Been out collecting

[coh]

You guys are like a pack of vultures. Seriously nothing could be more discouraging than posting to a "bonsai" oriented forum. Every single comment was negative no one had anything good to at all. I may not be as educated as you or have any experience in the art of bonsai but I certainly don't deserve to be talked down to as if I were some piece of trash. Some of you need to step down off of your high horses and realize this may be the internet and you can potentially say anything you like but that doesn't give you the right to blatantly be a complete ass to people.

As you said yourself...seriously?

You received very good advice, and you should pay attention to what was said. No one talked down to you. Have you even bothered to read old threads on this (or other) forums, or any books on bonsai? That would be a good way to spend your time this winter.

Oh, and no one else mentioned it, but I hope you've got permission to collect plants from wherever you are collecting...

Chris

 

[gergwebber]

I agree with you waters and not, but what-ever......

Look at some of the old threads here and you will understand their reaction! these guys are all about best practices.

And if you insist on dormant season digging, just skip the pot and put them straight in the raised bed for the winter. And don't post them untill next spring when they are in training pots, (or still in the raised bed

Two weeks ago, I was forced to move around 20 prebonsai and I am simply glad I did not have to do it in august. At this time, my hope is they just heal at the root tips and then just go to sleep... then next spring, who knows? I will have more prebonsai than if I'd just left them behind anyway.

 

[coppice]

The soil is not mud. It's sandy loam the kind you buy in bulk from soil contractors.

What is true in the garden, is not true with a tree in a shallow pot.

It seems to have grown my raised bed gardens quite well for the last 5 years . For now this "mud" will have to do and will be replaced by promix or similar mixture this spring.

Pro-mix is even less suited for trees in shallow pots.

Been there, done that, killed a few hundred trees unlearning what I was sure I knew.

 

[Bill S]

Get Larch

One of the prized species for Bonsai and you have them in bunches in Maine.

As for the outburst, we don't all need pats on the back here for posting, and yes it's the net, and you should realize this, and you probably know it typically to the point and blunt. We critique here, it's constructive critisism, if you need trophies for all you do, here isn't the place. And the responses were actually tame.

 

[Dav4]

Bill, I think Slowmovingwaters has floated on down the river and is no longer around to discuss bonsai with us. His last post says what he thought of us...I guess he meant it.

 

[QuintinBonsai]

You know, I've noticed this a lot with the art of bonsai. People who practice it, at least on this forum, do indeed seem very arrogant about trees. Almost to the point where it discourages beginners from attempting to step foot into the waters.

Well I do hope he returns. I'm a still very new to bonsai myself, and there's so much info I've learned here, and I'm still learning. There have been times when we I think all of us have perceived criticism for a insult. It's just human nature I guess. It is critiques which make you better. I can, however see why the guy got so offended. When having said that the bucket of loam was temporary, he still received comments telling him that's a no-no.

 

[nathanbs]

when things are written as opposed to spoken tone is often very difficult to translate. That is why we've adopted emoticons and CAPITAL letters when we are yelling. I read all of the comments as positive, but he clearly read them as negative. I think he came into the forum with a preconceived notion that he would be received with negativity, hence why he read the comments as negative. Everyone remember to use your smiley emoticons so that newbies dont think you're belittling them.