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  1. Sekibonsai

    Everybody needs a friend. BC and Elm

    I've put some of this up on other social media... Made some noble efforts to get some trees repotted this spring. This one didn't happen. Just couldn't find a pot that clicked for me so now it's on the "Pots to make" list. I've also been trying to get these "volunteers" relocated. This one...
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    Pheww that was a close one! Popped in to say howdy!

    FB went down and I almost had to come back here! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Been away a long time. Been through major freezes and record heat summers and a battle with the Big C. Lost a lot of my collection and now rebuilding. Missed a few seasons of collecting but managed to dig some things this year. A...
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    They always look so unkempt

    I swear they always look better in real life! Record temps here in the Houston area, I've kind of left them unmolested to minimize the stress. They are a bit late in going into the shade.
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    Seki's various BC's progress thread

    So put up or shut up I guess. I don't have near the internet presence of a lot of these BC guys nor is that my goal these days. I work full time, run a full time goat dairy/creamery/soap-lotion company with my wife whilst keeping an aging ranch form falling apart. Oh and I make a decent...
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    Repotted J. Prostrata

    Years ago (like 25) there was a nursery with an abandoned area that would give us great deals on stock that had just been left to grow wild. Alas, the nursery bulldozed it and its since been developed. My friend Steve carved on this one in a work shop with that Emerald Coast guy so it was a...
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    Sekibonsai's Bald Cypress #1

    I have to enter at least one BC in this contest... And of course its a pretty big 'un. This was collected a few years back in LA by my friend Mark. It has pretty much sat untouched with only a rare whack back just to get branches out of my way. Last pic is what is in my mind stylistically...
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    Large Bald Cypress bonsai

    Maybe its a compensation thing since I'm 5'3"... always been fascinated by big little trees in pots. Even as I get older I resist the urge to "go small"... "ain't getting any stronger..." "You're gonna hurt your back old man!" I continue to powerlift to be able to maneuver the biggest of...
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    Ficus Retusa development

    Had this one about 5 years now. Haven't done much other than keep it alive. Two years ago I popped it into the 2 tone Dale Cochoy pot. I really like it but it is simply too small for a tree that wants to be repotted every year. Earl y next year I'll open it up and do a good wiring job so I...
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    Wedding bonsai

    Honorable son #1 got hitched 2 weeks ago. I was asked about a year ago if I would make the centerpieces- bonsai- Eventually we settled on boxwood and I purchased about 22 3 gallon trees from a local nursery that had some potential- heavier trunks, some good movement... Realizing I wasn't going...
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    Poo balls for breakfast- my fertilizing regime

    Up at dawn to fertilize the trees. Whenever asked what to fertilize with I tend to answer it is less important what you use than having a solid routine. My collection includes hundreds of pieces from natives, deciduous, to tropicals all in various stages and various soil mixes so I definitely...
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    Bonsai Monday

    Been a while so I thought I'd start a new thread because I'm too lazy to look for my old one. I'll give a bit more details here than I would on the Book of Faces. Bonsai Monday. A pair of Chinese elms... Leaving dormancy. Because you can never have too many "yer tree is ded..." comments...
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    A few March pots

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    Monster Crepe Myrtle development

    Somewhere, a long time ago, I saw a picture of a large crepe myrtle done by John Naka and I always wanted to do one. Logistically branches must be allowed to extend for flowering make it very difficult to pull off a smaller flowering crepe. That, and they just LOVE to die back on you so it...
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    FB Marketplace kiln

    So my wife went out of town... Probably 'nuff said right there... I've been looking for a bigger kil' and building one seemed a bit far off in the distance as I'm trying to fund all of this strictly from pot sales... this popped up 4 hours away. His abuela only made porcelain doll heads on...
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    First batch in a while

    Thought I'd give you a glimpse. Still getting my mojo back.
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    Bonsai Mondays

    A good friend of mine Dale Brock started this a few years ago and I started doing it as well. You may see our posts on the Book of Faces... great way to spread the art. And you can never hear it enough "I had one of those once..." These are not necessarily my greatest works. They are...
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    Valavanis Pine book on Ebay

    If anyone is interested. http://www.ebay.com/itm/331287594142?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649
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    Interest in tropical shohin/mame?

    I have acquired a moderate selection of tropical/sub-tropical mame/shohin- (more than I care to deal with) Probably $25-75 range. Ficus Nerifolia, F. Too Little, Pixie boug. Crepe myrtle varieties, a few Fukien Tea, etc. I have them in bonsai pots and also more "raw" material that is not...
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    Formal Upright Elm or other deciduous

    I'm looking for pictures of "traditional"/classic formal upright deciduous bonsai. Yes, the "dreaded" schtick pine tree styled deciduous trees that seem to have have fallen out of favor. I'm looking for ones that "work", really look good or are really interesting. Not interested in...
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    Collecting Hackberry

    Anybody collect in the fall- I have several "stumps" in an old cactus bed that are nice enough to collect bud I'd really like to get this bed cleaned up. I could wait but they are kind of an eyesore. I've basically cut them down to a few small low branches if any. First frost for me...
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