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    Beginner step zero

    And you don't need to get a tree thats already in a Bonsai pot. You can get an ordinary nursery plant in a plastic growing container to start with. Probably cheaper and if you are going to remove it from the Bonsai pot anyway, you may as well start there. Having said that, I don't know what the...
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    Books on specific shimpaku subvarieties?

    Its important to note that many varieties that we ascribe names to when they have come from Japan are not cultivars. Cultivar is short for Cultivated Variety and each plant correctly labelled as such is genetically identical as they have been propagated by asexual means (cuttings, layers...
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    Can I repot this in autumn

    With young material I am happy to repot in Autumn. I did some 10 - 15 year old junipers last autumn from nursery soil into a more "Bonsai Soil" with very heavy root reduction and they were fine and put on plenty of growth in spring. HOWEVER, I live in Australia in a very mild climate that...
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    New here. Ideas for this bonsai?

    Is that tray under it attached to the pot? Or a seperate tray? You don't want your juniper to be sitting in water.
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    Phasing work on my Shimpaku Juniper

    Now, as in your time, mid summer. I have a very mild climate, no frost, rarely down below 5c (40f). Most of my trees grow all year round. Talking to someone local to you about what growth to expect if you cut now would be helpful. My understanding is that Anderson flats are quite large and...
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    Phasing work on my Shimpaku Juniper

    I'm curious as to why you want to plant into an Anderson flat? Also have you pulled the plant out and looked at the roots? My experience with junipers, (albeit more so with what you folks in the US call procumbens nana) is they are far more tough than we seem to give them credit for. I tend...
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    Opinions on a Dan Robinson idea about thickening the trunk?

    In Australia we have some trees that will most definitely thicken up better when root bound. Banksia serrata, and to a lesser degree, Banksia integrifolia, will both put on rapid trunk girth once they become pot bound and are often left for over 10 years between repots to achieve this. The...
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    Different pads shape, what are the basic rules

    It's always interesting to see discussions about "the rules" of bonsai. Some say you need to know them to break them. Others say they are just guidelines. Others say f the rules. My understanding is that neither of theses really approach what they are or where they came from. The horticulture...
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