Recent content by srunge55

Does it make sense to air layer above Dario's red line and make two trees or is it better to just chop it and toss the top?

How about landscape Japanese Maple. You just have to dig and move yourself, not to mention hope it doesn't die. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Maple-Shade-Tree-/281260053888?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417c67d580

The lesser trunk is about 1/2 inch and the other maybe an 1/8 larger. Its just over 16 inches tall. The tree is definitely to tall for its trunk size. Thanks for your comments, Steve

Smoke, are you recommending pruning back to get ride of the entire area you highlighted in red then redirecting the new growth to introduce movement? Thanks, Steve

I bought this tree off Ebay.

I'm glad you were napping on that one. lol

Its a basic Japanese Maple (Mountain Maple). Steve

I haven't done anything to it yet just trying to get some sort of plan for it. My untrained thoughts are to get some movement in the right side trunk. The left side seems to dominate the tree and I was thinking the right side should dominate as the parent trunk. So I think I should cut back some...

I would love to get some more experienced opinions on what to do next with this tree. Thanks, Steve

So what I gather is that something this size but with better bonsai characteristics would be worth $1500? Tom, thanks for the link. That seems to be a much more interesting tree but still out of my league. Wonder if Brent is negotiable on his prices. The Ebay seller says this in his...

Thanks for your thoughts. I'm really glad the consensus is this price is ridiculous. I'm new to bonsai and don't have and nice material yet. I was starting to think I should find another hobby if this was a good buy. Steve

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Maple-Bonsai-Tree-Murasaki-Kiyohime-Huge-Trunk-Rare-Simply-Awesome-/271339997087?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f2d1fc79f#ht_1827wt_1292 Is it worth this kind of money? Steve

That looks like Murasaki Kiyohime to me (maybe?). I have a small one in my yard also.

Thanks everyone for your replies. In regard to urban Yamadori what type of material to you look for in the midwest? I'm in St. Louis. Steve

Do you consider bonsai to be an expensive hobby with respect to money and time? I'm sure the answer is probably it depends but was hoping to get some opinions. I've been interested in bonsai for some time now but just starting to take the next step but I really don't need another expensive...