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One gets a little desperate trying to get a donkey to move forwards at 1:30am Mike. Did you read the post from Eferguson1974? Guess he has something personal against you too. All these new folk have something personal against this site. It's a conspiracy I tell you!! Bonsainut has a reputation...

They always are better 'in the flesh' Mike. That and Vance's tree we can indeed agree on. I try to sit back and enjoy the positive stuff this forum offers. Why do you think I came back for round two? The problem is that there seems to be a tendency for it to be soured by, excuse the expression...

Of course I commented about you Mike, but in the context it was not offensive. I'll keep this post short especially so you don't get distracted...... Look up the word 'context' in a dictionary and try again. Stop making a fool of yourself.

I know you like them. That's pretty obvious from the effort you put into them. Come on Mike. Are you reading what I'm writing? Mate is a term I often use to refer to anyone, so don't take it personal and don't flatter yourself. It comes from having lived in London and dealing a lot with...

Yeah, that's it Mike. Because I have a personal vendetta against someone I've never met in my life. That makes a heck of a lot of sense doesn't it. But don't worry. You are too busy seeing the 'personal attack' to read the post and think about what I have said. If you read it clearly it is...

Keep up the good work then Mike. At least you have a sense of humor about it I guess.

If you decide to take it off do so a year before the rest of the tree is "ready" in the mean time it will also build taper lower down. :-)

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I agree with the other guys. Don't take off that branch. I went to Omiya when I was last in Tokyo for business and there was a very old pine there. It had a low branch that most rule-bound folks would cut off like a rat up a drainpipe. It was lovely. If you cut it off this tree becomes ordinary...

Sure. Turn round and bend over ....... Lol

Brian, I came back to this forum recently after a few years off. In that time I have read many threads and posts and let me tell you something here that I have noticed. If I take Smoke's posts that I have read in this time I remember one real cracker on tridents, and not one other stands out...

Interesting post JKL. I'm not sure I agree with you. I have a few of these and I think cascades are hugely underrepresented in the world of bonsai. Certainly in this part of the world they are. Everyone seems to grow informal uprights. The trick of course is to make a good cascade, and not just...

Thanks Brian. I'll see what they say. Cheers.

Brian, I bought your book online, but I can't open it on my iPad. I've posted a query with customer support but if you know of any tricks please let me know. Cheers Andrew

What would be really cool is if we could get these experienced guys who have contributed a lot to put pen to paper and record their bonsai memoirs. We lose a little slice of the hobby's history every time one of them leaves. There was a first shot at a history of South African bonsai in a book...

Guys, I'm obviously not American, but let me offer an opinion here. From what I can see Americans (and here I'm probably generalizing a bit) seem a bit stuck up on how great America is. I don't mean that negatively, but it can lead to a myopic view on life. What is the solution here? Well it is...

Give it to your trees.........you'll get formal uprights.

Don't worry Smoke. Everyone is an asshole from time to time. That's the problem with forums. You can only read, and if someone is not a good writer, there is plenty of scope for misinterpretation. Shit happens. Onwards and upwards I say.

Girl.......you look like a fun kinda person. You keep a catapult between ya pups!

If it is a tropical plant it's not gonna want to go outside (judging on the thickness of you windows). If it's sentimental to you, I'd give it a dose of a anti-fungal treatment from your local plant nursery, and then see what happens. Don't overwater it either. Trick is to water it well, then...

All the best.

Shan, one must build a tree from the base up. From what I see this tree needs a new set of roots. First though you must decide how much of that trunk you want to use. With that lumpy bit in the middle common sense would suggest it comes off below that point. Your problem then becomes that you...

Two biggest things that have changed........ #1 is the Internet. It has revolutionized bonsai by providing access to information and in particular, real time information. All you need is a BS filter. Usually common sense does the trick. #2 is a repository of local experience. I can't speak...

I think bonsai clubs serve a dual purpose. A place to do bonsai, but also a mechanism to spread the bonsai love and encourage new people to give it a try. Fresh membership is always a good thing. I guess the trick is keeping enough content to keep the more experienced growers challenged.

So boys and girls, did my spekboom today. First made a training pot from old palettes (I'm almost as bad as you Sorce!!!) and then pulled it out of the pot. There were a lot of downward growing roots which I took out. And I also had to remove two ugly roots on the front which has left a bad...