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1-Jul-2008
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jordan
Join Date: Jun-2008
Country: england
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raw material
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can't get any reasonable priced raw material can any one give tips on getting( where to look in forests,etc) this will help alot thnx |
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1-Jul-2008
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Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Carlsbad, California..coastal desert
Country: United States
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You should be able to buy reasonable material at a local nursery. Look for landscape nurseries... places that have larger trees/bushes. What do you consider to be a reasonable price?
Collecting is illegal unless you have permission or a permit, make sure that you know the rules where ever you go. It would be a costly mistake if you end up with a large fine, and a small dead collected tree or two.  Joanie
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1-Jul-2008
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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This year I have collected several small oaks (2nd year seedlings) a lot of Sycamore seedlings and few Ash tree seedling. They will all take several years to develop, but without being collected they would have ended up on the compost heap as weeds.
The other thing I have done is to buy some cheap fast growing shrubs from the supermarket. Once again a year or so in the ground and you may have some workable material. If you want to work with Conifers and pines, then you will be able to get some dwarf varities at your local garden centre or even B and Q, but once again they will benifit from time in the ground before you Bonsai them. If you want something bigger to work on, see if anybody locally is getting rid of shrubs and trees from their gardens. You could get some great stock there for a bit of labour. I am currently trying to persuade my neighbour that her 20 year old Azalea needs to recycled, but she is having none of it   If you can get hold of Ken Normans "Handbook of Bonsai" he has several projects in there with nursey stock as the subject. It will give you ideas. Rob |
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1-Jul-2008
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
 
Join Date: Sep-2003
Location: Amstelveen
Country: Netherlands
USDA Zone: 8
AHS Heat Zone: 2-3
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Let's not forget my favourite - Larch. Very easy to find - they grow all over the place in the UK. Perfect trees for beginners - they always look like bonsai. You can go out and literally collect 100 saplings growing wild at the side of the road - if you know where to look.
Not a lot is mentioned here (bonsaitalk) due to the fact that they don't handle hot (warmer bits of the US or OZ) climate well. In temperate regions - UK, most of Northern Europe etc - they grow like crazy. The Larch tree on the right was collected 3 years ago from next to a regular man-planted forest of larch. http://www.flickr.com/photos/norbur...57604239773716/ Here's a nice little one (not mine) - the hand is... 
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