Should I buy this shimpaku?
- Thread starter HamburgerTrain
- Start date
Tieball
Masterpiece
Well....I think $180 is to much.
save your money for now.
overall, should you buy it, it has potential, especially with those low branches appearing.
a lot of work remaining for a 180 tag though.
save your money for now.
overall, should you buy it, it has potential, especially with those low branches appearing.
a lot of work remaining for a 180 tag though.
Crazy Diamond
Omono
Nice backbuding and foliage.. but agree its too much
HamburgerTrain
Shohin
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
It’s a little high, but the trunk has interesting movement, some taper, and you can develop branches pretty quick. If you like the trunk movement, it could be a good bonsai in several years. I’d like it better for $100.
Deep Sea Diver
Masterpiece
I think it’s got potential. It will take some work, but what the hey. I’ve seen far worse get double that price of FB in the past months.
Have fun
DSD sends
Have fun
DSD sends
shimbrypaku
Shohin
The low budding is a good sign, but 180 is pretty high
Rob_phillips
Chumono
Why does 180 seem high price ?
Thats about 130 quid I would say its definitely worth that.
Its only pocket money for a tree that with some work would make a nice tree In The not to distant future
Thats about 130 quid I would say its definitely worth that.
Its only pocket money for a tree that with some work would make a nice tree In The not to distant future
shimbrypaku
Shohin
Not worth 180.00 US dollars to me
shimbrypaku
Shohin
But it’s not my money, something is only worth what ones is willing to pay for it.
It’s a personal choice
It’s a personal choice
faker
Mame
Agree with the others. I think the tree has good potential, but I have to imagine $180 could go a lot further for getting trees around Portland.
HamburgerTrain
Shohin
I brought him home. It was too easy. I got $100 for a box of broken guitar pedals. And I just sold another guitar pedal, that I got for free, for $50 above new retail because it’s an older version. I haven’t seen any trees i liked from local hobbyists or shops, in fact much more inflated costs. I also got them to come down on the price $20. Last repot suspected 2 years ago. Unfortunately the owner of the nursery , Mr Tsugawa, passed away recently. I wonder if he worked on this tree?
RIP
RIP
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Yeah, that was an $80 tree from the beginning!
It might not look like much now, but three of those branches airlayered will each look like what I paid $75 for in a couple years, so then it's a -$70 tree.
Few $5 cuttings a year, and next thing you know it has its own credit card!
Thank God for Guitar Pedals!
Sorce
No need to rationalize buying it. You liked it, you bought it. I haven't bought any new clothes in a year, so I figure I deserve LOTS of new trees!
HamburgerTrain
Shohin
Yeah, that was an $80 tree from the beginning!
Of course if I’m going to attempt my first airlayer, first I need to go buy some ham
That’s actually a really good idea. I was just going to jin them and toss the leftovers.
Of course if I’m going to attempt my first airlayer, first I need to go buy some ham
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
No.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
It is funny reasoning. With that, each packet of seed is worth hundreds of dollars, as in a couple of years they will be what people pay 50 buck for.
I am surprised that in Portland such fairly basic junipers fetch such a high price.
James W.
Chumono
I like it. You could have done much worse for $180.
Keep us posted on it's progress.
Keep us posted on it's progress.
Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
No.
In Portland you can do much better... for much less.
[EDIT] Oops so now I see you bought it. I have bought trees for $450 that I killed, so $180 for a tree that has good bones isn't bad. In Portland I would say that was an $80 tree. However... it's got some cool stuff going on at the surface and a personality I like. Now your challenge is to get it out of that craptastic soil, at which point the health will be turbo-charged and you can start do develop some refinement to it.
In Portland you can do much better... for much less.
[EDIT] Oops so now I see you bought it. I have bought trees for $450 that I killed, so $180 for a tree that has good bones isn't bad. In Portland I would say that was an $80 tree. However... it's got some cool stuff going on at the surface and a personality I like. Now your challenge is to get it out of that craptastic soil, at which point the health will be turbo-charged and you can start do develop some refinement to it.
Last edited:
