barrosinc
Masterpiece
when are you gonna repot? or are you pretty much pot slipping?
Another Itoigawa
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Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
It will be a slip-pot in mid-September if it goes to Portland. If not, I'll do a normal repot next spring.
JudyB
Queen of the Nuts
Lovely pot Brian, he certainly has a lot of cool pots, and does nice sales. And he has lots of larger sized pots, which sometimes can be difficult to fine. Will look so good in there..
This one is Akadama and lava, 2:1.
This spring, I replaced the top inch or so of crusty soil with akadama and a little pumice and river sand.
Thanks,
I use 1/3 lava, 1/3 pumice and 1/3 akadama, pretty close. Basically Boon's soil mix.
This spring, I replaced the top inch or so of crusty soil with akadama and a little pumice and river sand.
Thanks,
I use 1/3 lava, 1/3 pumice and 1/3 akadama, pretty close. Basically Boon's soil mix.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Gee, I dunno, Brian, it has all these little pads all over it. Wouldn't it be easier to maintain if you just sheared it?
It's looking great! It's amazing how quickly the white Shari turns dark in our weather, isn't it?
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Gotta get out there with the electric hedge trimmers!
And yes, it is pretty incredible how fast the humidity works on the wood.
And yes, it is pretty incredible how fast the humidity works on the wood.
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
I want to see that! Well, maybe I don't
james
Shohin
Superb tree, Artisan's Cup's loss
Oh, those won't work! I have some that attach to my weed eater motor! That'll do it!
About the mildew on the Shari... Have you seen the little pressure washers? I think their "real" job is spot removers for dry cleaners. They shoot a tiny stream of water. But it's perfect for cleaning Shari and deadwood. Jonas used one at Boon's on one of his junipers. Pretty cool!
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
fredtruck
Omono
I have one, and have used it on my ulmus parvifolia yatsubusa. I posted about this at this link:
http://bonsainut.com/index.php?threads/ulmus-parvifolia-yatsubusa.19072/page-3#post-271579
This is actually a link to the end of the post. Scroll up a bit and you'll get to the top.
I have also used it on my cork bark elm, on the deadwood, and in removing some troublesome punk wood, which added a hollow to the trunk, and additional character, but I haven't found time to post on it yet.
http://bonsainut.com/index.php?threads/ulmus-parvifolia-yatsubusa.19072/page-3#post-271579
This is actually a link to the end of the post. Scroll up a bit and you'll get to the top.
I have also used it on my cork bark elm, on the deadwood, and in removing some troublesome punk wood, which added a hollow to the trunk, and additional character, but I haven't found time to post on it yet.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Tidied up the trunk and deadwood a bit.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
I'm not tidying up anything until closer to showtime!
Straight LS.
Straight LS.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Nice! The Bama club will have a display in the Expo for the first time this year, but this juniper isn't in this year's lineup.
aframe
Shohin
Why didn't this tree get accepted?
If I had to hazard a guess, I think it may have been the pot, and the guy wires.
It's possible to pay $25 and get a critique. I don't know if Brian did that or not.
They could only take 75. I'm sure there were a lot of excellent trees that "just missed the cut".
It's possible to pay $25 and get a critique. I don't know if Brian did that or not.
They could only take 75. I'm sure there were a lot of excellent trees that "just missed the cut".
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Assuming the decision was based only on the photos submitted, I'd say it was the guy-wires. Bjorn predicted it would be bounced for guy wires before I entered it, so I wasn't surprised. I was surprised the show is only 75 trees.
The pot is a 3rd gen signed Yamaaki with patina, so not a junk pot by any stretch. I actually like it, but in the entry form, I wrote that it would be slip-potted into an exhibition-quality Gyouzan.
I did not pay the $25 for a critique; it seems a bit insulting, and I'm very happy with it. I'll submit it for consideration to the Nationals, which I can attend and thoroughly enjoyed last year.
Testing a new camera setting...
The pot is a 3rd gen signed Yamaaki with patina, so not a junk pot by any stretch. I actually like it, but in the entry form, I wrote that it would be slip-potted into an exhibition-quality Gyouzan.
I did not pay the $25 for a critique; it seems a bit insulting, and I'm very happy with it. I'll submit it for consideration to the Nationals, which I can attend and thoroughly enjoyed last year.
Testing a new camera setting...
