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28-Jun-2003
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A New Project (hopefully)
Am just starting to work on this forest in earnest. It is one of those that I started on a rainy day in March. Hacked the hell out of it to make the trunks a bit more pleasing and defined.
It should leaf back out in about 3 weeks and hide that small ramrod straight tree on the right. Or at least disguise it a bit. Ficus neriifolia do recover in short order. Not my best attempt but it is a start. I will post another picture of it in a few weeks so no virtuals now please. What would be nice is if any one else has started a forest planting recently they would share a photo or two of their efforts. Maybe we can all help each other out with the styling. It might just be an interesting exercise. Mine has a lot of work to be done on it so please be kind. It would be nice to see the different stages everyone's forest go through. Hopefully no one will post a planting that has been in the works for years. Just something that was started this year. Just maybe we will all learn something new. |
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29-Jun-2003
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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Ron:
This is a 19 tree Japanese Maple forest I planted on May 14th of this year (I think). These seedlings were sent to me by dear Bonsai friend, Don Hofer of California, who is about to begin Chemo (for the second time).  It is planted in a pot I bought from you, when you visited me back in September of 2000 (??) It measures 18 inches. This picture was taken June 13th of this year03 Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7 http://bmee.net/rosner http://www.jamesbaird.com/cgi-bin/J...stid=0000006848
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29-Jun-2003
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Bonsai nare-do-well
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Not a bad forest Carl. Especially since it has just been put together recently.
I posted basically the same message on my forest to the shop newsletter. Quite a few comments have come back on it. All of them a critique on my forest. Yours is the first one I have seen so far where someone has also posted a picture of a forest that they did. Guess critiquing is easier than doing ;o) Sorry to hear about Don. Hope it all works out well for him Last edited by Ron Martin : 29-Jun-2003 at 03:08 PM. |
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29-Jun-2003
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No Virtuals ?? No critiqueing allowed ?? OK then, it's your thread...
 Here is my Sorbus aucuparia , Rowan, infant group. It has been shown before here somewhere. I am of the opinion that the compound leaves of rowan are just too large for such a small group. I have been very generous with the fertiliser this year, perhaps I have been too generous? I may just pop it into a big growbox next spring and let it rocket up and out, then see what I have got after a couple of years.
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29-Jun-2003
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Tree herder
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Here is a picture showing the trunk placement better. Perhaps this angle should be the new front?
(sorry for out of focus)
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29-Jun-2003
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Tree herder
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this shows the crossing trunks. Some say it looks cr@p, and that I should 'disentangle the lovers' I haven't had the heart up till now.
Comments  Regards, TB
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29-Jun-2003
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Tree herder
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Oh yes forgot to say, Both yours are nice, Ron & Carl.
Regards, TB
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29-Jun-2003
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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Treebeard:
I must say that I do like the placement of your forest, and I will go one better and say don't cut the lovers!!! Breaking the rules makes sense in this case. I have seen two trees close together (thanks to birds dropping the seeds) sort of entwining as you have created Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7 http://bmee.net/rosner http://www.jamesbaird.com/cgi-bin/J...stid=0000006848
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29-Jun-2003
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Because I have selected ficus neriifolia for this forest it will dramatically change in a short time. Matter of weeks here in my climate. Others aren't so fortunate. It will take them longer. One thing I have noticed is that most people start off their forest plantings with seedlings. They cut these down to meet the varying height requirements. Problem is that all the trunks have the same girth just differing heights. Not very realistic, to my eyes at least. There is a definite height to girth ratio that should be addressed. The tallest tree, naturally, is the primary tree. But a tree half that size in the planting should have a girth of approximately 1/2 the girth of the primary tree etc. This will show not only height but the natural growth pattern. The forest I am working on did not leave me that luxury. It was actually a clump of ficus that I have cut selective trunks out of. Planted it low in the pot and presto there are several trunks. Nothing new, a style called a "claft" (a combination of clump and raft style) Normally I spend a lot of time selecting the trees for a forest. Each tree will have the proper girth in relation to the others. To me this is important. This is just one of the things I look for. There are many others but this is the most important to me. There are also several novel ways to get the material for these types of plantings. Lots of things that I could share. And I bet that many others will have a lot of good things to also share. I say leave the critiques till the forest is finished. For now lets just share how to do one and images of what we have accomplished. Never know we might just learn something that is not in the books ;o) Last edited by Ron Martin : 29-Jun-2003 at 07:41 PM. |
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