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    Considering root-over-rock azalea forest but not sure (rules and techniques)

    So the plan would be to use some of my seedlings and create a composition with rocks. The goal would be to make a forest while mimicking the way satsuki azaleas occur in nature. So first is the rules thingy. I could potentially sow new seeds. But I have these seedlings sown on 14 October...
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    Satsuki azalea 'Hekisui' - cutting to bonsai?

    4 July 2020: \ 15 September 2020: Annotated plant: Wire applied to get some movement in the main trunk. I still suck at wiring, but at least I didn't snap off any buds or branches. The trunk can bend more, but for now the wire isn't heavy gauge enough to bend it more. Maybe next year in...
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    Azalea 'Violetta'

    I bought this 'Violetta' azalea as nursery stock in 2012. (Dutch Kurume Kerkhoff/Multiflorum hybrid, not Glenn Dale).I have been growing it out in full ground for a while now. Sadly, I do not have a lot of before and after pictures of pruning I did. Somehow, those got lost. Which is why I am...
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    Terracotta training pots

    I just spend more than an hour googling for a place where I can buy shallow/bowl-like terracotta pots for the same price I would pay for a normal terracotta plant pot. I pride myself in my google skills, but alas, I failed. The best I did was find the catalog of a Germany company Spang. They...
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    Spam/DDOS timeouts

    Every time I try to post a new thread, it refuses to post without an error. When I remove text, it does post. When I remove half the text, I can post it. Then when I try to edit the text back in, I get the same error. After 5 times, the Bonsainut website deliberately times out all connection...
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    My new azalea cultivar

    Seedling from 'Asahi no Izumi', named As-12-04 Since 2010, I have been growing azalea from seeds. I became interested in the flower variations in satsuki azalea, and why I couldn't buy these azalea in Europe. So I started growing them from seed. I had these goals in mind when I started crossing...
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    Harunobu's "Azalea 20-25 Contest" entry

    I think I should really enter this context and try my hand in some 'proper' bonsai artistry. I am starting out with a cutting I rooted in 2019. So I doubt I will be able to win because I need exceptional artistry to make this plant stand out in 5 years. The cultivar I will be using is...
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    Pine bark & moisture & lichens

    So I have some plants growing away to one day style as bonsai. One thing I notice that while the bark is maturing as the plant ages, there is a lot of algae/lichens on the bark. This and the overall permanent dampness of the bark isn't helping as the bark is getting damaged...
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    Long term Scot's pine seedling

    I collected a few Scot's pine from the forest that had a lot of low branches. Main goal is to learn more about growing trees into bonsai. As a student I don't want or have to spend hundreds of euro on really good raw material. I have the time to learn a lot before I do that and I don't want...
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    Cedrus libani seedling still stuck in sead coat

    I got some of these ceder seeds. The package said "kept in cold storage, sow immediately" so that's what I did. I put it in really, maybe too fast draining mix. I kept them outside for a bit but when weather became colder I move a few pots outside. Now after 9 weeks one seed has appeared...
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    How exactly do you develop good taper?

    I think we all know exactly what we mean so I won't post any pictures. If you let a tree grow normally you will get a straight trunk. The older the tree, the taller and the bigger the diameter of the trunk. A bonsai should often ideally be six times as tall as the diameter. Now you can't just...
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    Starting an azalea breeding project

    I am starting with both bonsai and azalea in general from the ground up. Creating new trees from seeds and cuttings. But hybridizing new azalea cultivars has also really grabbed me. Being located in the Netherlands, azalea don't seem to be very popular as garden plants. Rhododendrons are way...
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