Trident Maple over rock Tips?
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Dalmat
Shohin
Now, if you need more space you mentioned in other thread, this one is far better candidate for the dumpster.
Jarod Perdichizzi
Yamadori
What!! R u serious ? Why? Nothing is wrong with it...
Dalmat
Shohin
It is too straight without taper and it would need a series of chop and grow cycles ( years) to correct that. That is an example of investing a loooot of a time in bad material.
Jarod Perdichizzi
Yamadori
I paid $60 bucks at a bonsai nursery.. some body please tell me this is not a bad bonsai...?... Should I take out the rock..? YOur saying taper in order to thickin trunk at base or what? can you show me an example... ?? I seriously dont want to feel like this was a bad purchase...
Dalmat
Shohin
http://www.bonsainut.com/resources/chopping-maple-trees.9/
And if you want root over rock it is another technique. And it hard to work on both at the same time.
And if you want root over rock it is another technique. And it hard to work on both at the same time.
Jarod Perdichizzi
Yamadori
OKay I see what you saying. But Gosh, this make me want to return it to bonsai nursery that I paid 60 for in exchange for one that already had the taper... I mean, wont it eventually thickin up as long as I dont let the top grow any more.? Plus how would you even taper 2 trunks attached together??
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
I am in California also. The land of trident maples. The man who sold you this for 60.00 should be strung up from the nearest oak tree. From where did you buy this magic bean?
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Being in Lodi if you say Murayama I will maybe commit suicide.
Jarod Perdichizzi
Yamadori
omg.. Yes it was Murayama..WHHHY????
erb.75
Chumono
this tree doesn't belong in the trash
ROR take a LONG time to develop in general...that's why there are not that many around, and for those that are around, not that many good ones. this is a long term project for sure....but not trash worthy....so what if you have to chop it at some point to get better taper
ROR take a LONG time to develop in general...that's why there are not that many around, and for those that are around, not that many good ones. this is a long term project for sure....but not trash worthy....so what if you have to chop it at some point to get better taper
Jarod Perdichizzi
Yamadori
Would It look good if I took the rock out? ... does cutting the apex of the tree help keep it thick? (form of a taper?)... Ya'll are making me nervous thinking I wasted 60 bucks on this...
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
You have it...learn from it. Trident if not mistaken are fast growers. So use that to your benefit.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Yes you were taken advantage of. This is a high quality nursery, the best in Northern California. Buying anything from a nursery is Caveat Emptor.
It is not the fault of the nursery if you purchase a piece for marked price not knowing the difference if you are being took or not. I have baough many cultivars of tridents there, and many of the leaves are shown on my blog at the bottom of this page.
You just missed the Shohin seminar in Santa Nella in which Ed Clark sells many tridents already attached to stones, very good stones also, looks exactly like Ibigawa stone.
Some shots at Maruyama Nursery.
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Jarod Perdichizzi
Yamadori
Crap that sucks! I'm going to go there and complain on Monday! And demand an exchange...! How much should my trident be then?
Jarod Perdichizzi
Yamadori
Ugh.. This news just ruined my day..
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
These are some from Ed
Here is one from Ed firmly attached to a stone with good flare and nice taper for .......75.00 Bucks!
Here is one from Ed firmly attached to a stone with good flare and nice taper for .......75.00 Bucks!
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Good luck! You bought it and was happy to give him the money. He did not cheat you in any way, YOU just made a poor buying decision. You and I have no right to put a price on his material, but you and I retain the decision to not purchase. Forget it and move on.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Jarod Perdichizzi
Yamadori
I'm the type I will raise my fist... I see what ur saying but I'm going to tell her off on Monday... Seriously... If she knew that it wasn't worth 60 then she was wrongfully trying to get money out of me... What should this trident really cost?
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