Littlejoe919
Shohin
How did you move on? I currently don't even want to spend time at my benches beyond watering.
What did you do when your 1st favorite tree died
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Aeast
Shohin
Shed a tear then threw it in the fire. I'm still mad at myself even if it wasn't my fault.
Nybonsai12
Masterpiece
Threw it across the yard.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Smoked an herb and sipped a beer, in its honor....poured some out for my dead homeys and moved on to the future 
GGB
Masterpiece
Told my girlfriend "I'm F***ing done with this horse s**t hobby" , tossed a couple long term projects in the trash, and watered a small handful of trees I told myself would make nice landscape plants some day. People tell me I'm a nihilist, they're probably right, BUT I returned to bonsai with a little more soup in my ass than I had before
Dav4
Drop Branch Murphy
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I honestly don't remember. I suspect it happened right after my first child was born. I probably briefly became disenchanted with the hobby and might have neglected my remaining trees for a bit. Anyway, my first child will be starting her senior year in high school next week and I'm more enamored with the hobby then ever despite having periodic setbacks through the years. It's the nature of the beast, and even the best of the best lose trees. My advise would be to try to learn from it and move on.
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
Never happened.
Trees have died, but no favourites.
However did notice, the interest started to shift to locals as they had very few problems.
bugs don't like them and they are not finicky.
Good Day
Anthony
Trees have died, but no favourites.
However did notice, the interest started to shift to locals as they had very few problems.
bugs don't like them and they are not finicky.
Good Day
Anthony
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
Learn from it. That's all you can do.
I have been listening to my trees for decades and I still don't understand what they're saying. But at least now I can understand the inflection of what they are trying to communicate. I can usually, at a glance, tell if they need watering, or shade, or more sun. But I still will lose one on occasion. Pines in particular are slow to communicate... until it is too late.
When I have a "favorite" deciduous tree, I usually propagate it before I do something extreme. Then I always have the offspring
@BeebsBonsai will be the recipient of one of the cuttings from one of my favorite trees 
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
You pick your ass up off the floor and do everything you can to not let it happen again.
Died in my care as a result of being too anxious to reduce it in size:
Died in my care as a result of being too anxious to reduce it in size:
A. Gorilla
Omono
It was a Pinus strobus which my dad just randomly kept in a pot for like 15 years. It wasn't really a bonsai, just kinda like a pet? He dug it out his north woods property as a seedling. He just liked to have it around.
A couple years after he died I decided to go ham on it. Had fantasies of a quirky family heirloom in bonsai form.
Yyyeah, no.
Mom wasn't thrilled either.
The shame kept me away from thinking about bonsai for a long time. The humbling was helpful though
A couple years after he died I decided to go ham on it. Had fantasies of a quirky family heirloom in bonsai form.
Yyyeah, no.
Mom wasn't thrilled either.
The shame kept me away from thinking about bonsai for a long time. The humbling was helpful though
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Smoke
Ignore-Amus
I bury mine......
All the way to the apex...
All the way to the apex...
Mike MoMo
Mame
I cried a little. I Learned Lot. I have had about 10 percent of my trees die. It hurts! I have a dead Ficus on my bench that I look at daily as a reminder that I am not as good as I will become.
Rambles
Mame
after the dark cloud of "well...$%@*..." passed, I removed all the soil, washed the defoliated remains in a mild bleach solution, and put it in a place to dry out to use it for an art project later.
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
You can burn them to ash and ask a potter to use them as a glaze on a bonsai pot.
That way, they are not gone, just changed in form.
Good Day
Anthony
That way, they are not gone, just changed in form.
Good Day
Anthony
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Awesome...best answer!
Little Joe.....,
Tighten your cinch and dig your spurs in tighter.
You get back the fuck on till you hit 8.
Sorce
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Still coping...again I can't stress...buy what you are willing to lose. Sucks to see such a specimen gone...but, I am out what I was willing to lose.
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
The children, the children
This is why, we check resistance to heat, if a tree can handle a top - air temperature - of 90 to 93
deg.F down here and needs a fridge, We can work with it.
From what I am seeing [ see topic Native trees 50 miles ] folk keep pulling in trees / shrub that
cannot really live in their areas. Add on they have to pay for the beauty $$$$$$$$$$
Many of those soil complaints, insect attacks, bare rooting ................................... dies slowly takes 5 to 10 years.
Death must really sting.
The children, the children......................
Good Day
Anthony
This is why, we check resistance to heat, if a tree can handle a top - air temperature - of 90 to 93
deg.F down here and needs a fridge, We can work with it.
From what I am seeing [ see topic Native trees 50 miles ] folk keep pulling in trees / shrub that
cannot really live in their areas. Add on they have to pay for the beauty $$$$$$$$$$
Many of those soil complaints, insect attacks, bare rooting ................................... dies slowly takes 5 to 10 years.
Death must really sting.
The children, the children......................
Good Day
Anthony
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
One's favorite tree lost...can't consume them though...you at some point move on. There are other trees on the bench...and a journey to continue on. Try and learn from the mistake...and a lesson learned is not waisted.
