pine development

This tree is 18 years old and was potted in March 2024 in terracotta, with a good amount of garden soil mixed with bonsai soil. It was repotted again to remove the garden soil this spring into pumice, lava rock, and turface (1-1-1) in a 12” Japanese Tokoname training pot. The tree has lots of...

Hi everyone, new to the forum but have enjoyed following the conversations here for some time! I picked up a couple JBP 'yatsubusa' about 4' in 10 g pots from one of my local nurseries, for those local to BC, I think they might be from Pacific Northwest Propagators (at least the tag looks like...

Hi to all, a bit of update on my mugo pine that I bought this winter. Here is a link to my firs post. Thread 'Mugo pine' https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/mugo-pine.62925/ So all I have done for now I just cut the candles as suggested to 6 pairs of needles. It can’t really see very much back...

I haven't posted in years, given all of my interesting material has been and still is in the ground in upstate NY at my parents' house. I moved this spring to northern VA and I decided, for a number of reasons, to take 2 trees with me. I potted them in bonsai soil and wood chips in terracotta...

June 24th 2022 Todd Schlafer Workshop MABA 202two Limber pine had been collected three years earlier and put into solid pumice. How it started Partway through the workshop. I normally work with smaller material so wiring this was interesting. At the end. Wasn't fully happy with it but...

I recently acquired this 2-needle pine (which I believe is a JBP kotobuki - I could be mistaken. The seller had no idea of the species). It was balled and burlapped and basically left to die and so has essentially been neglected for several months now. Once I acquired it I slip potted it - root...