What to buy a bonsai enthusiast who has everything

[Yosemite Goat]

Never tried biogold, but it sounds good. But my list has some other items.

1. Local forest service allows bonsai special use permits.

2. Pots........ I like almost all of them, some are better than others for sure, but I have a tree for it somewhere!

3. Boon intensive

4. Guiness is great, but my favorite is Black Butte Porter from Deschutes. I could drink and clip all day long!

 

[Yosemite Goat]

5. And the cork oak I have been eyeing for a month!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

6. Bluetooth cordless hose.

 

[LanceMac10]

World Peace
Trip to Normandy
Better Abs
Bunches of Weed






Edit....How could I forget?!?! A'71 Nova with a supercharged 383 with a tubbed rear end and an Alpine stereo....

 

[Yosemite Goat]

World Peace
Trip to Normandy
Better Abs
Bunches of Weed


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Edit....How could I forget?!?! A'71 Nova with a supercharged 383 with a tubbed rear end and an Alpine stereo....

Since you went with the nova.... I'd take a 51 dodge power wagon!

 

[leatherback]

- Bonsai forklift for the garden
- Weekend trip to a bonsai show
- Advanced training classes
- Gift certificate
- Week-of-watering assistence
- Wiring assistent

Do NOT get
- A tree
- A pot
- Substrate

As these are too dependend on personal preference

 

[agniete]

Have you ever bought indoor bonsai tree online ? I'm not able to surprise my friend but I thought maybe I can buy online and the store can deliver it for my friend. However, I'm a little bit scared about the quality when I can not see it by myself. Do you have any experience in this kind of shopping

 

[barrosinc]

Do NOT get

- A pot

If anyone wants to give be a koyo pot... I could not say no...

 

[just.wing.it]

Have you ever bought indoor bonsai tree online ? I'm not able to surprise my friend but I thought maybe I can buy online and the store can deliver it for my friend. However, I'm a little bit scared about the quality when I can not see it by myself. Do you have any experience in this kind of shopping

Those are all outdoor trees.

 

[Giga]

win the lottery - money solves all problems and wants....

 

[miker]

win the lottery - money solves all problems and wants....

Despite many attesting/asserting to the contrary, I couldn't agree more. An unlimited supply of money would solve all of my current problems and my uncertainty about the future. The same applies at least 90% to the members of my immediate family.

As to the topic of the original post, I would go for gift cards, so the recipient can choose what he/she wants.

 

[Starfox]

At least the spammer was on point and it wasn't for protein pills or some garbled ranting with not even a link.

Do NOT get

- A pot

I'm OK with this, in fact I have been trying to get my wife to pick a pot but she always wants me to point one out. If I can give her a couple of links to shops I know have good pots then I'm really curious as to the one she would pick and why?

 

[GrimLore]

The original post was back in 2006 But my answer would be the same then as today - BEER and or a GUN for when you go collecting

Grimmy

 

[RKatzin]

Tools are always a good bet. You just can't have enough tools. I lost all mine this year except what was in my daily kit. Bday is 10/21, so you have some time to find me a nice angle grinder, saws-all or anything you'd need to really do some carving. Benders, they stole my benders, three sizes, they couldn't have known what those are for. Heavy sigh

 

[defra]

A ticket to speed up time for a long term project!

Still playing the waiting game

 

[just.wing.it]

A ticket to speed up time for a long term project!

Still playing the waiting game

Waiting is the fun part!

 

[BigBen]

1) Sanity! LOL...
2) I agree with the gift card idea too.
3) Bonsai classes, because I am classless.

I love this place!!!

 

[RKatzin]

Waiting is the fun part!

I agree, patience is for folks that don't enjoy what they're doing!