A Couple Bargain Starters - bonsaiTALK Community

16-Aug-2004	#11
ChrisM bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Jan-2004 Location: norton, massachusetts Country: usa USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 1,155	will, i would have done a virt or posted a suggestion about the barberry, but i like it the way your going, very spooky and beaten looking. maybe a shallower pot would be in order, but nothing else really came to mind. the jade is pretty much the same in my view, some growth to help with pad development. maybe i am just not feeling creative today, but thats what i see. chris __________________ A bonsai is like a good marriage.You commit, for better or for worse, till death do you part. I DO!!!

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16-Aug-2004	#12
gcraft I cut up trees Join Date: Jun-2004 Location: Indianapolis Country: US Posts: 145	Just a newbie but i think a swallower and wider pot would look nice. __________________ The spirit of nature~The hand of man

16-Aug-2004	#13
Will_Heath BANNED Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Clinton Township, MI Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 MI AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 4,227	thank you for your comments, they are much appreciated. Yes, they will both end up in shallower pots, I have the jade in a over sized pot since most my good roots are deep, this will get a new pot in about a year if all goes well. The barberry I have in a pond basket now (notice the perforated sides) that I use for training, I root pruned it heavy so I wanted to create some fiberous rootage, although I am taking suggestions and shopping for a pot now (have no ideal yet) I will not be ready to repot for a least a year.

16-Aug-2004	#14
Will_Heath BANNED Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Clinton Township, MI Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 MI AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 4,227	Speaking of training pots, have any of you ever used these pond planter baskets? They are the best thing next to the ground in my opinion.

19-Aug-2004	#15
new4me bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: May-2004 Location: armada, mi Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 287	I saw the rest of your jades!!!! I went up to Toms today and saw the rest of your trees. I was in that Tree in rock class (Rich). I like your jade ,I wanted to by that pot full over on harper is that the one You have now?

20-Aug-2004	#16
Will_Heath BANNED Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Clinton Township, MI Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 MI AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 4,227	Hi Rich. It's nice to see a local boy here! I've been wanting to get up to Tom's shop this week and see what he has done with the other Crassula Ovata's from that pot I bought. He had created a real nice double trunk out of one piece, but as of then, he had yet to start on the rest. I got this pot full a franks on groesbeck and 696, they had two others left when I got this. This one had some nice trees but the one I kept (shown here) was the tallest and had the widest trunk width. Keep in touch Rich, and welcome to the forum.

20-Aug-2004	#17
Master-S.T- bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Jul-2004 Location: Minnesota Country: usa USDA Zone: southern minnesota zone AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 335	that barberry..dang... I like it alot... my local nurserys have alot of them..but never took the time to check at the root crown and the root ball along with the trunk... U have INSPIRED me to do so .. Thank u for the insperation that i have been looking for so dearly =] __________________ Always live up to the feelness..Which life may bring-

20-Aug-2004	#18
Will_Heath BANNED Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Clinton Township, MI Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 MI AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 4,227	Thanks ST, there are still good starters at the box stores if you take the time to look beyond the pot. Good luck.

20-Aug-2004

#19

RonMartin(deceased)

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Will
Just a couple of comments on both your trees.
If they were mine I would simplify them just a bit.
Not being all that good with virtuals I just put red lines where I would cut things off.
On the barberry I would shorten the branches on the left to about where the red line is.
The branch on the top would come off. Then I would work on building up the foliage pads

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