Recent content by yenling83

Fun project, love the story, thanks for posting!

That’s a great point I didn’t even think about. Appreciate it!

Some really spectacular tree, great work!

Oh Awesome, I'm UCSB class of 06, lived in IV for a few years, it was epic!

You are correct, I don't know what those Europeans are doing but seems they've figured out the secret! Yours looks awesome, really well done. I will contact him, thank you so much!

Aww very nice, thank you for the info, will look into! do you feel like it's quite strong? the tree i'm planning to put on the slab is XL and very heavy.

It seems like it's more challenging to find large rock and artificial slabs for planting in the US. I'm currently looking for one, but haven't seen many for sale? The only source I know of through Mirai seems to be all sold out for now.

Did you go to UCSB? Go Gaucho's! I've seen this incredible tree many times:)

I found this interesting Sierra Juniper in the mountains last week, fascinating to wonder why it's all twisted and knotted compared with all the other trees growing up right.

Japanese Beech in particular have been notoriously challenging to source for years:( You could try European Beech, which should be much easier to find, more hardy, slightly larger leaf.

Agree. I'd add that Bjorn has some great resources on this disease and others on his Bonsai U platform, I'd highly recommend Bonsai U!

Super bummed I couldn’t make it to the 2025 US National and NA Bonsai Pottery Competition this year. I sure would love to see who won prizes along with pics of the winning Trees and Pots, thanks!

Personally I use both Bio-Gold and Osmocote. I only use a tiny amount of Osmocote and a lot of bio gold. I also use a few different liquid fertilizers. You def don't need to just stick w/ one.

My best guess is that the one's in perlite are getting under watered. That mix will dry out much much faster than the potting soil mix. Also, the particle size is quite large for that size of a plant. I'd use a much finer particle size for the little guys you have here. You would need to...

I'm glad you brought that interesting point up. I've seen a few that made me think they were Yamadori, including this tree below(stock photo, not mine), one in Andrew Robson of Rakuyo's collection and one from John Thompson. But, I don't know if they are actually collected or not. I'm...