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My biggest weakness is watering my trees. I put some yarn, inside a plastic tube running from a bucket of water to a few pots. All are trees I’m just barely starting, some cuttings. I plan to not water other than with this method and see how they do. Thoughts? will this work? Will the soil stay...

Picked this one up today at the nursery, I think I got a pretty good one, cost $20. I cut two branches down low that felt too thick. What do y’all think

The first one is an elm I think, the second is an oak? Was hoping for some help with ID

Got this one this summer. It was limber and small, went for the tie it in a knot method. Hopefully she lives! It was easy bending her around, didn’t hear any snaps. Hopefully she doesn’t brown out in a month

This is a random nursery tree that I’ve grown fond of- Just posting here to follow progression. I’ve had her about 1.5yrs so far

I finally decided to anneal copper wire for the first time. I did it on the backyard fire. It makes the wire so much better! Wow! I did some last night and will do the rest tonight. took a pic to show, I got 2 20ft wires with 19 pieces inside for like 4 bucks each at Lowe’s from the discount...

The bushy one I dug from a neighbors and it looked like a stump. Very happy with it now! The next is a yaupon holly from Lowe’s that I got this year to have a tree to fiddle with. The bent juniper is also from a big box store it was bent weird I did what I could- it looks better in person. I...

I found the rock when I brought my wife and kids to see my family in California, many of whom they have never met. There’s a lot of family issues and it will likely be a long time before we see each other. We had a vacation emergency when we had nowhere to stay and it was prom weekend...

Found this in its side in the back of a mom and pop nursery. They quoted it at 75$.

I’ve only had this one for 2 years probably, bought it as a bush in a pot at a nursery, don’t have a pic. I’ll try to update this with growth. I’m very pleased with how it is doing and how I styled it. It’s the first one I’ve wired flat branches so well. It may not be the greatest bonsai...

This is the first tree I’ve collected. I got it from a neighbors yard, was able to dig out roots that looked like they were straight from a bonsai pot. It was a flat shallow spread, by random luck it was growing on stone. It was rough to dig up, I didn’t have the right tools and thought I’d...

I made this one tonight- my wife wanted a cascade and I pushed this one to it- sorry I know the picture is poor. Background is a bedsheet hanging from a ladder. I was in a very near fatal wreck 8 months ago and tonight my wife said “I’m glad your back into bonsai” because she thought the brain...

My dad came to town and likes projects and building things. We decided on a bonsai bench- we got the general form from the internet cant remember where or I'd post credit. Added a few pics of the building of it. Mostly 4x4s with lag bolts holding it, 2x4 for the bottom shelf. It's 8 feet long...

Did this for the contest- thought I'd make a thread to keep up with it. Hard to tell in the pics but there are several pads initiated that I'll let fill and recover over the next year Thinking about removing the upper trunk, but it's not blocking light- and it's providing foliage support-need...

ok- so I found this at the nursery. Not a lot of choices around here and on a limited bonsai budget. That being said I'm excited to have my first black pine and realize it's a slow process. Any advice for what to do with it from this point? I was thinking chop at that low branch and put it...

found this tree today on severe discount. The grated on tree is lace leaf maple. The bottom part of the tree has leafs coming out below the graft. I'm wondering if I can just chop off the grafted part? Also, what type of maple is the root stock? I searched and think it's some type of Japanese...

just picked this up All I have done is take off the few dead bits. Gunna clean off the top of the soil and see what's there. Has 4 trunks and lots of green! Ill try to clean it out a bit tonight and post pics if I do.

hopefully this is the right spot. I got this one last spring and pruned it, left it mostly as it was- used a little wire but not much. This is the second time I have worked on it. Before and after

Hello, I've had this one about a year, bought online through walmarts dealer. I have done pretty much nothing and have not been able to see the tree yet. I think I need to cut at least one of the tall branches off but not sure which and not sure where to go if I do cut them. Any ideas...

hello, I live in north Texas, Dallas area. I collected this elm today from a wooded area that was getting bulldozed tomorrow. It had already leafed out and I was not able to get many roots with it. It looks like a winged elm and elms near it all had those wings, but I am very new to this...

Hello, I've looked around quite a bit and haven't found anything. Is there a website that allows you to build a bonsai? With wiring shaping maybe even growing. I was thinking something g that I could use to do things to trees and then speed the growth rate to see potential outcomes? Does...

Hey yall, I know it's wrong season and I took off too much, but I wanted to work on styling and couldn't help myself. Hopefully she makes it... Sea green, gimme some critique Here's a before and after-

Hi, I have read these forums over the past few months since getting into bonsai. I have not found a post that I could actually give good advice on yet cause I'm so dang new. But I thought I'd say hello to everyone and share what I've done over the past few months. All my trees are very young...