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    San Jose, CA

    Midori Bonsai Club I just posted Midori under clubs with times for meeting and much more information. Midori is also now on Facebook: Midori Bonsai Club
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    Trident Maple cuttings

    just for the fun of it I hear this a lot "why would any one bother doing cuttings?". I am 61 years old and I know I will never see any of my cutting developed into show Bonsai but that's not the point. It's a kick making or working on material that I grew from seed or cuttings. Each spring when...
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    collected Live Oak

    Live Oak Your correct Nathan it's a Coastal Live Oak from California. I would like to get a Cork they are pretty neat.
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    collected Live Oak

    Thank you for the input I planted it back in the ground because I don't have anything big enough to pot it in. I could make one up from wood. This root ball is over a foot around. I have heard you should defoliate an oak when you collect it.This one has so much root and very little on top to...
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    collected Live Oak

    I dug this knobby softball sized oak because I really liked the texture of the bark and the shape. I thought about letting a single trunk grow and making a shohin sized tree. I also could let a few branches grow into a clump style. Are let one to three trunks develop off this one bulbous soft...
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    Making Japanese Maple Cuttings

    Trident cuttings Ken, I have several Japanese and one trident maple in my yard. I had already planned on doing several air layers on those and some other trees I have in my yard. I have been starting cuttings from several of my tropical plants with pretty good successes for a couple of years...
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    Newly styled Hinoki shohin

    Hinoki Very nicely done I have three Hanoki's none have even been started towards a Bonsai. One I have in the ground is about 6 feet tall with three trunks. The other two I have in pots 4 foot and 3 foot tall, all have gotten leggy. From what I have experienced and understand from reading...
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    Recent retiree new to bonsai

    retired Jim I also just retired this week after being off for three months on Workers Comp. I'm also pretty new to Bonsai but have had a couple of trees Juniper and maple that I have been torturing for a few years. However I did not know what I was doing and so was not very successful. I am...
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