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18-Oct-2004

pootsie

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A gift for Nathan

As I mentioned on another thread, I have embarked on an effort to rid myself of trees that have little potential, after having spent a few years aquiring anything on the cheap.

My young friend Nathan has just gotten into bonsai recently, so I've unloaded ... er, made a gift to him of one of my trees, attached below in suitable mallsai pot

It's a Nashia Inaguensis(sp?), aka bahamaberry. I've had it for a few years. Attached is also a picture of it from Decembwer of 2002. As you can see, the trunk and nebari have improved, but not to the point where I want to put real work into the branches.

But for a beginner, something nice to start with, eh?

I'm goging to ask him to check out this thread so please send him some advice

tanx,
pootsie

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8-Dec-2004	#2
Will_Heath BANNED Join Date: Apr-2004 Location: Clinton Township, MI Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 MI AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 4,227	Good start for Nathan, my advice would be to take full adavantage of your friendship and learn all he can from you. Will

8-Dec-2004	#3
pootsie The Cat's Apprentice *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: May-2004 Location: Columbus o-HI-o Country: USofA USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 3,065	Awww, how sweet! He's a teenager. I think that my gift has forced him to actually open his blinds to let the light in pootsie __________________ p.s. My cat is a bonsaiTALK Master. Columbus Bonsai Society

8-Dec-2004	#4
jemmick bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Sep-2002 Location: Ellington Country: usa USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 293	Sounds like Will gave good advise. I think most of us that have been in this for awhile have trees that could benefit a "newbe" .I think pootsie is on the right track .I have been "weeding" out my collection also .It also benifits us in that it gives us more time to devote to trees with more potential Good job!!!! Regards __________________ Jonathan

11-Dec-2004

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Great minds think alike

I've been doing this too. Giving this one to my mom this year I think. I may put it in a slightly larger pot to make it easier on her. This one has poor nebari, wire scars and is too tall. Am I being to stingy or will a newbie still like it

Gave one to my sister for her b-day and mom seemed to like it as much as my sister.

Newt

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11-Dec-2004	#6
Frogboy B.S. Detector Join Date: Nov-2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 172	Unfortunately for Nathan, I think the best advice is to take it out of the pot and stick it in the ground. Or a training pot. Those roots almost look like they have a good pattern, they just need to thicken.

11-Dec-2004	#7
Penn State faux master Join Date: Jul-2004 Location: State College or Honesdale, PA Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 47	Thats a really good idea guys. It's nice to see everything trying to hook a friend or family memeber. Trying to spread bonsai-ness on a college campus is near impossible unless you try to convince the kids they can smoke the J. maples! I do have to say though... once the bonsai mind set really sunk in with me i had to go through my stock and just plant 1/2 of them. __________________ We were all newbs at some point

11-Dec-2004	#8
Bart Thomas(deceased) Perpetual Novice Join Date: Jun-2003 Location: Bridgewater, NJ Country: United States USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 1,367	"I dry; I die" AKA Bahama Berry Pootsie: Nice gift, but have Nathan heed the warning implicit in the Nashia's nickname shown in the title. Also make sure that he does NOT put it in the ground in Cleveland!!! (or even Atlanta!) Look at a map of the Bahamas. Inagua (hence the Inaguensis) is in the Southern Bahamas. It would also be good to explain to Nathan about bar and whorl branching, common in this species, that can lead to (cringe) reverse taper.

11-Dec-2004	#9
pootsie The Cat's Apprentice *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: May-2004 Location: Columbus o-HI-o Country: USofA USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 3,065	Thanks guys. Nathan, as a total noob, could care less about bar-branches, whorls, wire scars, etc. Trunk thickness?? hah! But I think he's keeping it alive so far! pootsie __________________ p.s. My cat is a bonsaiTALK Master. Columbus Bonsai Society

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