nrgizerrod
Yamadori
Good Morning Bonsai Nut peeps!
I caught the bonsai bug last summer after we moved in to our first home... with an actual yard... where I could actually grow stuff. I've always been interested in Bonsai but never really owned anything. well, there was a juniper i got as a gift in my 20's that I promptly killed in a north facing window. my bad little dude.
At any rate, I've been lurking on the site for a while and figured it was time to say hi!
I have a decent starter set of 8 tress, they are all very young (all smaller then 6"-8") so i have a long road ahead of me with these guys. My goal right now is to keep my outdoor trees alive through the winter. It's pretty arid here with wacky temperature fluctuations and violent winds which is notorious for killing trees here. I plan on mulching them against the house in a fairly sheltered spot and will move them to the garage if the temps drop to single digits. my non cold hardy trees are now living under a grow light in a south facing window for the winter.
Here are a few pics of what I have now. I would love to hear what folks think of them and maybe give some advice on direction I can take them in.... I may end up sticking them in large nursery pots in the spring so the trunks can develop.
Thanks everyone! i look forward to learning a ton here.
Serissa.
Seiju Elm
Japanese Juniper
Shimpaku
I caught the bonsai bug last summer after we moved in to our first home... with an actual yard... where I could actually grow stuff. I've always been interested in Bonsai but never really owned anything. well, there was a juniper i got as a gift in my 20's that I promptly killed in a north facing window. my bad little dude.
At any rate, I've been lurking on the site for a while and figured it was time to say hi!
I have a decent starter set of 8 tress, they are all very young (all smaller then 6"-8") so i have a long road ahead of me with these guys. My goal right now is to keep my outdoor trees alive through the winter. It's pretty arid here with wacky temperature fluctuations and violent winds which is notorious for killing trees here. I plan on mulching them against the house in a fairly sheltered spot and will move them to the garage if the temps drop to single digits. my non cold hardy trees are now living under a grow light in a south facing window for the winter.
Here are a few pics of what I have now. I would love to hear what folks think of them and maybe give some advice on direction I can take them in.... I may end up sticking them in large nursery pots in the spring so the trunks can develop.
Thanks everyone! i look forward to learning a ton here.
Serissa.
Seiju Elm
Japanese Juniper
Shimpaku