Fall 2016 Contest....Who's in?
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Rusty Davis
Shohin
I'd be up for a trip to Hidden gardens sometime!
Cypress187
Masterpiece
I guess I can enter the spruce I got this year, almost nothing done to it (yet). Btw, where when can we vote?
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Vote via like on the Official page.
http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/fall-contest-2016-an-honest-balance.24716/
There is also a thread for voters to read, some things to consider.
http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/fall-contest-2016-voter-guidelines.24713/
Enter it!
Have fun!
Sorce
Soldano666
Omono
Love the pot
Wow! A Cheng wen Chen pot. First one I've seen with a tree in it.
His pots are really fair priced and very available.
I think when I clean/oil up the bark it will look good. Not showing well in the phone pics are some touches of blue/green in the glaze. Around the rim and a touch on the sides which I hope to compliment the Blue/Green in this lil tree. Awesome pot! Very happy with it and more valuable than the tree in it. Together they add up to fun
$52 shipped from 99cent bonsai on Fbook
Free tree, free moss, 52 dollar Ching Wen pot for a first contest entry... priceless
I know the pot will survive! LOLJust thought they liked each other. I'm sure they would have gotten along better in spring but I'll babysit through fall and hope for the best.
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PiñonJ
Omono
Nice! I've been wanting one of his pots, but haven't seen the right size / shape combo for the tree it's intended for.
Auction ended Thursday night and arrived well packed today. Love it!
As I said befor, worth more than the tree. Maybe gives it a fighting chance.
aml1014
Masterpiece
Normally the case lol, that's why most of my trees are in training pots, oh and they still need training
Aaron
Starfox
Masterpiece
A little update, I guess I should do stand alone thread but maybe tomorrow.
My tree is doing quite well, it has backbudded pretty well so far and the wire on the smallest branches is already cutting in. I think I may have to remove it this week and re-do it?
What I did notice and this is the reason I tried to do it in two ways is the ones I cage/air wired have not cut in at all yet. So that is learning by observation, even though that is what it is supposed to do.
My tree is doing quite well, it has backbudded pretty well so far and the wire on the smallest branches is already cutting in. I think I may have to remove it this week and re-do it?
What I did notice and this is the reason I tried to do it in two ways is the ones I cage/air wired have not cut in at all yet. So that is learning by observation, even though that is what it is supposed to do.
Soldano666
Omono
Just ordered 3 of em!!! This being one of them. Says they're fired at 2300 and change degrees. Does that help make it frost resistant, or is higher temps required? Or should I just play it safe and take the trees out of pots for winter ground storage?
Attachments
Any earthenware or stoneware should be completely vitrified at that temp. Most don't even require that high of temp.
Looks better over wine... but entered after the 1 month instant bonsai treatment. Good fun and an excuse to break the rules of proper and patient horticulture.
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
Anything cone 6 or higher is considered safe outdoors if properly fired. 2300F is cone 9, 2232F is cone 6. There are extreme situations or odd situations that could damage them anyways like severely root bound plants in an inward lipped pot frozen for an extended period. That is odd however and those should be good to go.
Grimmy
Wilson
Masterpiece
Hey @Jaberwky17 I had to share this photo from the summit of a nearby mountain, when I saw your tree I realized it's like you styled it from this view. The tree on the left has been in numerous photos from this mountain. Good work on conveying a nice mountain design!
So how many hold outs do we have waiting till the last minute? I know some crafty old foxes will show up with some good trees making mine look like the Stick in Pot.
Who else is entering and still tweaking. I could have worked a bit more but... needed to get it off my to do list.
Lots of great entries so far. I'll be voting from the Florida Keys hoping my trees are alive when I go back north.
Who else is entering and still tweaking. I could have worked a bit more but... needed to get it off my to do list.
Lots of great entries so far. I'll be voting from the Florida Keys hoping my trees are alive when I go back north.
