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    New Ficus Microcarpa Ginseng

    I too received a ginseng ficus as a gift. I agree that they are not the best looking Bonsai, but I created a nice looking root over rock with mine. Whether you keep it as a house plant or bonsai it, it looks like it would be a good candidate for a root over rock. Re-pot it and arrange some rocks...
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    Selling Trees and Tree Prices

    Sorry for this. Obviously once you have more than one tree you have a collection and the act of acquiring a tree is called collecting. So I misspoke. I as a web designer I realize that trees like websites are never finished and require work/maintenance as long as they exist. Also, the trees...
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    Bonsai forums a bad thing?

    This is just an internet problem in general and not specific to Bonsai. There is too much information out there and a lot of it is not solid info from a good source. This forum is no exception. As a person seeking info from any format, you have to use your best judgement and common sense to make...
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    Selling Trees and Tree Prices

    I'm new as well. First off, don't waste your money on trees that have already been formed and are basically a finished product. You want to be a artist, not a collector. And even if you do buy a tree that is worth $300, can you say that you have the skills yet to maintain it properly. I sure...
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    Collected Ponderosa Pine Questions

    I have this tree on my patio which is on the east side of the house. Right now it's getting morning sun until around noon before it's in the shade. I figured that it's the afternoon sun here in denver that is too intense. It hasn't even been hot yet. Should it be in full shade?
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    How they make ginseng ficus mallsai

    The only place I've ever seen a ginsing ficus is at a big box store with rocks glued on top of soil. This is probably the reason for their popularity. To someone who doesn't know the first thing about bonsai, these probably seem unique and maybe impressive. I have one that I saved from a sale...
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    Boxwood: bark fell off trunk

    I appreciate your concern for our country. I'm more worried that they sold me a tree that suffered frost damage here in colorado than anything. I'm not sure I hurt the tree. I feel like the bark was hanging on by a thread. If I truly damaged the tree then I'd own up to it and throw it in the...
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    Boxwood: bark fell off trunk

    I just bought a really nice looking boxwood today from my local big box and it has a nice thick trunk for a starter. I was holding it by the trunk and I may have damaged it. When I got home to look at it, the bark around the trunk basically came off all the way around the tree. Now the beautiful...
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    Collected Ponderosa Pine Questions

    Thanks so much everyone. I'm definitely going to let it sit till next spring and see how things are going. Any clue how old it potentially could be?
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    Collected Ponderosa Pine Questions

    Thanks, I'm aware of the book and asked my local bonsai dealer about it this weekend. Seems that everyone here in Denver knows of him and the book but no one has the book. The denver botanical gardens just had a bonsai show and I bet he was there and I didn't even know it. I'm definitely hunting...
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    my bald cypress.

    Nice tree. I'm from New Orleans originally and I recently saw bald cypress bonsai online and it really made me miss home. I saw that they were being sold on ebay. Where did you purchase your tree and how was it shipped? Thanks.
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    Collected Ponderosa Pine Questions

    Hey Bonsai nuts. I'm a newbie here and I recently collected a Rocky MTN Ponderosa Pine from a friend's land here in Colorado. The tree was growing out from underneath a boulder beneath a canopy of larger pine trees, on a slight incline. The boulder was oval shaped and the tree wasn't growing...
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