.63¢ crab apples

[Giga]

some night shots

 

[Random User]

Wow, 63 cents... good thing we don't live near each other, we'd have to have a "cheapo contest"... why is it that the trees that are super cheap and/or sick and need loving', end up being the ones that I/we tend to like the most? They are a lot like owning a beater-truck that simply will NOT let you down, or a really dumb, happy dog that won't stop chasing airplanes... they work their way into a part of our wonderment where nothing else manages to go.

 

[Giga]

Wow, 63 cents... good thing we don't live near each other, we'd have to have a "cheapo contest"... why is it that the trees that are super cheap and/or sick and need loving', end up being the ones that I/we tend to like the most? They are a lot like owning a beater-truck that simply will NOT let you down, or a really dumb, happy dog that won't stop chasing airplanes... they work their way into a part of our wonderment where nothing else manages to go.

 

[aml1014]

cheapo contest"

I like this idea, do a contest with trees that are like 10 dollars and under.

Aaron

 

[Giga]

I like this idea, do a contest with trees that are like 10 dollars and under.

Aaron

it would have to exclude the pot as this one is getting a nice pot this spring

 

[sorce]

do a contest with trees that are like 10 dollars and under.

The Panama Red pot challenge should fit that Bill.... @Soldano666 and I are trying to get it together...
After Xmas all those red pots are like $5!

Stay tuned!

Sorce

 

[Random User]

...but are you cheapo enough, talented enough, and lack enough shame to try to talk a box-store manager lower than the sticker price?... might have to wear a disguise, try working the pity-party angle... lol

 

[Random User]

@ Sorce

You might have to have a handicap system like the golfers do... obviously a $3.00 cherry tree wouldn't be up against a $3.00 ficus?... I guess you could always do a tie breaker with a popular vote.

But, it's your contest, just some preliminary thoughts.

 

[aml1014]

The Panama Red pot challenge should fit that Bill.... @Soldano666 and I are trying to get it together...
After Xmas all those red pots are like $5!

Stay tuned!

Sorce

There's that, but I was thinking of doing like a 1 year contest. Trees under 10 dollars, and just see how far we can develop them.

We don't get them fancy red pots where I'm at, everything is in a good Ole black nursery can.

Aaron

 

[sorce]

We don't get them fancy red pots where I'm at, everything is in a good Ole black nursery can.

Not even at Xmas?

Yours should be white not black!

Sorce

 

[Soldano666]

We don't get them fancy red pots where I'm at, everything is in a good Ole black nursery can.

Aaron

As long as it has a red bow i guess it counts. We usually get a mix of red and black ones round my parts

 

[Random User]

Anything other than black is an odd find here. Trying to finish a tree in 1 year limits the possibilities to choose from. If you want pure cheap, freebies come from deciduous trees that need at least one year to recover from the abuse they have sustained. I'm the King of Cheap with a free Korean maple, free Siberian Larch, and a $15.00 5 gallon Discovery Elm all IN ONE TRIP! lol...

But, I have an unfair advantage, because without me willing to take some of these trees, the garden centres know that they will have to pay someone to shred and compost it... no one else in this area is going to buy a tree that makes really good bonsai-able material.

 

[aml1014]

Not even at Xmas?

Yours should be white not black!

Sorce

Nope, not at all, and believe me I know we need white pots, on days when it's 100°f out and 2% humidity...I'll just say the soil isn't very cool lol

Aaron

 

[Giga]

...but are you cheapo enough, talented enough, and lack enough shame to try to talk a box-store manager lower than the sticker price?... might have to wear a disguise, try working the pity-party angle... lol

what is this shame you speak of?

 

[Random User]

what is this shame you speak of?

It's that feeling that you get when you fart while serving yourself caviar and champagne, and everyone in the room knows that it was you because you're the only man in sight... the feeling that lingers just for a fleeting second, before the pit-of-the-gut sensation of pure delight and boastful pride sets in!

 

[Giga]

It's that feeling that you get when you fart while serving yourself caviar and champagne, and everyone in the room knows that it was you because you're the only man in sight... the feeling that lingers just for a fleeting second, before the pit-of-the-gut sensation of pure delight and boastful pride!

poetry

 

[Random User]

I knew you'd understand.

 

[Giga]

Things are pushing so early this year. Had to repot this guy. The nebari is surprising fantastic and is a little bit more exaposed here and with the next repot it will be fully viewable. Repotted it in a Yakaichi green pot.

 

[JoeR]

Wow! What a transformation, and for $0.63!

 

[Giga]

Wow! What a transformation, and for $0.63!

In a years time too