hinmo24t
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Looks like Chinesis juniper
Another $38 nursery Shimpaku
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Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
All shimpakus are Chinese junipers, but not all Chinese junipers are shimpakus.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
This is a great thought Pitoon. I think I will just out of curiosity.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
Yeah I’m still trying to figure out trees in ABQ in general! Though my junipers look better than all of my trees, so there’s that. I’m tempted to bend now, but my gut says wait till spring.I was going to give advice as if it was a run-of-the-mill shimpaku. But it's not. And you live in Albuquerque. I wanted to change my advice to embrace the desert juniper aspect. You don't want advice as if this was a tree in San Fran, with lush green foliage pads, and moss on the soil
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Really nice material to work with.
For 38, yes get a bunch of them. Work a few, and put a few in larger containers to let them run for a bit.
By al means, wire a main trunk into shape while you are at it.
The plant reminds me a lot of this one, where at first sight you might think.. Chop it all off.
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For 38, yes get a bunch of them. Work a few, and put a few in larger containers to let them run for a bit.
By al means, wire a main trunk into shape while you are at it.
The plant reminds me a lot of this one, where at first sight you might think.. Chop it all off.
Milestone project
Today it was testing time after 2 years running around in WErner Busch' bonsai school. Happy to share that I passed well enough to be allowed into the third year. The exam this time consisted of styling a tree in a style we had discussed in the past within a 4 hour timeframe. Then the tree and...
Hartinez
Masterpiece
Big difference lies in the foliage. These are pretty tight.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
Bought another. Same nursery still has about 6 left. No I haven’t made an offer to buy all of them. 
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
What's your plans with this one?Bought another. Same nursery still has about 6 left. No I haven’t made an offer to buy all of them.
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Hartinez
Masterpiece
No plan yet. Repot for sure. Haven’t had a chance to study the structure much just yet. Though I think I may get awfully bendy with both of these purchases. Lots of raffia and thick gauge copper.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
Welp. I dove in. Eliminated several trunks but left the majority of the foliage for recovery. I’m envisioning multiple trunks, maybe 2-3 depending on the response. I also love taller more feminine trees, though there is plenty of foliage to create something smaller.
I was able to get good movement in everything I bent and if I don’t keep it all at least the jins will have good movement. At repot I was very deliberate with root selection, eliminating very little, but using a chopstick removed a decent amount of potting s soil. I up potted to this container for recovery. It’s now in partial shade with daily mistings. Did this last week and it seems to be responding well so far.
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
That's awesome! I'm jealous. Then there's the $38 bit
If the remaining lot wasn't well picked over junk, I sure wouldn't admit to not getting them
Hartinez
Masterpiece
Ugh. I know. When I drop my next big furniture project off, I may go make an offer for them all. The same lot has been there for 2 years! After last years slow pace in the arts, I can’t justify a $200 plus purchase though.View attachment 366242
That's awesome! I'm jealous. Then there's the $38 bit
If the remaining lot wasn't well picked over junk, I sure wouldn't admit to not getting them
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
Looks good so far. I think the multi trunk style fits this one well.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Can you lift the trees to the next level? After that they might be worth -partially?- selling and paying for all of them.
I usually look at larger batches in that sense: I want 1. But I could offer to buy them all and sell the rest.
Once they have been properly potted and settled in their pots, been trimmed and wired, value has often doubled or more, as not many people can see the tree in the shrub.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
I don’t know, can I?
I believe I can, and I’ve thought that very thing. If I’ve got 8, and of the bunch, I like 2, then I can sell the 6 of least interest. Ive seen turds on the auction sites that sell for more than $60 every week. I feel I can style a tree well and can see the “tree in the shrub”. My problem is timing and patience. A bonsai is no good if it’s 100% deadwood, and that is something I need to fix.
or I just keep them all and move my practice forward. Maybe give them away to other local bonsai buds whom I enjoy sharing the art with.
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
Absolutely, you should at least quadruple your investment in 5 yrs. Have to take maintenance into account.
6 x $200 = 1200 /5= $190, so 5x investment less parts and maintenance (is where I get the quadruple sum total).
Watch this one on eBay for $49
Juniperus Chinensis Shimpaku - Conifer Ready For Bonsai | eBay
Never a good idea to disturb the roots. If you want it in the ground.dig a hole the pots size.drop it in.mulch over. their new owner.Change is not our plant’s Friend. when a plant is trying to adapt to a new climate and new husbandry from.
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I'm sure it will sell Shimpaku is a hot item.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
well.. It is my intent here:
What’s your latest Bonsai related purchase?
I just purchased a nursery stock Acer Palmatum Corallinum because I didn’t have one and it’s nice 😅😂. Using a new seller who’s prices are really quite good compared to other online nursery’s offering the same size range for higher costs. So if things turn out well I’ll be adding them to the...
Get them growing and settled. Do my practice work on them for a competition next year. Then sell them off once I am confident I did not do serious damage. With these, and knowing what I paid, I think I can sell them for ~10 times what I paid for the plants. Granted, 2 years after getting them, and spending some 5 hours on them. But that is time spend doing what I like, so time has no value to me there.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
Here’s where I’m at. Both looking good and beginning to grow.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
I’m going to style this one as a semi cascade. May bend out the main branches here in the next week then let sit for a season.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
I did the deed last week and am happy with how much I was able to compact those long straight branches. I put this tree in morning sun and dappled sun the rest of the day for the last week and have misted. Tips continue to grow.
Hard to see but the big curved section right in the middle on the main trunk follows the contours well of the cascading branches. It also goes front to back as well as side to side.I think once I get more foliage extension I’ll be able to build pads in front of what I don’t want you to see and what I do want you to see. I kept literally every bit of foliage in this process for recovery.
now I just water feed and wait.
Hard to see but the big curved section right in the middle on the main trunk follows the contours well of the cascading branches. It also goes front to back as well as side to side.I think once I get more foliage extension I’ll be able to build pads in front of what I don’t want you to see and what I do want you to see. I kept literally every bit of foliage in this process for recovery.
now I just water feed and wait.
