Ryceman3
Shohin
And so it begins ... well, for me anyway. Being from the Southern Hemisphere I am patiently waiting for July 1, and have spent the past month or more looking for JBP seeds to work with. They are not so plentiful in this part of the world, and our quarantine laws make importing seed from overseas a no-go zone, so it took a bit of extra effort but I have come up with some.
I managed to get a few from 3 sources.
A local eBay site had the cultivar JBP "Thunderhead", which I think may not be as good for shohin as the growth (from all reports) is a bit coarse - but since this was all I could find locally online I got some and will give them a go at any rate.
The next I got from a member of a local (Australian) bonsai forum after I pleaded for a few from somebody ... very generous of him to send me some and much appreciated.
The third I got after a lot of begging, hoping and praying to the bonsai gods ... and then just checking my mailbox to find they had come through - you know who you are, much appreciated and stoked when they arrived. I wasn't sure you would come through!
The last 2 sources have seed that is larger than the "Thunderhead" ones, not sure if that is just a cultivar thing or what, time will tell.
There it is, my hat is now in the ring ... I am still pretty new to bonsai, only been dabbling in it for around 3 years and this is the first time I have grown JBP or any pine for that matter from seed. I also managed to get seed for Austrian, Scots and JRP while I was on my search for JBP so I'll be doing a few of them while I'm at it.
Looking forward to learning plenty and watching the other entries progress (I've already learnt plenty that I will look to put into practice). Good luck to all and a shout out to others from the Southern Hemisphere to get involved also. This should be a lot of fun!
Cheers!
I managed to get a few from 3 sources.
A local eBay site had the cultivar JBP "Thunderhead", which I think may not be as good for shohin as the growth (from all reports) is a bit coarse - but since this was all I could find locally online I got some and will give them a go at any rate.
The next I got from a member of a local (Australian) bonsai forum after I pleaded for a few from somebody ... very generous of him to send me some and much appreciated.
The third I got after a lot of begging, hoping and praying to the bonsai gods ... and then just checking my mailbox to find they had come through - you know who you are, much appreciated and stoked when they arrived. I wasn't sure you would come through!
The last 2 sources have seed that is larger than the "Thunderhead" ones, not sure if that is just a cultivar thing or what, time will tell.
There it is, my hat is now in the ring ... I am still pretty new to bonsai, only been dabbling in it for around 3 years and this is the first time I have grown JBP or any pine for that matter from seed. I also managed to get seed for Austrian, Scots and JRP while I was on my search for JBP so I'll be doing a few of them while I'm at it.
Looking forward to learning plenty and watching the other entries progress (I've already learnt plenty that I will look to put into practice). Good luck to all and a shout out to others from the Southern Hemisphere to get involved also. This should be a lot of fun!
Cheers!