Schmikah
Shohin
Got this big guy (trident), the Bush boxwood, and a shimpaku at our local club sale two weeks ago. Pretty happy about them.
What’s your latest Bonsai related purchase?
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misfit11
Omono
Bought this pot on Etsy. First time buying a pot online. I'm a little nervous. Looks like a nice handmade pot and the price was great.
Shogun610
Masterpiece
Clicio
Masterpiece
This Hinoki Cypress
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
$11.80 at the NAPA behind my house. (8822)
$12.92 at the How-To across the street from the NAPA. (Two bags of Perlite)
$4.00 I had in my pocket to my Mother for her nearly full bag of Azomite. (I need only a cup or so)
A little time sifting in the cold...
Aaaaand....
$12.92 at the How-To across the street from the NAPA. (Two bags of Perlite)
$4.00 I had in my pocket to my Mother for her nearly full bag of Azomite. (I need only a cup or so)
A little time sifting in the cold...
Aaaaand....
stu929
Shohin
Azomite?
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
Nice.Bought my wife a wedding ring upgrade for our 25th anniversary! So there may be future bonsai related purchases.
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
They are (The one I use) trace minerals/micro nutrients...
The above picture is of my “base” inorganic blend. I have composted (And not) pine bark, peat and vermiculite for adding/blending to meet specific plant’s needs.
A deal of my applications REMAIN inorganic, however, so I “feed” my substrate mix in attempt to replenish some of the trace minerals lost when crossing that “in/organic” threshold.
stu929
Shohin
There is a local place that makes a compost that all the florist in the area rave about. I want to try in a bonsai mix but I worry about it clogging the the drain and compacting the soil. Wonder if I could use it in very limited quantities.They are (The one I use) trace minerals/micro nutrients...
The above picture is of my “base” inorganic blend. I have composted (And not) pine bark, peat and vermiculite for adding/blending to meet specific plant’s needs.
A deal of my applications REMAIN inorganic, however, so I “feed” my substrate mix in attempt to replenish some of the trace minerals lost when crossing that “in/organic” threshold.
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
My limited experiences with using compost for “tiny-tree”-related endeavors have all just been on the soil/substrate surface.. similar to fertilizing with pellets, cakes, or tea bags (
)... I never, personally had many issues with compaction or “gumming of the works”.. but as I said.. my knowledge/experience of using compost in bonsai culture is small.One would imagine it would have to do with the composition, texture, density and area vs. weight comparisons of the compost...
(I can walk to the DRAMM fish fertilizer plant
speaking of local horticultural “delicacies”)
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
It's Christmas time so the stores are selling these Cupressus macrocarpa 'Wilma'/ Wilma Monterey cypress retailers call Lemon Cypress. They have tiny foliage and I have always wondered if they would make good bonsai. I'm going to find out.
I haven't looked inside, but it has some modest wood so I will make it whatever size the wood inside there supports. I don't buy stock to grow into bonsai, I make bonsai out of the size I buy and then then they mature into what the species will, and given that, I will wire the branches and trim back to where the foliage has to start so that it will finish at some shape that will be believable. Sometimes it works, and sometimes....
I looked around trying to find examples of these as bonsai and found zero that I would condescend to call starters. There were some that others thought were "bonsai", but we all know how abused the term is. We shall see what this critter looks like when I butcher it back to something approximating a starting point. I need your prayers.
Anyone with experience or advice should pipe up.
I haven't looked inside, but it has some modest wood so I will make it whatever size the wood inside there supports. I don't buy stock to grow into bonsai, I make bonsai out of the size I buy and then then they mature into what the species will, and given that, I will wire the branches and trim back to where the foliage has to start so that it will finish at some shape that will be believable. Sometimes it works, and sometimes....
I looked around trying to find examples of these as bonsai and found zero that I would condescend to call starters. There were some that others thought were "bonsai", but we all know how abused the term is. We shall see what this critter looks like when I butcher it back to something approximating a starting point. I need your prayers.
Anyone with experience or advice should pipe up.
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
No experience.. but have often wondered about this specie...
Good luck! Document well.
bwaynef
Masterpiece
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Thanks!
JoeR
Masterpiece
I had one in my first couple years of bonsai, it didn't take well to my first styling despite it looking very healthy before. It was an awesome tree to prune though.
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
Did it backbud?
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Congrats!
That is with 25?
I have 12,5 coming up and was thinking about a new ring. Hm. Rethinking the plan. A holiday to the sun is out too.
Get the ring...upgrade the stone at 25! Congrats.
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