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Originally posted by Ralph
How does one tell if a workshop has good material or poor material for that particular workshop? I have never been to a convention workshop, but have heard some folks say that the material at a show sometimes leaves something to be desired. Is this just a roll of the dice thing?
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Ralph:
It's often mostly a crapshoot. One fellow I know who led a workshop at a major convention, said that when he saw the material, he wanted to do a workshop on air-layering!
Sometimes, as in the upcoming BSF show, they show some photos of the workshop on the show web site. At other times, when the show announces who is providing the trees, you can go to that person and get a pretty good idea of what kind of material would sell for within the workshop budget.
With some shows, you learn from experience that the show buys their trees well enough in advance that you can expect them to have had some pruning and clipping to help them develop as bonsai. Or you learn that, in the case of tropicals at non-tropical shows, they have arranged for top growers to do this. (Ill give MidAtlantic a big Hooray, here!)
It would never hurt to give the organisation's contact person a call and ask.