Recent content by thomas22

Yep. Hands down is correct. Nice job Ryceman. You not only achieved the best growth but managed to build nice branch structure.

Thansks bdmatt. I am very grateful to have this tree and get to work on it. I know its worthy of a professional styling but I am don't think I can let anyone else touch this tree lol.

LOL, I haven't been on this forum too much the last few years but I am enjoying seeing these old threads. I still have it. It's a little bushy and had some issues but should be back in shape in about a year.

Thanks for digging this thread up. I did do another styling on this tree. I will provide updated pic in the next few days.

Update: It's been a little over 8 years since I started on this tree from nursery material and I just got this tree a pot a few months ago. See pics of front and back.

Looking forward to seeing everyone's trees. So cool of Walter Pall to Judge. I decided to enter one of my smallest pines in the batch which will be a shohin (I suspect many). I just wired it tonight and it is cute haha. It will not win but the contest has been good for me. I still have 25...

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The good news is I have 20 strong Japanese and some are just starting to grow fast now and trunks are starting to thicken but don't really want to chop these for the contest. I will be entering one of my smaller ones. Here are a few randon pics. The one in the bonsai pot is the one I will enter...

Nice job developing this tree, even if you got a little help. Turned out better than I thought possible.

Yes this is a recent pic.

I'm a fan of old golds. Bought a 5 gallon about 5 years ago from a local landscape nursery and it just got its first pot a few months ago. Hope you don't mind if I share a pic.

The pot is 24 x24in. About 40" from soil to top of foliage plus another 20" to top of deadwood. It's a little big to show or even move for that matter but I'm going to style when ready.

Thanks for asking. It's doing just fine. I repotted into a homemade temp pot last spring and I made a concrete pedestal for it.

Update: Had this tree as long as I have been doing bonsai. Slowly working towards the vert. I need the front drop branch to grow much longer. Not entirely happy with it now but getting there. I finally changed the angle as suggested in previous post. First pic 11 years ago. .

This Bonsai Empire article has it as the oldest along with 2nd thru 5th. All really nice trees. https://www.bonsaiempire.com/inspiration/top-10/oldest-bonsai-trees