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Wow, so I'm not doing so bad after all...
I'm doing bonsai now for 2 years... let me see :
Needle Juniper : this was painfull. I got this one from my parents and they paid too much money for it. I made a nice bunjin, repotted in spring and then overwatered. A hard lesson. Easy on the water on recently repotted trees.
5 needle pine : I went to the Gingko awards last year and was so overwelmed by all the magnificent trees that I bought myself a 5 needle pine and paid way too much for it. I brought it to the beginners course and we made a nice semi cascade. Looked great ! Then, just before I put it in shelter for winter, it rained continiously for a week so the poor thing was soaking wet. The soil was a terrible clay substance that didn't drain enough. It didn't make it trough the winter. Lesson : pines are not good trees for beginners.
Pieris Japonica (japanese andromeda) : This was also a gift and this time from my wife's parent when we rented our first appartment. It was in container and it moved with us to our new home. We planted it in the front yard. I convinced my wife I could make a bonsai ;-< dug it up, potted it, and overwatered. (wrong soil) ouchch...
Spruce : It died on me after styling an repotting. I'm not really sure why, but my best guess is overwatering.
That's about it. I didn't lose that much trees, but the ones I lost were really painfull :-(
Major lesson : The teacher at the beginners class told me that watering was probably one of the hardest thing about bonsai. I thought "yeah sure". He was ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
regards, René
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