HATER. Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 2:45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfreetime Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Great contribution.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Great idea. I did a websearch and found an article about using one in a aquarium so I imagine you could create a minature silt and salt water base (maybe with a pump for circulation) and just train it. I guess it would be like a small scale hydro op. Here is the article for you. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+2159&aid=3133 hmmm thanks. I guess it would be hard considering the see that starts is already like 6 inches. I got no problem giving i a try. I find it funny there is a web site talking about using them in aquariums...considering at least in my area if you damage one or are transporting a seedling its like a 15,000 dollar fine. Protected sonsofabeitches. edit : never mind I actually read further and I didnt know they breed them in nurseries for private use. AWESOME!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfreetime Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Here's another project of mine. It's called a Flame Tree (Delonix Regula) real common in South Africa where my fam is from. I hope to have something like this one day. Pic is stolen. This is it wild outdoors. This is mine at 4 years. I slacked on pruning. Don;t slack on pruning if you want to have something nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfreetime Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Shortfuse is the American Mangrove being protected a new thing?? Seems they were all over the place when I used to go to Florida as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 In my area on the water theyre protected. Every since I can remember theyve been extremely strict if you have a seed and or any other part of their plants. Im just going to order one out of cali. Theyre cheap pods. Never knew that they breed them in a nursery. I was just gonna grab one while kayaking one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Here's another project of mine. It's called a Flame Tree (Delonix Regula) real common in South Africa where my fam is from. I hope to have something like this one day. Pic is stolen. this is amazing. good stuff, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 ^^cool-ass tree!! reminds me of the maples around where i live in the fall... today i took a cutting from a japanese maple and a red plum tree. we'll see what happens. i also repotted my red cedar that i pulled out of the wild a few months ago. it's got a lot of character for a little tree. i hope i can keep this one alive. one day it might be as cool as this. just thought i'd share and keep this going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfreetime Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 You can do really sick aerial roots with just about any tropic tree/plant. A little of this and you can have roots anywhere you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DISTRACT Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 I'm in the process of purchasing a bonsai. I'm trying to find a tree that looks like a scaled down large, old Oak tree if possible. I am then going to be building a scaled down model tree house in the bonsai. Hopefully all goes well. I will post pics once I purchase the tree and the process which will be within a fortnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
423894 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Thats a pretty sweet idea. Good luck with it, post pics when your done. I have had a few bonsais over the years and the best for me have been yamadori, the ones collected from the wild. If your lucky enough to live near mountain like me there are TONS of potential species available. Mostly pine species and junipers but with the extreme conditions of the mountains the best thing to do is get your self a pail of dirt, dig up a tree and bring it home. Also collecting moss is from lets say a river bank or something like that looks gret near the bonsai as well as keeps moisture in the soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port-A-John Enthusiest Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 my seedlings aren't sprouting at all..but i've got some prospects...tons of pines..i'll get some pics soon, plus my mom just got a japanese maple..would love to get something going from that..so we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 i've been harvesting a lot of little wild trees this spring. got a privet and put it in my bonsai pot a couple of weeks ago and it's already off to a good start...i'll try to get some flicks in here soon. if your mom's got a japanese maple it ain't much to get some rooting hormone and take a few cuttings. in a matter of a few weeks or a month you'll have some little trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port-A-John Enthusiest Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 Thats what i was thinking too, Plus theirs a bunch of wild trees around here as well..i was thinking about doing the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 it's dope...and you get to pick trees with character that you want to build on. i've got probably close to twenty now, and i'm going to let almost all of them hang out for about a year and get comfortable before i start to move them into bonsai pots and wash roots, etc. it just depends on the species and how hardy it is. get them soon though, and they'll probably do well with the rest of the growing season to get acclimated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
423894 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Sometimes you can rescue some very interesting things from the local garden centre at home depot and places like that. Or if your in a city with lots of old abandoned buildings look around there too. A friend of mine has a CRAZY juniper that used to be infront of some lab. Its atleast 50-60 years old and is all twisted and junk. One night he went over there and dug it up, pruned it and has has it ever since. That tree pretty much got me into bonsai in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 i've been getting more serious about this...thought i'd share my progression.. this privet is the only one in a proper dish right now. grows like a weed. the rest i'll let grow for the year and repot next spring. my little nursery. i got a wisteria the other day. crepe myrtles last week. lots of red cedars and some more privet for a forest scene. i love the trunkline on this cedar. no homo my cuttings. three japanese maple (on green, two red), a mountain laurel and a red plum. my green maple after two and a half/three weeks. it's started to stand back up and hopefully has some roots down there. again, no homo... we'll see what happens. let's see some trees.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERIZENO Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 One of my neighbors is/was a gardener ... he has some trees in the front yard that he is constantly working on. I have missed 2 good photo ops so far thinking of posting in this thread. I will get some pics when I can. I'm waiting to get some with him working out there, rather than just the yard/trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfreetime Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I thought this guy had died last fall (recall I have terrible luck with bonsais) but it has come back quite nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 you guys ever get into the low stress training? my dad used to bonsai way back in the day and used copper wire to shape the branches. always looks very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
423894 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 the copper wire is a pretty standard method of shaping a tree. Weights are also good for minor tweeks as well as achieveing a full cascade style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I thought this guy had died last fall (recall I have terrible luck with bonsais) but it has come back quite nicely. is that a fig? distinctive, mang...looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 the copper wire is a pretty standard method of shaping a tree. Weights are also good for minor tweeks as well as achieveing a full cascade style. kinda what i thought. it's been a while, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{OneSevenNine.com} Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I had gotten a Bonsai from an admirer of mine 2 years ago for my birthday and it by far was the best plant I ever had. Unfortunately when I moved to new home, they remodeled. During construction, they took my bonsai threw it in a bag and tossed it to the side. I was already at work and didn't come home until late in the evening. When i found bonsai he was out of the pot, some of the branches had been broken and the delicate leaves were limp. I tried to revive Bonsai but to no avail. Needless to say I pitched a fit the size of a football stadium. I don't even care, when you you take the time out of your day every day for a year to care for something living you create an attachment to it, i was super upset, other Phil Collins had the hardest time consoling me. I haven't been able to get another one. Maybe this year... All you really had to do was spray it with water in the evening and keep it near a window open since they are trees and like to be outside if you live in the city. Watering in the evening saves the water-burn the droplets and the sun might do in the sunlight. I say plants in general are win, but Bonsai's takes the cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allfreetime Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 It's a grape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port-A-John Enthusiest Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 i had heard fruit bonsai prodcue fruit? I've also heard they dont, anybody know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picky P. Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 from what i think i understand, yes they will. BUT, i believe it can depend on how happy your bonsai is, pollenating factors, and stuff like that. some trees will only produce fruits on the previous year's growth, for example. i'll see what else i can find out, and see what i have around here that might work...i like the idea. having troubles with whitefly. it knocked the crap out of my little wisteria and one of my little crepe myrtles, but i have hopes for them both. my little oak is backbudding and looks like it's gonna live too. word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Harris Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 i had heard fruit bonsai prodcue fruit? I've also heard they dont, anybody know? i would imagine they would. however sometimes normal trees don't, i've heard that sometimes the tree needs to be "stressed" when they won't. i once watched a programme where a boy dug up around a huge pear tree and put concrete slabs down so the roots couldn't spread, he said that'd cause the tree to panic and produce pears again after years of not doing so. i'll try and get pics of the ones in my garden up at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port-A-John Enthusiest Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 thats intresting..im going to look into this more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hot damn! I'm stoked someone started a bonsai thread. I'm not on here so much recently, but that's awesome and please keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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