What will you do in 2022 to push your boundaries?

[Shogun610]

Collaborating with more people in here , sharing ideas and hoping to collect with some fellow enthusiasts. Bonsai is a very personal endeavor but it certainly isn’t always example ( there are lots). Taking an active role to not always talk about myself on here and be more engaging to fellow members.

 

[Chewieg]

1) repot my inherited tree
2) take more risks with chopping and pruning.
3) buy more trees

 

[Carol 83]

Keep breathing first and focus on my health.
Everything else follows that.

Hopefully you'll have a quick recovery and we can see some more of your awesome pots. Feel better.

 

[bonhe]

1. experiment a bud grafting with puncher!
2. try to be better in painting
Thụ Thoại

 

[19Mateo83]

Largish scale Japanese maple nursery to produce root stock for grafting and specimen trees. Have over 2000 JM seeds of various types in stratification.

 

[AnutterBonsai]

Keep my trees survivability rate of 80% or more
Just trying to keep them alive! Maybe learn how to do deadwood on junipers and discover live veins.
on my 2nd year in this crazy hobby.

 

[Dav4]

I moved to Michigan!!


... and my favorite bonsai subject is JBP... .

 

[Joe Dupre']

I'm using much more wire this year and putting more movement in the branches. I mainly used clip and grow before with a lot of branch massaging to get the branches to grow more horizontal. I'm repotting trees into bonsai soil that had been in highly organic soil for 1 or two years after collection. Trying to get finer ramification. I have also been getting rid of substandard "experiments" that were just taking up space and time.

 

[ShadyStump]

Collaborating with more people in here , sharing ideas and hoping to collect with some fellow enthusiasts. Bonsai is a very personal endeavor but it certainly isn’t always example ( there are lots). Taking an active role to not always talk about myself on here and be more engaging to fellow members.

I like seeing that bit of personal development. Makes the rest make sense.

 

[ShadyStump]

I've finally hit the point where- with the prodding of a particular crotchety old-timers or two around here- I've decided to or get off the pot, and take this seriously.

I haven't been doing bonsai the past two and a half years. I've been wasting my time screwing around with trees, and reading this forum. Time to start putting what I've read to practical use.

I have several benjies that are all getting repotted for some real development as soon as it's warm, neighbors to bug about thick trunked elms, I've planted some seeds and about to plant some cuttings held over from last year, and I'm collecting soil components en masse. I have a few decent pots, several grow lights, even a couple pair of crappy scissors, and time.
I'm out of excuses. Don't need them any more anyways.

 

[vp999]

Grafting JBP to all of my tropical trees so they can be outside all year

 

[Stella]

I made my 1st Saikei. so aiming to keep this florishing.
do my 1st air layer
keeping my 2 junipers alive.
build nice benches

 

[chicago1980]

1. Repot several of my more valuable yamadori in to bonsai pots
2. Collect trees in California, South dakota, Colorado, and Wyoming this year. Lots more miles and I usually go on 1 trip a year.
3. Start the 3 year program with Mauro Stemberger to improve my bonsai skills
4. Build a workshop and update the garden area on my property
5. Style trees on my own and look for feedback from experts

 

[bluone23]

1. Collect only collectable trees
2. Hope to get more trees from seeds and cuttings
3. Wire the trees in pots
4. Airlayer some fruiting trees

 

[leatherback]

staff of websites more.

 

[Sputnik 184]

Having a go at tiny (mame) trees and pottery.

 

[PonderingSage:]

For me it about post collection aftercare…also if the stars align, l my have land to finally do some ground growing… l got tridents cold stratifying in the fridge…

 

[palafr01]

My turn I guess. This year I plan to do the following:

1. grow a whole bunch of HEALTHY seedlings (JBP, JM, ginkgo, etc.)
2. add interesting movement on existing seedlings while still young
3. deepen my understanding of bonsai design (branch placement, apex formation, species specific stuff)
4. Find and obtain better material to work with
5. Raise standards (health, technique, etc.)
6. Reach out to fellow members more often for advice

7. and most importantly have fun with the hobby!

 

[Kyleboldy2003]

I moved to Michigan!!


... and my favorite bonsai subject is JBP... .

Y that face i have plenty of JBP that do very well in SE Michigan

 

[BeepBeepBonsaiSheep]

March marks my 1st yr of bonsai. A lot learned and more unlearned… and maybe some stubbornness, lol

Everything is going to be pushing myself this yr. More than just watering trees now

I have a a few things I’d like to repot

I got some super cheap boxwoods that allowed me to be more drastic in my pruning and not worry about killing something expensive (relative to my bank account, lol). 4 of 5 are pruned hard, so we’ll see what happens

Want to wire a few things. Got 2, 3, and 4mm

My bench needs a shade over it. Our summers get very hot, so need to shade them a bit