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Originally Posted by Vance Wood
A ten year old trunk; I would not toss it out without a second thought.
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I fully agree with Mr. Vance on this...Much time has been spent on more than one forum recently discussing the 'value' of material; collected, landscape nursery, or grown with bonsai in mind...IF one only has the ability or desire to conform to 'by the numbers' or 'cookie cutter' trees, then this is worthless material...However, if one is not constrained and limited by the so called 'rules', and instead has the ability to use them along with insight and inspiration, there may truly not be a 'bad' piece of material if it has age or character to work with...
Mr. Robert Steven recently posted at IBC these words...
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I always believe that every material can be created to be nice bonsai, at least to be explored to express their character.
Every tree has the right to be honored as an individual personality…no matter how simple...but it plays its own role in the flora world…
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Standard 'by the book' tree?...Probably not with the rootage described, but likely to make a very impressive tree by using what the tree has, to best show its' own personal character...
Regards
Behr
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