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post #226 of 238
12/30/11 at 4:31pm
will have to post pics of the two pre-bonsai i got for Christmas. A really exciting juniper is the highlight.
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post #227 of 238
12/30/11 at 6:21pm
Nice!

I wound up choosing a 12 year old cork oak pre-bonsai, planted from an acorn collected in the area by the bonsai nurseryman. I hope it was a good call, but I couldn't resist that story.
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post #228 of 238
1/5/12 at 6:06am
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Nice!
I wound up choosing a 12 year old cork oak pre-bonsai, planted from an acorn collected in the area by the bonsai nurseryman. I hope it was a good call, but I couldn't resist that story.

sure. that's always cool stuff. its actually more or less why i will buy a bonsai if it has a neat story or is rare.

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Absolutely stunning pot too. I love these fruiting trees where it'll have like two apples... Saw one in a book that was totally BAMF. Was just six cherries perfectly arranged in two rows.
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post #229 of 238
1/8/12 at 8:49pm
Random questions...

Does anyone know whether there's good solutions for being away from the plant for say a few days & up to a week if you have to leave on business?

{I'll preface that question by stating that I currently do not live with anyone else.}

Also, can a bonsai tree be shuttled in a car with "normal" driving conditions and properly for up to a few hours with no real ill effect?
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post #230 of 238
1/8/12 at 9:46pm
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A week shouldn't be a big deal if the tree kept out of the sun and the wind. You can also set up a simple drip system.

 

No issue with normal driving conditions. What would "normal" driving conditions involve?

 

lefty

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post #231 of 238
1/8/12 at 10:04pm
Do you by chance have any drip system recommendations or links? (I'll still be googling these on my own).

I guess by "Normal" driving conditions I simply meant flat highway with some street/city driving, no hills.

Where I live it's near flat in one direction, but very hilly in the other.
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post #232 of 238
1/8/12 at 11:37pm
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You should be able to find a simple gravity feed. The trees are tougher than you think. 

Driving is fine - hilly or otherwise.

 

lefty

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post #233 of 238
1/14/12 at 4:06pm
lol.

http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/11298809/__Politie_vindt_hennep-bonsais__.html
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post #234 of 238
1/16/12 at 8:35am
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That one is awesome.
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post #235 of 238
3/7/12 at 8:32am
Wow.

http://www.bonsaiempire.com/great-bonsai
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post #236 of 238
5/21/12 at 7:52am
Great show this weekend. Got a 20-year old elm shohin and a nice accent plant. Satsuki won best in show. Not as many as last year (IIRC) but some good stuff. No pics will link when gallery is available.

Saw something I had been dying to get, a GIANT bald cypress, about 3 ft tall, just awesome nebari and taper, good opportunity for hollowing out trunk, in two years could be a best in show competitor, seriously.

However, I just couldn't justify spending $200 on it (so instead I spent half that on the two above which doesn't really make any sense I suppose) and I passed. Still kicking myself for not pulling the trigger. Would've been $350ish normally and dude was knocking $50 off for me so he wouldn't have to haul it back. Ugh. Pot would have been minimum $100 too so really it all adds up.
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post #237 of 238
5/21/12 at 11:44am
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Really, you passed? Here's a few for sale for 1K+. Look like these?

 

http://www.bonsainorthshore.com/www.bonsainorthshore.com/BALD_CYPRESS_BONSAI.html

 

lefty

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post #238 of 238
5/22/12 at 5:39am
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Really, you passed? Here's a few for sale for 1K+. Look like these?

http://www.bonsainorthshore.com/www.bonsainorthshore.com/BALD_CYPRESS_BONSAI.html

lefty

Yep.

It hadn't been styled yet but essentially it looked like those with the potential for as much work as a few of those. I'll have another chance in the fall to kop it, although this time for ~350 *and* I'd have to haul it back from NC. Oh well. It was a matter of dollars and sense and I made the right call.... unfortunately.

So this is my azalea still in training at peak bloom a few weeks ago. I think I may re-pot it this year, dunno yet.

IMG_20120429_110910.jpg
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