CScott

I use akadama fines, and dress with moss sparingly.

At our last club meeting we were shown how to use a handful of walnut meats to rub a nice sheen onto pots before a show. A lot cheaper than a bottle of walnut oil.

My club's show is next week. I am taking digital photos of trees for the show, than reviewing them on the computer to see any areas of foliage that need to be tweaked, or branches lightly wired. Problems areas really pop out.

I use a dental pick and tweezers to clean around the nebari and tight crotches of branches where dead stuff accumulates.

My husband decided he wanted to get interested in bonsai again, specifically the azaleas. He bud pruned and now there is one flower on the azalea I was thinking of showing this year. Sigh.

Carmen