cuttybigmac Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 damn ou had some good flick there all those where amazing the bougainvillea is looking goood along with the red ceders and white pine, your privet is looking good but i would def prune up the bottom shoots before they get to thick..oh and about the fliks ill get them they already started to chang up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
423894 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 some nice trees for sure. Im thinking of finding a nice larch for next season. I have always wanted one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 i found a few early spring ones azalea die on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tookthetime Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 i really want a bonsai tree, but havent ever been able to find them in my area. i suppose dessert climates arent best for them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 i wouldn't rule it out...might be a little more intense to care for, but i bet there's something that would work. the only maple i had with decent colors is just about defoliated for the year. managed to get a good shot or two before it went though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 thats a pretty nice looking maple i about to get some flix to but mine have lost a lot of leaves already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban. Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 anyone have a recomedation for a starter plant to learn on, try pruning and repotting and such? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 privet/ligustrum. really really really tough to kill and grows fast as hell. they're all over our property and i just dug up a bunch of starters and went for it. you can find cheap boxwoods at lowe's or home depot probably. (like 7 to 10 dollars for a decent sized something you could cut back and start on) you could get something like that this winter and get it growing happily then chop it into style in the spring. depends on what you like and where you're at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban. Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 im in a tropical climate(new orleans) so it get toasty and pretty humid, ligustrum looks cool. I like stuff with fers or small leafs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 heres a few others i didnt post 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 fresh shit, cutty...is that a mimosa tree in there? nice greenery/foliage. looks like you've got some cool different acers in the bunch. what is that thing with the little red berries? i like the looks of that azalea too. i'm supposed to be getting one out of my friend's yard this spring that's like fifteen years old. should be cool. that one looks like it has good potential. more flicks when i can. i got up today and every one of my trees was coated in frost. sweet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 its a chocolate mimosa good eye you know whats up. cotoneaster heres a few fliks of some pro BONSAI wish mine lookt like that when ever you get the azalea put some fliks up, fifteen years, prob going to have some nice looking bark and shape to it.. Ive got to of them there the smaller leaves with red flowers i can think of the exact name cus its a Japanese name but they look clean when there flowering the mimosa used to have dark red and brown leaves but i kept it in the shade alot, and it didnt keep its color as good on the new foliage just like japanese maples do, if they have to much shade they wont get the color as strong, so half day full sun is best durring the morning sun just a little something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 i was reading about that..how they'll lose their colors unless you give them more shade. crazy. i got a few regular old mimosas going this past spring. one of them is actually dwarfed already. i'll be interested to see what's up with it this coming year. my latest experiment. helped my dad cut down a tree this week that took a nice sized limb off a dogwood. i don't know if any of these will root, but i figured fuck it and took a shot. hopefully it'll pay off. the straight shooter a few weeks ago my little brother comes in from a fishing trip with two little spruces about two feet tall that somebody just left out of one gallon pots by the river. awesome. i'll try to get some flicks soon. they're all planted in the garden for the winter at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 did you put any type of root hormone on those branches, if they make there going to make some sick bonsai. post up those fliks when you get them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 yup...cut them off the branch and soaked them in water until i had the rest ready, then brushed the hormone on the bottom cut end. tied them in their pots and watered and now i wait and watch. i'll try to get some flicks of that other before the week is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 when i did it to a lion head maple once i did the same thing but i cut the base at a 45 degree angle pealed back the first layer of bark of at the bottom then i split it in the middle a bit that way the powder got every where.. good luck man there looking good. dog woods are good looking trees ive got like 7 of them in 5 gallon pots but there not bonsai there like 6 feet tall, got them on clearance at a nursery for 5 dollars each when the cost like 150 or so. i fucking took all they had it was a fat come up got a whole bunch of other shit to for cheap all the people there where fucking pissed of just muggin me as i took all the good shit away, they where nothing but old people just looking at the only person under 50 taking all the goods do you have those on a display you made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 that's hot! all the good nurseries around here know what they have and charge for it. have you ever heard of a toriki scraper? kind of the same deal, except you air layer trees with it. supposedly saves you years on having convincing looking roots/nebari. you just scrape a big section of bark away at the angle you want and peat moss, etc...cut it out later on and BAM. i'll get a flick when i get those spruce and show it, but yeah that's a little bench i made. a couple of strips ripped off a 2x4 with some blocks of 2x6 on the ends for forms. makes a nice dispaly and keeps the porch from rotting. word up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 yeah i tryed the air layering but that shit was pretty hard i tryed it on a crab apple,Japanese maple and a olive the crab apple and maple didnt make it the olive tree was sold before i could check on it. i would try this shit at work at the first nursery i workt at lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
423894 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Air layering is a mother fucker. I wish I had a job with bonsais. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 doesn't look like any of those dogwood cuttings are going to go. oh well. you don't fight the good fight because it's easy. here's one that i rescued last year. clipped it back for the spring season a little early, and it snowed a day or two later. nice.. let's see the wintry/spring flicks. i know y'all got 'em. i'll try to get some more flicks up in here soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 i post up in a few days when i get more leaves on my maples and such, there looking fucking clean so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 just a few for update have a better one soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 been clearing the privet patch. right now it's mostly small sized pretty well-developed stuff though, which is pretty cool. took a few flicks after the snow today of last week's harvest. check it.. i like both sides of this thing. we'll see what happens when the foliage straightens out a little. not the greatest flick of this angle, but fuck it. this was with that other one that looks similar. within about two feet. good stuff. that's it for now. i'll be pulling up all the medium and larger stuff over the summer. gonna be a fun year for trees.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 ok...where are the flicks? i'll try again in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 yeah what happened lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 well...i don't know what's up with my flickr but it looks like at least this flick would happen. lots more once i get this shit sorted out. been keeping really busy with the bonsai collecting tip lately now that the snow has quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 different tree...huge flick. shows the focus nice, though. or lack thereof. i've already taken that second branch up on the right off. it just wasn't doing it. alright, now that i've got that figure out i need some sleep. i'll bring some good flicks back later this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttybigmac Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 that last one is looking real good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 pretty cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benibenzamin Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Hi... These are my collection in my home.... trident maple bonsai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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