Mallsai?

[BPfeil]

Hey everyone,

I am new to this, and I keep seeing the word "mallsai" tossed around particularly in reference to Chinese elms. I was hoping someone could shed some light as to what this means.
Thanks!

 

[Bonsai Nut]

It is a bonsai bought from the shopping mall.

It is usually a disparaging term for mass-produced bonsai that are somewhat soul-less in their design, and are often planted in cheap Chinese pots and bad soil. However many of us have bought one

 

[BPfeil]

It is a bonsai bought from the shopping mall.

It is usually a disparaging term for mass-produced bonsai that are somewhat soul-less in their design, and are often planted in cheap Chinese pots and bad soil. However many of us have bought one

Makes sense. I'm lucky enough to have a nursery with a very skilled bonsai practitioner close to me, but I'm sure I'll be getting a tree from Walmart or home depot at some point!
Thanks for the clarification

 

[ConorDash]

I certainly use it more as a disparaging comment about my own tree.
I like to think of it as my way of recognising the fact it is somewhat potential less, and not a good piece of materials, and telling others.
It also tells people that it started of as one of those shapes that everyone knows.

However, that simply means it has a low bar to jump. I'm determined to make something of mine (now 2 trees, air layered my mallsai), and be proud of it one day and along with that, proud of myself.

It's one thing to make a master piece out of an amazing piece of material. It's another to make an amazing tree out of a piece of crap.
And it's a cheap, easy experience and learning opportunity.

 

[just.wing.it]

 

[Starfox]

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I'd buy one.

 

[just.wing.it]

I'd buy one.

Definitely...
Impulse shelf near the cash register....works everytime.

 

[ConorDash]

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Lol "collect them all".

That's honestly depressing to see.

 

[Rambles]

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Dear gods man, that straddles the line between painfully sad and genius. I hope they feel a twinge of guilt all the way to the bank.

 

[just.wing.it]

Dear gods man, that straddles the line between painfully sad and genius. I hope they feel a twinge of guilt all the way to the bank.

You'd think.....trees are living things after all.