What’s your latest Bonsai related purchase?

[Cadillactaste]

Someone shared a link to Cedar Rose Nursery...and, well...I caved. I'll still be watching to see what else they may list.Some good material for Cosmic design.

 

[Cadillactaste]

*But not this piece/Trident...

...a lot of material that sold...one I would have liked to own would have been ideal for Cosmic design

 

[NashsMan]

Hot off the presses, and it looks really good!

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

Picked up another Arakawa at MABS this weekend to propagate and air layer. I fell in love with the low movement, taper and healed wounds in the bottom 1/3!!!

 

[Maiden69]

Picked up another Arakawa at MABS this weekend to propagate and air layer. I fell in love with the low movement, taper and healed wounds in the bottom 1/3!!!

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Is that one grafted? Most arakawa I seen already barking up have some sort of barking on the lower trunk and surface roots while that one still looks green.

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

Is that one grafted? Most arakawa I seen already barking up have some sort of barking on the lower trunk and surface roots while that one still looks green.

Yes it is, hence an air layering project.

 

[Maiden69]

Yes it is, hence an air layering project.

Ok, I thought you meant as air layers like for propagation/sell. Cool, I am about to start a ground layer on my trident... as much as I want to do it, I am not looking forward to the work involved.

 

[rockm]

You never know when you’re going to need a bat scroll for a display . Seriously always looking for a good kakemono. Bats are good luck symbols as well as symbols for seasonal changes summer/fall.

 

[Brain Treez]

You never know when you’re going to need a bat scroll for a display . Seriously always looking for a good kakemono. Bats are good luck symbols as well as symbols for seasonal changes summer/fall.

I know just the tree for it.

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

Ok, I thought you meant as air layers like for propagation/sell. Cool, I am about to start a ground layer on my trident... as much as I want to do it, I am not looking forward to the work involved.

Doing a bit of that as well . Since the upper branches are all coming off anyway, might as well try and make more! Once I remove all these, I will ground layer off the best piece

 

[misfit11]

Picked up a copy of Jonas' book. It's excellent!

 

[WIlliam_Butler_Yeets]

probably getting in over my head with this one, but it was just so tempting I picked up this sunset Manzanita today, and have spent a good chunk of the afternoon reading about them. it definitely seems like it's gonna be a task, but might avoid the repotting issue with ground layers? I dunno, it's all brainstorming at this point.

 

[Darth Masiah]

bonsaijack inorganic substrate. seems they're about to switch to this gritty mix.

 

[Maiden69]

bonsaijack inorganic substrate. seems they're about to switch to this gritty mix.


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Interesting, that is the mix I use minus the pine bark. Works fine for almost everything I have. I'll probably continue to buy either a custom mix of 50/50 monto-bonsai block or buy both separately and mix them here. Not a fan of adding bark fines to my mix. While it may retain more water, it is easier to remove full inorganic material than bark pieces where roots may grow through.

 

[rockm]

Got this before the tariffs went up

 

[CuriousZ]

Went into Home Depot the other day with zero intention of buying plants—and of course, I walked out with a Japanese holly ‘Helleri’ for $9. It had two separate plants crammed into one container. The roots were super bound up—took a while to tease them apart. I ended up removing about 80% of the roots just to get them separated cleanly.
The smaller one had nicer movement and a better curve, so I potted in bonsai soil and wired a little. The other went into a 3-gallon for now. I pruned them a little, but not too crazy. Curious to see if they survive the root massacre. Ilex Crenata #Ilexcrenata

 

[19Mateo83]

A Chapin inline sprayer so I can easily use miracle gro again.

 

[Maiden69]

A Chapin inline sprayer so I can easily use miracle gro again.
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Have you tried it before? I used the MiracleGro and the Ortho inline sprayers and they sucked for bonsai trees. Too much flow. Great for landscape and trees. I think their inline liquid feeder with a watering wand would work better. When I was at the apartment I used a 5 gal bucket to dissolve the Miraclegro and then sprayed it on the soil with a cheap battery transfer pump.

 

[Darth Masiah]

Have you tried it before? I used the MiracleGro and the Ortho inline sprayers and they sucked for bonsai trees. Too much flow. Great for landscape and trees. I think their inline liquid feeder with a watering wand would work better. When I was at the apartment I used a 5 gal bucket to dissolve the Miraclegro and then sprayed it on the soil with a cheap battery transfer pump.

yeah, i think those inline sprayers suck, too. i use a big trash can and a submersible shallow-well, greaseless pump from homedepot. extension cord for the pump. disconnect regular watering hose and attach to pump to use your regular watering wand.

 

[19Mateo83]

Have you tried it before? I used the MiracleGro and the Ortho inline sprayers and they sucked for bonsai trees. Too much flow. Great for landscape and trees. I think their inline liquid feeder with a watering wand would work better. When I was at the apartment I used a 5 gal bucket to dissolve the Miraclegro and then sprayed it on the soil with a cheap battery transfer pump.

Just tried it inline to my sprinkler system and it blew out miracle grow solution all around the o ring. It sucks…. Going back to Amazon lol