If you were 37 ...

[namnhi]

Do what I do. Buy a lots of seedlings from Matt O and plant them in pots. I did that 12 or 13 years ago. Now I have many tridents, black pines to work on. Now at 42 I still have family to tend to so no serious bonsai for another 5 years. Here are some examples of my trees. Will post pics later

Shoot... this was 6 years ago. I still have plenty of trees but still have very limited time to focus on this.

 

[Gabler]

Still waiting. I'll be thirty-seven in seven years and one day.

 

[Carol 83]

Still waiting. I'll be thirty-seven in seven years and one day.

Bragger. Happy Birthday tomorrow.

 

[Cajunrider]

Still waiting. I'll be thirty-seven in seven years and one day.

Happy birthday

 

[Ryceman3]

I grew more than one JBP from seed… got a decent result in 6 years or so from a couple, and I started in my 40s so you’ll be fine. They looked like this…

Thread 'Ryceman3's 6yr JBP Contest Entry'

Jun 25, 2018

And so it begins ... well, for me anyway. Being from the Southern Hemisphere I am patiently waiting for July 1, and have spent the past month or more looking for JBP seeds to work with. They are not so plentiful in this part of the world, and our quarantine laws make importing seed from overseas a no-go zone, so it took a bit of extra effort but I have come up with some.

I managed to get a few from 3 sources.

A local eBay site had the cultivar JBP "Thunderhead", which I think may not be as good for shohin as the growth (from all reports) is a bit coarse - but since this was all I could...

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• Forum: The 2018 Six Year Japanese Black Pine Contest

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Anybody who says growing bonsai from seed is a waste of time perplexes me. I could spend a decade fixing the issues that come with getting 10 year old old stock or I could grow my own in less time than that. I guess choose your own path and be happy with it. More than 75% of my trees are from seed or seedlings (under 1 year old) when they started. It might not be the way forward for you, but it is definitely a way forward if you want to go down that path!
I realise it’s an old thread… just sayin’!

 

[Gabler]

Bragger. Happy Birthday tomorrow.

Happy birthday

Thanks!

 

[misfit11]

I'm 51 and just started a batch of JBP seeds.