Recent content by sharkman154

Any updates perhaps? I'm looking at doing this myself so i'm curious as to the health

Where does everyone in the madison/ southern wi area get their crushed lava, pumice and pine bark for their soil mixes. I would rather drive a hour away than order online. Also are there any good nurseries around besides jungs?

In my 4 years of working with pottery i have found repairs to be very much hit and miss. For me I would toss it because I can make another. However i'd saw find yourself a good NON-EXPANDING CERAMIC SPECIFIC glue. Worst thing that happens is you have to repot the tree.

I'm not sure if it's related but when we did major landscaping a few years ago we found we couldn't plant coniferous shrubs on the south side of the house because in late winter the sun would heat them up enough to make them start coming out of dormancy and then we would get a cold snap and all...

Your first thing to do in mho would be to get it into bonsai soil.

You can also completely control the nutrient intake of the plant this way. If you can get more aerial roots to grow you can make a great tree in time

I've seen people clip off thorns on other trees that they're still developing and have a few years before its put to refinement

Chasnxx on youtube has one of these. His is quite a bit older but you can work with thos roots with tim and creativity

Does this man have site?

I was at Menards a couple days ago and saw this plant but wasn't sure if I wanted it. After a few more days of going back and looking at it and other plants I decided I had to have it. The only work I've done on it was removing dead bits and a large branch that had very few live shoots on it and...

If you get caught I want a copy of the report, hahahaha

And then invite us over for a feast and we'll help with the tree, haha

I have seen shears once a while ago but never anything like concave cutters. I heard that the only "actual" bonsai tools you should get is a concave cutters and A wire cutters. The rest can break substituted and you collect tools as time goes on. As for me I picked up this kit days ago and...

thanks much, I wont be able to make it to the monthly meeting but I'll try my best to get to the shows both days for in the morning until twelve

Try a cheap ficus. Practice all of the basic bonsai methods on it. They heal wire scaring quickly, can live through most conditions you throw at it and grows quickly. Thats how I learned. Had 2 the survived no watering for 2 weeks right after massive root reduction and pruning/ wiring