I just posted this over at /r/bonsai. Open Letter to the Bonsai Community: Follow-up on Adam Lavigne (adamaskwhy) Ok, I’ll admit that I’m more than a little hesitant to re-open this particular can of worms, but here goes. No matter where you stand on this particular issue, I ask that...
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    Acer Palmatum - Looking for feedback/ideas

    It's coming along. The leaves should be changing color soon and I'll post some more pics then. I took a pretty conservative approach for this season, bit of a holding pattern. Made some small moves and then let it recover for the season. Mostly because I was busy in the spring, but also just...
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    It's a Hobby part 2

    I guess I'd say hobbyist, but it often feels more like "lifestyle choice" at this point. =)
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