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  1. Mihai

    December pot giveaway!

    Hello dear nuts. This year has been rough on everyone and I'm really hoping all of you are doing well and staying healthy. Due to a lot of factors I was unable to do my customary pot giveaway in spring but i'm finally managing to catch my breath a little and hopefully come back to the Nut a bit...
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    Help with yamadori collecting. Advice needed

    Hello nuts. Need some advice about yamadori pine collection. Has anyone succesfully collected from super sandy/clay soil? I found a drop dead gorgeous patch of pine trees. They are all over 60-70 years old with amazing mature bark and a lot of trunk movement. Stunted in growth. Problem is that...
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    Some of my pots for sale

    Hey nuts. I've dicided to sell some of my pots as they literally don't fit in my tiny shoebox apartment after the last kiln load. I will ship anywhere, buyer pays for shipping. A couple of them have minute imperfections on the feet from the kiln over firing. They have been 'kintsugied' and...
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    Giving back for three great years. Another pot giveaway.

    Hello Dearest Nuts! As promised last year, I'm continuing the tradition of celebrating my coming to the forum with another pot giveaway. As a way of giving back to the people who make my bonsai journey all the nicer :)... yes... I mean you guys. Same rules as last year apply: leave a comment...
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    The year of the pine. Mihai's new obsession

    So, by and large, this has been a pine filled year for me. I'm making this thread to keep track of the progress of my work on them, and to get your advice going forward. Feel free to criticize. This is the initial pic of the first two. 1st Scots pine after thinning out and restyle: this...
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    So... Noelanders XX?

    Just a curiosity nuts. Who's coming to the anniversary edition of Noelanders in February? Methinks this is gonna be a good one :D
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    Itoigawa whips in Europe

    Hello Nuts! Hoping you can help me. Do you guys know a source of itoigawa whips for grafting in Europe? I have a few junipers that need grafts and no source for scions. Willing to provide beer for info :). Thank you! Mihai
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    Bonsai micro irrigation

    Hello dearest nuts and nutettes. In two and a half years I came to the conclusion that due to my less than reliable schedule my watering habits are crappy at best. Thus, I am faced with the chore of building something on the lines of an irigation system. Here comes the fun part. As I live in...
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    How is it made?!

    Hey guys. I actually have a question that maybe some of you can answer. Not really bonsai related but close. Thus the noob forum. Couldn't tind another place to fit it in. How is heaven are the penjing like the one in the picture below made? Natural stone cut flat to fit on the tray? Fake stone...
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    First juniper styling. A penny for your thoughts.

    Well hello nuts. Did my first heavy duty juniper styling today while waiting for a pot to dry. It's an 'old gold' bought last spring, transplanted in good soil without much root disturbance. Today I thined about 1/3 of the foliage and did the first structural styling. Sadly I don't have thin...
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    Giving back for two great years. Shohin pot giveaway.

    Good morning guys. I just looked at my member profile today and realized that I've been here for two great years. In all sincerity, you guys have been amazing and more help with the hobby than I can say. Even lurking taught me a lot. So... getting down to the jist of it. I would like to give...
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    First trip to Japan. Bonsai locations advice.

    Hey nuts! Happy egg laying rabbit day to be politically correct :). The missus and I are going on our first trip to Japan at the end of March, and as you can imagine, I'd like to make the most of the trip and see as many little twisted trees in pots as humanly possible :). I've seen that a lot...
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    Gnarly forsythia

    Hey guys. Got my hands on a gnarly forsythia branch after my neighbours trimmed their hedges. Any clue if I have a chance to root it? It's about 2.5" at the base and looks like pretty old wood.
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    First ever pot. Thoughts?

    Hey guys. Tried my hand at pot making tonight. First time apart from diddling some clay at a friend's workshop. Few hours later, this 15/20 cm thing came out. Thoughts and critiques?
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    Mihai's JBP six year contest thread

    @Bonsai Nut will you be so kind as to sticky me? Thanks Nut! :D
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    Mugo first styling

    Here's one of my two mugos after the first styling. Nothing drastic. A couple of needles pulled and wire applied.
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    Wire suppliers Europe

    Hello guys, Does anyone know a good (and by good i mean cheap) supplier for wire in Europe. Been looking for a few day and the prices seem super high. Thank you!
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    Scots pine and a rant

    Evening fellas. Let me tell you a story about assholes... Utter, complete assholes. I spent yesterday with a friend up in the hills around my town looking for pines. Lo and behold we actually found some. Nothing jaw dropping, but something to work on and study on and keep alive and happy. After...
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    Pine seedlings for Europe Nuts

    Hello guys, I was wondering if there's anyone here from Europe who has any source for Japanese black and/or white pine seedlings. I can't find anyone selling them in Romania. Thanks in advance.
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    Prunus incisa leaves going crispy

    Hey guys, need a little help. For the past couple of weeks, the leaves on my prunus incisa shohin have been turning black at the tips and then completely crisp. I applied some generic antifungal but no result. Any of you had this? For the moment i removed all the leaves that are affected.
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    4000 sqare ft of free overgrown junipers. Advice needed

    Hello Nuts, I found a nursery a few days back that has a parcel of about 4000 square feet of junipers (Juniperus Communis) that they want to get rid of. They were planted as landscape material and have been neglected for more than ten years... rendering them unsaleable. Basically they are...
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    Larch styling advice needed. Completely stuck

    Hey nuts, bought this tree last year and it's doing great. Problem is somehow it feels unfinished and I have no clue how to proceed... Maybe your trained eyes see a future direction for it. Any thoughts?
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    Is anyone from Essen - Germany

    Hey nuts, going out on a limb here, but is anyone from Essen, Germany? Found a great bonsai but the seller only wants to do local pickup. I'd really, really apreciate if anyone would be willing to pick it up, pack it and forward it to Romania. Pretty please :).
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    Species ID

    Hello nuts. Would any of you have any clue as to what this little tree is? Love the looks of it but for the life of me can't tell.
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    Nuts, need your expert counsil. Would you buy it?

    Hello Bnuts. I was down a a garden center today and there was this pinus nigra that caught my eye. It has the most dubious trunk base i have ever seen. The problem is that i have no clue if the tree can be reduced enough to be worth it. Also no desgn comes to mind looking at it. Would you spend...
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