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Originally Posted by EarthgirlOK

Hi, Fred;

Thanks for your thoughts. I think you're right about photography being an important part of bonsai. Who Knew? Taking before during, after pictures, front, back, and top pictures, and getting them in the right lighting and etcetera has become important in a way I never imagined.

I am glad and to an extent relieved to learn that there are others who, as they grow into the art of bonsai, enter into different stages. That's where I'm at; I don't know very much at all, but I'm afraid my current bonsai books don't answer some of my questions at this point.

I guess, like you said, I'll have to continue the "doing" of bonsai and learn as I go, still...

Michelle (right??),

I am at the same stage in understanding that you seem to be. Thankfully, I got past the "twigs in pots" stage, but still have so many of the bonsai fundamentals to learn. And the books, though informative, are not cutting the mustard. The club helps, but sometimes I wish I had a hands-on teacher. I don't know that there are any teachers to be had in my area (and I couldn't afford one at the moment anyhow), but I dream of it. Watching someone apply their knowledge of even the most basic of tasks (watering, feeding) would open my eyes to all the things I am sure I am still doing wrong---let alone the things I KNOW that I DON'T KNOW.

Ah, well... perhaps some day.

I am sorry that I cannot aid in your Ginkgo dilemma. I have not owned a ginkgo (yet!). I do hope that someone will join in this thread and offer some advice. Certainly, as Fred mentioned, photos would help.

Best of luck with the beast,

Jennifer