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Today is the first time I have viewed the site since July 9, 2010... and this was the same kind of BS flaming topics that were going on then. I guess I have not missed anything.

Harry- My buddy and your namesake (albeit much younger and way hipper) has some good info on his website: http://www.bonsai4me.com/SpeciesGuide/SpeciesIntro.html My advice: Feet up, cold beer, whip in hand, watch Marco fly... Rich

"Hope is the last thing to die." - Walter Pall, 2007

Nice try. This tree cost me a pair of cutters - as in they are still on the mountain in the hole that we left behind... So, I got dibs... People walked by this tree - a lot. One master did not even grant it the courtesy of a rating... Nut is right in that Jason has a plan - which I would...

Nice tree - when it gets refined again it will be bad arse. Nicer wiring in job. Where's Chris to discuss the fine points of wiring a tree into a pot when we need him!

Wheels? Couple of wimps.

The only thing Da Nut has done to sell out its members is to continue to allow Will to post anything other than trees or critiques on trees. Will, you have 3 outlets for non-tree specific opinion pieces, AOB, KOB and BLOG. Use em. I got the email. I signed up on the mailing list long ago...

I think he actually flew it out...

Growing up in the Bay Area, we had lots of rats as well. My pops used to poison them, and every now and then one one die in the walls or rafters and it was work to get them out as the Nut mentioned. I don't know if a cat would do it though - we had 2 cats growing up and they never went up into...

Hans- Having seen the tree before and after, I must say that you did an absolutely wonderful job elevating the status of this tree. Dare I say it is aluminum now??? Ha! Just kidding! It looks a ton better in person than these pics indicate - very "natural" feeling and when it is in a decent...

With the weather we have had this year, the tree should be fine. Lots of morning sun, keep it out of the hot afternoon sun this summer, lots of water, moderate organic fertilizer, free draining soil (pumice & lava is fine) and don't touch it for at least a year. Don't even carve on it because...

Thanks - Canon S5IS with Hoya 7X macro lens. Only wish I had taken the time to learn the camera from all the good info Rick sent me last year... You may be right about the deadwood - I have NOT explored under the bark at all - just an assumption. As a note, there are 4 of them on the...

Well, maybe not you, our wonderful members... But this Engelmann Spruce sure is! This tree was collected 2 years ago and otherwise appears to be healthy and about ready for a first styling. There is apparently some nice deadwood that will be exposed in the future. No, I cannot show the...

You didn't go meet him for yourself at Tsugawa's???

Because of the twists and turns of the upper trunk, as well as how the base is oriented over the rock - AND if memory serves the massive roots that run deep and lengthwise along the length of the pot (why we potted it that way) - I will have to rely upon your judgement that this is the best...