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Today was the Fresno Bonsai Annual Swapmeet. The ninth!
I got there early because I had special visitors coming to the compound from Southern California. They left at 6 AM and got to my place around 10:30.
At the yard sale early I found this trident sitting on the ground. It looked pretty nice but I had no idea who it belonged to. I asked around and no one knew. I ran into Steve DaSilva, guy who I got many field grown tridents from. He said it was his. I asked him that he did not have any big ones like this around the field. He said it was in a box and that the box fell apart when he tried to put it into his vehicle for the yard sale. I asked him what it was going for? He said you want that ole thing? Just take it, I don't want it.
I took off the plastic and the paper and all was good. It was bare root and moist in the grape picking paper. The ball was already pretty flat. On hand for the unveiling was owner of Bonsainut Greg Peterson, Ian Burke (IanB ) and Si Nguyen.
Here they are at the swapmeet. Si holding the oak he bought, Greg on the left with Itoigawa he bought, and Ian on the right.
I had to cut back some roots to get it into a training pot, since it was bareroot and I had to plant it today.
After is was potted and watered in. Poor thing will get a winter cut tomorrow.
I got there early because I had special visitors coming to the compound from Southern California. They left at 6 AM and got to my place around 10:30.
At the yard sale early I found this trident sitting on the ground. It looked pretty nice but I had no idea who it belonged to. I asked around and no one knew. I ran into Steve DaSilva, guy who I got many field grown tridents from. He said it was his. I asked him that he did not have any big ones like this around the field. He said it was in a box and that the box fell apart when he tried to put it into his vehicle for the yard sale. I asked him what it was going for? He said you want that ole thing? Just take it, I don't want it.
I took off the plastic and the paper and all was good. It was bare root and moist in the grape picking paper. The ball was already pretty flat. On hand for the unveiling was owner of Bonsainut Greg Peterson, Ian Burke (IanB ) and Si Nguyen.
Here they are at the swapmeet. Si holding the oak he bought, Greg on the left with Itoigawa he bought, and Ian on the right.
I had to cut back some roots to get it into a training pot, since it was bareroot and I had to plant it today.
After is was potted and watered in. Poor thing will get a winter cut tomorrow.
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