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    What have done for the bonsai community this week?

    Oh yeah! ....oh! and I gave a small tree to my godson for his baptism. He's too young to appreciate it, but when he gets older, he should have a nice young tree, especially since he is too young to play with it and kill it like i do all mine. not on purpose of course.
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    What have done for the bonsai community this week?

    Bonsai in space? This week....well, month, I came out of the bonsai closet and admitted I have bonsai issues. Therefore the public around me has a general awareness of what bonsai really is, and they will be experiencing bonsai up close and personal from now on. I know, it is small, but...
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    Random tree trivia...

    I got Blisters on me Fingers! The Manchineel Tree of the Caribbean coast and the Florida Everglades is a species that secretes an exceptionally poisonous and acid sap. Upon contact to the skin, a break out of blisters would occur. In the occasions where there is contact to the eye, a person can...
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    You're kidding me, right?

    UUUgh. It would make a lovely stump. Especially with the pandas. You know, bonsai is art, it could be considered like....abstract art.
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    Uro advice

    I was reading on http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATUro.htm, about creating Uro, and found the following statement. "An almost random shape to the carving creates the most natural appearance. The only rule would be to try to avoid the uro being perfectly (and therefore artificially) round...
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    Comment by 'BonsaiNinja' in media 'Ficus, trunk merger'

    Have you hade success doing this before? I am trying to do the same thing with a Norfolk pine. They always come as a group and I usually separate them, but these had roots that had grown together, so I tied the trunks together hoping they would grow together, or at least betrained to grow very...
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    New Member

    We are all learners I think even the most seasoned vets consider themselves learners. Even the masters, who have nobody more knowledgeable to learn from, learn from their trees, and realize they dont know everything. Kudos to you for not thinking you know everything! I would be very happy to...
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    real name vs. pseudonym

    I'm not a nut case! ...I geuss theres nut cases everywhere... Oh yeah! I'll Show you a nut case! I just bought 30 new trees with your credit card! Just kiddin, I use BonsaiNinja because...i dont know...i just like it. I wish it was my real name. But i am not trying to hide...
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    Comment by 'BonsaiNinja' in media 'Shimpaku Juniper'

    Is that thing even in a pot?
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    Comment by 'BonsaiNinja' in media 'Colorado Blue Spruce'

    What an amazing little tree! It tells a story pre-dating nearly all of American History. I hope you can find someone who will appreciate it in future generations, (not to sound morbid). What a treasure
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    Norfolk Pine as Bonsai?

    Hello, I am new to the website, and it is exactly what I have been searching for, so I am very excited. I have been dabbling in bonsai for about a year, and I recently received a Norfolk Island Pine from my associates at work. It is a great little tree for my desk, and I have pruned it in a...
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