That moment that you realize that your $30 nursery find will probably need a $200 pot. 😩2yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
This is my first bonsai. Purchased it over a decade ago before I knew what I was doing. Still don't know, but I know better lol. Starting it down a root over rock path. 🤞🏾4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Willow Leaf ficus is coming along. Waiting for all of the leaves to drop so I can prune back to the secondary branches and set a bit more structure. Repot into a bonsai pot in the spring and then starting on tertiary branch building. Also need to address circle roots.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Joining the azalea trend. My satsuki has been blooming for a couple of weeks now. 😍4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Finally repotted my azalea. It's going to need a hard pruning next year to renew the branches.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Got this for $5 on NextDoor. Oh the possibilities. 😍😍😍 It's almost overwhelming. 😩5yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/terrariums
Club moss didn't do well, so I replaced it with baby tears. Nerve plant and asparagus fern are doing well. August fern is just okay.5yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/terrariums
Set the initial structure. No real pruning to be done until after recovering from repot. Which one do you like for the front?4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Defoliated my portulacaria. I was able to gain that ramification just from periodic pruning. Looking forward to seeing what this technique will produce.3yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
May be a tad hard to spot, but the air layer on my Kotohime is showing some roots. 😁😁😁 Layer was started on April 27th. I'll probably separate in the fall.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
My newest nursery stock. Weeping pond cypress. Couldn't resist the buttressing base. I'm gonna air layer off the top. Chop and pot it next year.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Crape murder knuckles are coming along. This is two weeks after curbside collection lol.3yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Even the landscape trees go onto the turntable now. Got 10 suckers off of this one for bonsai.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Collected this hurricanedori after Dorian rolled through. It's way larger than I thought it was. I'm stupid haha.5yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
The result of shredding moss I've collected over the last several months. Next I'll be shredding and dying sphagnum moss. Mix at a 1:1 ratio for top dressing. Looks like crappy weed lol.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
So this happened....hope it makes it. Won't style it or even set structure until next year. That'll give me time to visualize a potential slender clump style.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Air layer #2 of the day and my life lol. Taking off a really long and straight branch on my Kotohime. Might as well get a tree out of it. 🤷🏾♂️ If this goes well I'll layer off the really long and straight primary trunk. More pics inside.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
My curbadori Crape Myrtle finally pushed a viable bud. It took exactly three months (3/23-6/23), a lot of patience and self-discipline. The reward is well worth it!4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Brought the tropicals in for the night. It's getting close to 45°. Why chance it? 🤷🏾♂️ Wife laughed at me. 🤣4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Getting a couple of trays ready for a survival of the fittest forest. Three trays total. 2 elms and one mystery tree that I randomly pulled seeds off of. Maple maybe? Elm trays are twice as dense with seeds.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Performed my first air layer. Layering off the top of my weeping pond cypress. More pics inside.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Sifted another bag of akadama. Double Redline brand. Much better results this time around. Downside is that I didn't get many fines to use to make muck. 🤷🏾♂️4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
All cleaned up and ready for potting season. Just about every one of these will be used. Where do you get your akadama?4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Went walking through the woods with the kiddos and came across this tree. I have no idea what it is, but I liked the movement and it was super shaded out by the trees around it. A week later and it pushed out a new leaf. :D4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Sphagnum moss shredded, dyed and drying. Second component of my top dressing. Also looks like crappy weed. 😂4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Couldn't help myself. Saw this in the clearance section and had to have it. This is a top down pic with my eventual cut point.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Sifted a bag of akadama. Ended up with 1.5 gallon ziplock bags of aeration layer, 1 bag of main soil and half a bag of fines/dust for muck.4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
I cut back this barberry hard late October. It's flushing out now and is even producing flowers. No idea how to develop these, but that's what taking notes is for. 🙂4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
Noticed a bit of sawdust on my bench and then a carpenter bee climbed into its new home. :)4yr ⋅ VirusesHere ⋅ r/Bonsai
