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    BONSAI TECHNIQUES I &II Up for Auction

    Ahoy hoy, fellow bonsaiers. About a decade back I was lucky to acquire copies of both BONSAI TECHNIQUES I and II by John Naka. Both hardcover first editions. They're now up for auction on eBay. Book I is in very good condition, with some fading on the back cover. No slipcase, unfortunately...
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    Help Identifying a Japanese (?) Bonsai Book/Magazine (???)

    Received this from a well-known Northeastern bonsaist, George Gracey, via my mother. Have a feeling the slipcover is on upside-down, as the writing is on the wrong side of the book (obviously meant to be read right-to-left). Other than that, I've never seen anything like it here - beautiful...
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    Bonsai in San Jose?

    I'll be spending a good chunk of time up in San Jose over the next year and was wondering if anyone knows of any reliable sellers of either pre-bonsai stock or even nurseries that sell a fair amount of juniper stock? Google so far has been of little help outside of alerting me to bonsai-specific...
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    Bonsai and Cigars

    I'm a moron, but even neglecting to think about this is a rare feat of idiocy for me. I have all shimps save for two procumbenses. Often, as I'm studying my trees for one reason or another, I like to have a smoke. I tell myself it helps me think. What I'm wondering is this: How bad is this...
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    Dear Actual/Hypothetical Bonsai Seller

    Hello, my name's Geoff. I sometimes order trees online when I can't find what I'm looking for at one of my local nurseries (which is rare). It's the magic of the Internet! You show what you have, I tell you that I'd like to buy it, I send you money, you send me a tiny little tree. Truly, we're...
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    First Cryptomeria

    Just purchased my very first Cryptomeria; it's only my second foray outside of Junipers, the other being a Cypress that's just been growing and had little work done to it so far. So I'm stepping out on a limb here. Tree should be here next week, and I've spent the last couple months gathering...
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    Endeavor Flight Over LA

    Figure there are some space nuts in here, so I thought I'd post these. Shuttle flew right past my apartment today on the back of a modified 747. Unbelievably cool thing to see. Still have goosebumps. Can't wait until the exhibit opens here.
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    First Big Attempt

    Alright, so this is my first attempt at transforming a tree - and I mean really going after it, at least for me. Of COURSE, I neglected to take even a single before picture - or I at least can't find any that I took. Which is a shame because the transformation - good, bad or ugly - was drastic...
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    Too Young to Manipulate the Trunk?

    I procured this sapling a while back for a buck-fifty - was told it was a San Jose; it's almost certainly a procumbens, but that's beside the point. It is (obviously) in a pond basket and growing quite nicely; was about five inches tall when I brought it home and it's double that size now. I...
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    Bonsai Forest Can Be Yours...For a Mere $2M!

    Luckily, the bidding only starts at $600,000. So we should all be able to afford it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/37-Years-Old-Most-Amazing-Foemina-Juniper-Bonsai-Forest-Property-Worldwide-1975-/180944501152?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a2121f9a0#ht_2046wt_1271 It's actually pretty...
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    Southern California Bonsai Clubs

    Sorry up front for the limited range of this post. Was hoping some of you in the Southern California area - specifically Los Angeles/the Valley/Orange County - could recommend bonsai clubs? I know there are several, and I'm not at all looking to get into a "this one is good, this one is bad"...
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    Someone Send a New Porch

    Because mine is a little full. And not even pictured: A 30" shimpaku, two tiny shimpakus in pond baskets and a Hinoki cypress. Didn't realize until I took these pictures (just in case you can't tell, they're from each end of my porch) just how insane I've become. But I gotta say...I'm pretty...
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    If You Can Believe It, These Are Trees

    Semi-OT, but I thought these pictures were absolutely incredible. At first I saw them without any context and thought they were photos of absurd cloud formations taken from an airplane. http://news.yahoo.com/photos/arctic-circle-transformed-into-ghostly-world-slideshow/ Anyone know offhand...
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    Terrific Chikugo-En Juniper

    First of all, every bit of praise that's been heaped upon Gary's nursery was absolutely spot on. Though not the HUGEST bonsai nursery I've ever been to, Gary makes incredible use of his space and has some really, really stellar trees. If you go there, fear not - you WILL find something that you...
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    Shimpaku's Absurdly Large Root - Cut, Wire, Jin, Other?

    Purchased this neat little Shimp (it's 16" tall from base to tip) for about $50 and worked to thin it out a little today. Going to wire it this weekend hopefully, but wanted to ask the group about this odd, gigantic root it has. Obviously, it's out of proportion aesthetically with everything...
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    Hot Pepper Wax?

    Alright, so I'm officially at the end of my sanity rope with regards to the squirrels in my neighborhood. While I was away this weekend, one completely dug up a tiny tree of mine in order to bury an acorn. They also tend to really get at the roots of one of my bigger trees. Bastards. They tend...
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    Getting Into Cypress/Cedars

    Since my little obsession with growing tiny trees started I've only been working with Junipers. I'm starting to get the hang of it, at least so far, and wanted to branch out (I'm sorry) a bit to Cypress and Cedar. As far as care us concerned, are there any major differences I should be aware...
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    Growing Moss

    This is something I'm really, really, really struggling with at the moment. I'm trying to grow a new, small patch of moss at the base of one of my junipers and trying to...improve the appearance of pre-existing moss on another. On the former, I'm working with Kyoto moss spores. It's about about...
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    Watering Junipers in CA

    Just wanted to make sure I'm covering my bases here re: watering - less how much and when and more on the side of purification. What I've been doing thus far, as we obviously don't get a ton of rain in Southern California, is using tap water for my bonsai. However, I never go STRAIGHT from...
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    Diving In Feet First

    After some spirited discussion last night and about a year's worth of reading, watching, and studying, I decided that today would be the day I'd throw myself long into the Create Your Own Bonsai game. Looking very, very forward to my first go-round. First thing I picked up were two very...
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    First Attempt

    Looked all over the real (well, locally) and virtual world to find a younger bonsai that I could attempt to wire and shape for the first time. Finally found one that I like on, of all places, eBay. Only cost me $30, so if it doesn't work out it's not the end of the world. But my excitement is...
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    Bark Issue or Perfectly Normal?

    Have two junipers; on both, I'm noticing some bright-white spotting on the trunks. Looks like someone has all of a sudden dripped spots of paint on them. The affected sections of bark, although smaller, tend to crumble away at the touch. Is this typical of junipers or am I dealing with some...
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    My Little Corner of the World

    Was finally able to pick up my new bonsai yesterday and get everything set up on my porch. It's a bit...entrance-to-a-Chinese-restaurant, I suppose, but I'm quite fond of it. Now I just need to come up with a name for the guard dog. A couple close-ups of the new juniper included. If you live...
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    Advice on Protecting Bonsai

    Alright, so I'm a first-time bonsai owner who has, so far, been taking pretty good care of my beloved plant. It's awesome. It's also under attack. I live in LA in an apartment on the second floor of my building. The good news is that I have a great porch that gets awesome sunlight 320 days a...
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    Help With Potential Branch Damage

    Hey guys! My first post to the forum - thanks to anyone who might have advice for this. I was given my bonsai as a birthday gift in September; I am not positive of its genus, though it certainly appears to be a pine. If I'm mistaken please let me know. I recently spotted some of what I...
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