Hack Yeah!
Omono
I haven't been in the hobby long enough to lose anything i spent a lot of time developing. I have lost a couple of collected trees which I was extremely excited about. This Hawthorne i really wanted to see develop
Your Hardest Kill
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Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Always comes back to the roots.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
Impatience of course, but yeah, always the roots. Too few, damaged, piss poor soil... If it touches the roots it's what killed mine.
badatusernames
Omono
Right now my biggest concern is drilling down the right watering regiment during winter for my outdoor plants
I think I've maybe watered them twice this winter which is either too much nor nowhere near enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I guess we'll see some spring. It's hard to tell how much moisture is really being held by the soil when its cold, but I figure I've killed more with overwatering rather than under watering... planning to do it again tomorrow (I think) and then that should bring them to spring.
I think I've maybe watered them twice this winter which is either too much nor nowhere near enough ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I guess we'll see some spring. It's hard to tell how much moisture is really being held by the soil when its cold, but I figure I've killed more with overwatering rather than under watering... planning to do it again tomorrow (I think) and then that should bring them to spring.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Assuming they are outside...I've no clue to the regiment. In a controlled cold greenhouse. I do once a week for the most part.
First winter in is always so stressful. Here's to finding happy healthy trees this spring for you. Wish you the best. Once our first winter is under out belt successful...the stress load for wintering is much easier for us colder climate peeps.
JesusFreak
Shohin
I’ve got some in plastic training pots. I don’t think that’s very for for protecting the roots. Hope they’re ok
badatusernames
Omono
Second winter this time, but last year I only had one crappy juniper. It did fine, I think I watered it more than I'm watering these though. They're out under a table covered in plastic beneath my porch, and the pots are surrounded by mulch. So when it rains I think they draw up moisture from the mulch and earth below as well. They LOOK good, I can say that.
I think it's probably time for them though, what's harrowing is that it's under 32 degrees so I feel like I'm just going to be filling them with ice.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
Remember, it's a thermodynamics game.
Adding water is adding mass.
More mass=more stability of thermal energy.
badatusernames
Omono
that’s helpful, thank you!
Alain BERTRAND
Mame
One of my worse kills, it had almost pancake style nebari. Died of Pestalotia 3 years after this picture.
Hartinez
Masterpiece
Ok. This is going o just bum me out but necessary to move on. 2020 was rough. Moved twice in 6 months. Went from decent water quality, to bad water quality, back to decent. Also went from full sun with shade structures, to part sun, back to full sun NO SHADE STRUCTURES. My losses
One seed juniper, collected 2017.
Doug fir collected 2018
Englemann spruce collected 2018
these were the worst of the bunch I lost last year. It’d take me too long to post the rest up, also not quite as worthy. Oh well. Onward.
One seed juniper, collected 2017.
Doug fir collected 2018
Englemann spruce collected 2018
these were the worst of the bunch I lost last year. It’d take me too long to post the rest up, also not quite as worthy. Oh well. Onward.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
chicago1980
Omono
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It's still to soon...
Hartinez
Masterpiece
Oh man! The Tosho!
cheap_walmart_art
Omono
Just so you guys know, I read through this thread yesterday and then had a nightmare last night that I lost one my favorite trees. You gotta tone down the bad ju-ju.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
It's kinda like that night I went to bed so stressed out that my mind tried to compensate with dreams of bonsai trees... only they were more like psychedelic fever dreams of bonsai trees. That morning was the only time I thought about quitting bonsai.
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Njyamadori
Chumono
Looks pretty cool. Pine barrens literally down my street and it’s open to the public so I need to go hunting for some pitch pine !
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Sucker punch for me too. All sucked seeing gone. But the movement in that trunkline...dang.Oh man! The Tosho!
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
Man, this is depressing. I had to skip through the thread.
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