Resolution?????

[garywood]

Usually ;-) I try to limit unsolicited advice but I can't hold back any longer ;-)
This year I have seen numerous root over rock or saikei plantings from newer people to bonsai and they covered up the interesting parts of the rocks!
My resolution this year -is a mission to get the word out to SHOW the interesting parts, the features of the rock. DON'T cover it with trees or roots or moss or soil or anything. ;-)
Someone, Anyone, Help me pleeeeaasseee ;-)
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
Happy Holidays

 

[River's Edge]

Usually ;-) I try to limit unsolicited advice but I can't hold back any longer ;-)
This year I have seen numerous root over rock or saikei plantings from newer people to bonsai and they covered up the interesting parts of the rocks!
My resolution this year -is a mission to get the word out to SHOW the interesting parts, the features of the rock. DON'T cover it with trees or roots or moss or soil or anything. ;-)
Someone, Anyone, Help me pleeeeaasseee ;-)
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas Gary
Does this show enough rock?
Yamadori Shore Pine, Vancouver Island
Lava from extinct volcano. Northern British Columbia

 

[Chris Frechette]

I’ve got several Bonsai resolutions... this was my first year really diving in and I’ve learned a ton. My resolutions:

- Be confident and make the hard cuts. Early I had a hard time thinking several years ahead. After seeing the growth of serval of my trees and all the videos I’ve watched this year I feel like I can make harder cuts to make better future tree.

- Step up the quality of material I buy. I’ve acquired about 30 trees over the course of the year... most just basic nursery stock. I can judge better now the future potential and will resist buy material that doesn’t wow me.

- Do more digging and air layering. I’ve got my eye on several trees in the neighborhood that I plan on air layering... I had a few successes this year but they were just practiced. There are also some really cool lil trees that I hope collect. Working with older material w fat trunks is where I wanna be!

- Lastly... I need to use better soil. I’ve tried to cut cost and use cheap stuff like turface, gravel and decomposed granite. I also added too much organic matter to soil. I lost a couple of trees because the bad soil and watering... so I’ve got to find a place to get some pumice around here.

 

[sorce]

Help me pleeeeaasseee ;

Whew! For a second there I thought you came back for social only!

I'm with you!

Wrong rocks, interesting rocks that make poor rorocks, etc...

Gonna need a lot of help.

Here's my sketch from earlier today....
Section 5 noting interest not to be covered.


2nd glaze firing today Gary.

Had you I'm my head all day glazing yesterday.
Lotta PPB in clay too!

Had to unload reload unload level reload unload and reload from about 3AM till 8 when I finally got everything in and on.

Lotta work I may not have put in if I didn't know you was watching.

Thanks!

Have a great Holiday!

Sorce

 

[just.wing.it]

My bonsai resolution is to not by so much crap nursery material anymore.
Though I do take a certain pride in those transformations, I'm ready to buckle down with what I now have, and only obtain new stuff that really screams at me to take it.

 

[Joe Dupre']

My resolution is to collect more trees in the 1.5" to 2" diameter instead of going for the 5" jobs. I mostly collect and trunk chop. Smaller material means less waiting for a believable branch/trunk ratio. Also plan on starting more trees from seed or seedlings. The next 5 years will pass whether you start small or not. You'll be happy you started all those "too small" trees in 5 years.

 

[defra]

My bonsai resolution is to not by so much crap nursery material anymore.
Though I do take a certain pride in those transformations, I'm ready to buckle down with what I now have, and only obtain new stuff that really screams at me to take it.

Im at the same crossroad need to get some more decent starter tree's
Not because i dont like playing around with the cheaper stuff ....
but i signed up for lessons and i like to go there with trees with enough potention and work to them and be guided to get the best out of it and improve my collection!

Most valuable lesson learned this year
Is leave tree's untouched and get rewarded with strong growth that often provide new possibility's !

 

[leatherback]

Ohw.. Same as last year. Get rid of the bad trees and only get new trees after some bad trees have left.
Tough though getting rid of some of the old friends. But.. The bad trees in my collection, can become someone elses new lucky find. Let's aim for that.

New this year.. Travel less, and spend more time with my trees. 6 months being unable to work my trees isstarting to show. Especially now I have found a juniper moth infestation in almost all my junipers. Dead ends everywhere

 

[mattspinniken]

Since your on the subject of the wrong rocks.... yes or no on this?

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Since your on the subject of the wrong rocks.... yes or no on this?

I think it looks really good - lines and proportions are good and I think with proper soil and weathering it could look really striking.

One thing I will point out however is your pot is far too small. I would get a pot that is about 50% wider.

 

[mattspinniken]

I think it looks really good - lines and proportions are good and I think with proper soil and weathering it could look really striking.

One thing I will point out however is your pot is far too small. I would get a pot that is about 50% wider.

I think people often use to big of pots for stuff like this, maybe this is too small though and I also need to figure out a way to make the one side heavier to balance the whole thing better. Thanks for the tip.