What’s your latest Bonsai related purchase?

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3 elms and 3 pots… kind of regular weekend 🫣

I swear I wanted one only 😂😂😂

Have separate thread on them but always post here too…
 

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3 elms and 3 pots… kind of regular weekend 🫣

I swear I wanted one only 😂😂😂

Have separate thread on them but always post here too…
Love those. Just out of curiosity how much did one of those go for? And how long can it live in that bag? Weird way to sell a tree but really cool trees!
 

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Love those. Just out of curiosity how much did one of those go for? And how long can it live in that bag? Weird way to sell a tree but really cool trees!
Thank you… I wanted two only… small one became part of the deal. All together for three of them I paid 2,600 RMB… at 7RMB/USD that’s around $370.
Looking at them I think they’ve been in these bags for quite a while… going to pots today… kind of yamadori approach. Let’s see.
 
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Thank you… I wanted two only… small one became part of the deal. All together for three of them I paid 2,600 RMB… at 7RMB/USD that’s around $370.
Looking at them I think they’ve been in these bags for quite a while… going to pots today… kind of yamadori approach. Let’s see.
Oh, huh, I thought it would be cheaper in your location for some reason. This isn't a cheap hobby though. I saw your thread in the Elms forum, I'm hoping you post a potted Elm's picture. :)
 

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This is Oct-Nov loot...

Pots by Baldy Bonsai

I already posted the dimensions for this three in a previous post.
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I was able to grab this two before he posted them on the auctions.
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9x7x1.5 Oval
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Pots by Erin
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A larger Yixing oval
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Mountain Summit Bonsai
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This is Oct-Nov loot...

Pots by Baldy Bonsai

I already posted the dimensions for this three in a previous post.
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I was able to grab this two before he posted them on the auctions.
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9x7x1.5 Oval
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Pots by Erin
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A larger Yixing oval
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I really like the blue crackly looking ones.
 
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I was at Bjorn’s open house and got this ROR trident he started in their first year

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I forgot to ask if I should bother to check the roots next year or just let it be, leaning towards let it be given how free draining it is, but there were fine roots at the surface of the soil

Thanks to TSA I was able to verify that the rock goes verrrry deep. Also just as a heads up TSA doesn’t like what this looks like on a scanner. I did find the experience useful, however.
 

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you're a member of the bonsai pot auctions or the 99 cent in FB? The potter's name is Kevin Berresford... he does awesome pots. The last batch that he posted today are out there.

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I do not have a FB account, however my husband does and he somehow joined the auction groups. ;) I've seen his pots, seriously tempted to buy one but am trying to concentrate on Christmas gifts.
 

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Oh, huh, I thought it would be cheaper in your location for some reason. This isn't a cheap hobby though. I saw your thread in the Elms forum, I'm hoping you post a potted Elm's picture. :)
True… wasn’t quite cheap but these are quite old… was starting negotiations from 4,000 … landed at 2,600… it so what it is. Hope they grow well… it’s all that matters now…
 

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It was the weirdest experience too, the guy wasn’t even at his stall, I called the number, asked the guy how much for one of his 榆树 (elms) and he told me to scan a code to pay for it and take one.
I can think of plenty of other places in the world where his level of trust would result in an empty stall and no money. Reminds me a bit of when you go way into the coutryside and encounter unmanned farmers potato/asparagus/strawberry stands asking you to take your purchase and leave CASH in the box! I certainly would not be trusting enough to leave that unsupervised!
 

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I can think of plenty of other places in the world where his level of trust would result in an empty stall and no money. Reminds me a bit of when you go way into the coutryside and encounter unmanned farmers potato/asparagus/strawberry stands asking you to take your purchase and leave CASH in the box! I certainly would not be trusting enough to leave that unsupervised!
they just steal stuff of actual value, back home in South Africa i NEVER had anything stolen from me, meanwhile in China, i lost 4 scooters already
 

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they just steal stuff of actual value, back home in South Africa i NEVER had anything stolen from me, meanwhile in China, i lost 4 scooters already
I wonder if that is less criminality and more a relic of older communist ideals of “what’s yours is mine” and vice versa. Like the idea of bicycles being everywhere to take as needed (before autos became more dominant). I’m probably giving the nefarious elements of society more credit than they deserve 😂
 

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I can think of plenty of other places in the world where his level of trust would result in an empty stall and no money. Reminds me a bit of when you go way into the coutryside and encounter unmanned farmers potato/asparagus/strawberry stands asking you to take your purchase and leave CASH in the box! I certainly would not be trusting enough to leave that unsupervised!
I have seen stalls with no one taking care in Japan all the time. In the countryside.
You chose the product, do the math and leave the cash in a box.
It is called trust and education.
 
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