7) Lose 10 pounds!
Jay - you talk about reducing your collection and then only "filling holes" in your collection - what do you see as the "ideal collection"? I lean towards having 2 or 3 fine (some day I hope) trees of a variety of species - maple, black pine, juniper, azalea, oak, hornbeam, fruiting ( pomegranate, persimmon, crab, cotoneaster - not sure that fits there), olive - not to exceed say - 25 (?). What do you think?
Also - I would add more specifics on being "selective" - which seems to be a popular word right now. On another thread Jim Stone said .
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No more piddly cuttings and seeds...No more purchasing liners and what not to "experiment"- experiment with material that will actually be something at the end...Time management, I guess
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I would add getting rid of the starters - the cuttings, the 4 inch liners, etc. I keep telling myself that they aren't really bonsai - not even potentsai - so they don't count in that magic number. But - I still water them and I give them attention which could be spent on the 25! So - I am hardening myself to put them ALL on the donation table at the next club meeting