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5-Apr-2004
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Tropical bonsai
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Hello,
For the ones who know me, it's a pleasure coming back here... For you who don't know me... It's nice to meet you.... Today I felt like a bonsai artist, I wanted to work my day really fine, since I had a holliday... I was walking through the aisles of the nursery looking at the trees with no intention of buying. But the tree below called my atention, I don't really know the species, but it folwers pink, and it's really nice. It might been there forever, you might tell because of the caliper of the tree, it's maybe 2 or 3 inches wide... So I brought it home and decided it will be a nice (really nice, I think) brooming style tree... I guess that when it flowers it will be great... well, take a look...
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5-Apr-2004
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Tropical bonsai
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Now, when I came home, removed some branches which were allocated all together in a spot, then wired a little, just to open the branches a bit, then defoliated, in order to get more branches, and this is what I got...
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7-Apr-2004
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
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is there a bulge in the trunk,[just above soil] or is that just a trick of the picture?
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8-Apr-2004
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Tropical bonsai
Join Date: May-2002
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It actually has one, because, there used to be a branch. But I hope it will be softened in a while...
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8-Apr-2004
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Join Date: Mar-2004
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Jose,
That "bulge" looks suspiciously like a graft union to me. If so, you better get used to it because they aren't known to soften that much (some are better than others). Good luck with it, John
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9-Apr-2004
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Tropical bonsai
Join Date: May-2002
Location: Guatemala
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John:
I thought so also when I saw it, but I noticed it when I was home already (Just a little bit late, naaaahhh, I would bring it home anyway, I really needed to work on a tree, to feel the smell of the leaves, of the grass and the soil, to get my hands dirty and the great sensations of bonsai  ).Anyway, it is not a graft (at least to my newbie eyes). It was produced when a big branch was cutted from that place. It still has the scar of the old branch. If I would have a better camera I would like to show it to you  . Anyway, let's hope it softens a little. If not (glup) it will still be a nice tree to care of ... It is really strong, since it's already back budding, really small buds, but... Anyway, at the end of the year, after a lot of pinching and inducing it to get all bushy I will show it to you, I hope it will be a nice tree to see... Anyway, if you have any advice to help me, I would love to listen to it...
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