seth ellwood
Mame
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Hello to everyone. I have been in the bonsai hobby for 12 years now and after being laid off (6 month vacation) I ended up having to sell my collection to pay the bills.I now have new gainful employment and decided this year to get serious.I found this tree 5 years ago in a nursery landscape and after negotiating a price with the owner got the ok to collect the tree.Well fast forward 5 years I recieved a call from the new manager of the nursery and said she was going to re landscape the office and if I still wanted the tree to come and dig it up b4 it went in to the compost pile with the rest of the stuff.I convinced her to let it go dormant b4 I dug it and the week after thanks giving I dug this monster.it is currently in a 2 foot by 4 foot plastic cement mixing tub and the trunk diameter is 12-15 inches depending on where you measure from.I will let it grow and recover for 1 growing season then the fun begins.I will post updated pictures as time progresses on this baby.The first pic is the projected front and following pics are other sides.Enjoy