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Had to make a trip to home depot and snagged these two up. For 7 bucks each I figured they are cheap enough to learn on and they are about triple the height of the other albertas I had, which I paid 12 bucks each for. Here goes nothing!

That's an awesome bit of information sorce! Thanks for everything. I'm fairly sure it's an Alberta it was bunched in with the others but had no tag. The others are more bushy than tall so I think I'm going to head back to the nursery today and try and find some better trees for the attempt at...

So far this is what I've come up with after the advice. I've added a back branch, bent the tips up, and created a new apex.

OK got it! So the effect that I want is a sort of stacked set of branches that circle? Do I want front branches, left, right, and rear? I thought it was more along the lines of just left and right branches?

First picture shows example of what I started with, second picture is where it is now. Go easy on me, this is literally my first attempt at anything bonsai! My elm and juniper are going to sit until spring but I thought this would be a nice learning experience! Did I destroy this tree already...

That's perfect man! Exactly what I am looking for. Someone who has tried others and also has experience with akadama. The cost for me isn't such a problem as the readily availability. I only have 4 trees right now so I shouldn't need much. I just wanted to know if there is a good substitute or...

Thank you for the link! Good info in that read.

I kind of prepared myself for a lashing and some interesting input :) Im assuming ill need a quick draining mixture due to the amount of rain we get here in Portland. Thanks for the advice and help Ed!

Ive been researching soil for what seems like an eternity... I have decided that i would like to mix my own from here on out. I ordered this http://www.weetree.com/bonsai-soil/bonsai-soil-professional-boons-2-gal/ to get my recent tree into a pot and out of the sludge its currently in. My main...

800 watts of metal halide is probably around 70 to 80k lumens. That's plenty of light to grow just about anything. Now light isn't our only battle. Like humidity, temp, etc. I am no expert in this hobby and like most, with the research I have done I believe outdoor Is best. I have my Chinese...

Went out to the Portland nursery today to grab a juniper and almost left with more than I should have haha That place has a great selection and great prices! Only paid 39 bucks for this juniper I can't wait for spring so I can repot it and do a little trimming and wiring!

This is the elm, it showed up yesterday! I'm heading to our local nursery tomorrow to grab a few more trees.

Unfortunately I dont. But I do have a perfect big table against One of my walls I'm going to convert to a display stand. I just have to build a decent looking rack system for the lights :)

OK cool. Thank you! My only issue is my wife won't let me hang anything from the ceiling so I may just build a setup like in the other thread.