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Yeah don't ask, don't tell.. Well I told, but no one stopped me and I wasn't there for hours collecting, so the way I see it.. No harm, no foul. The place will be weeded soon and all those will end up in the compost bin. Anyways, now I got some forest material for the future!

Soo where did you find your turntable?? I've been looking in thrift shops forever... The bottom part of it, that is...

Here's a pic of my one and only rosemary bonsai. It's only been around 1.5 years or so. It's only a baby!

My girlfriend and I went for a little walk through the horticultural garden here at Virginia Tech and I found all sorts of trident and jap. Maple seedlings. I can't believe I payed $$ for those things a few months ago. Now I know!

So your saying I need to make my tree more human like?? I don't get it...

I got a good deal on this ficus and I wanted to have a tree to look at in my apartment in the winter!

Go here. I myself bought some maple seedlings and Japanese white pine as well! He has some good stuff for sure. Good luck! Also he has an eBay page as well. Search Matt Ouwinga.

I got the maple package from Matt O's website (5 tridents + 5 JM's) I am trying the nebari process that I found out about on Gary Wood's blog. I planted mine in a Turface,peat,grit mixture that seems to work well on all my other deciduous trees. Goodluck!

Yeah I definitely bought three JWP's from the plant1onme guy as well... These were photos after I potted and wired them up. I don't have pics right now of them, but they don't look good at all. All the needles on them are greyish and have a smut of some sort on them. I sprayed all of my...

I know you can't really see details in the pics but it's already back budding in some good spots now.

This tree is about 8 years old. It's been in this pot for 6 years. It is root bound. I'm going to wire and basic shape it now and when spring time rolls around find a nice pot for it and grow it shohin style. I know the basics about white pine, but the guy I got it from (Julian Adams) has been...

Here's my new x-mas gift I bought for myself yesterday. Got these 5 needles from Adam's Bonsai!!! Nice shohin material!!

Where Oh where should I start to cut??? Suggestions are welcome!!:D

Hey I have a pic of your tree too! Loved your red pine at the expo! Also, the black pine was stunning as well... Very nice work!! Keep the pics coming!!

I found some scrap flat, hard plastic board laying around, so I'm going to try this way. I guess just about anything that a root will not grow through is feasible. Once they root(if they do), couldn't I break them apart and plant them separately to develop them on their own? Or should I...

I recently came across a website on building nebari on tridents/maples using a tile of some sort and drilling holes in them to make some nice looking trees. I just ordered 10 new maple seedlings(1/2 trident & 1/2 JM) from Kaede-en's website, and want to get some more info on it. If I do recall...

I would take a soft brush and clean the base of that juniper first off. I own one juniper myself and it looks very similar to yours even though, it was a freebie since it was on deaths doorstep. I don't have much experience with junipers, so maybe someone else can chime in.

Yeah I would say hard water/mineral build up because it's all around the rim of your pot as well...

Just because no one should have to type all this out.. Go HERE

Those tools are intermediate at the least. I just bought a set of stainless steel concave cutters for 50% off (retail $55). It took me a week of shopping around before I found that deal. They should arrive in the mail today. If it were me I would skip out on these and I'm sure you could find a...

I would visit THIS one BC I had the same question..

I can honestly say that over the past few months of my new venture into bonsai that using a turface mixture ($12 = 50# bag of turface, $10 = 25# bag of peat, and $8 = 25# of chicken grit) is by far the cheapest most efficient way to go about growing quality trees in MY USDA zone. All together I...

Here's a good deal on some stainless steel stuff.. Can't beat 50% off.. I just ordered mine.. We shall see if they are good or not.. http://www.bonsaioutlet.com/concave-root-cutters/

Ditto! I'de say take out that shale or whatever the larger stuff and you got something to sell. All I can find around my area is turface,grit,peat at a 4:2:1/4 ratio. I got that from Julian Adams from Adams bonsai. Works for him and works for me. We are in same climate zone as well.

Grow it in a pot and see what happens... there are plenty more where that came from of all different sizes.. basically I did it for shits and giggles! i was bored and needed something to do. I don't have any high expectations out of it! so if it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't!