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4-Mar-2003
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
 
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Treebeard,
Great tree, great job. BTW, I would be happy to now some ratios and measurements, or at least a photo with a beer can... 
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4-Mar-2003
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LadFromOz
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nice tree TB , how long have you been training it?
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4-Mar-2003
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Thank you Moshe, I should have given dimensions - pot is 16" wide, the tree is 17" tall from the rim.
Carp, thanks, I have been training it for - hmm let me see - (scratches head...) about 1 month now, on and off...  I bought it in February, as a 'nearly finished' tree that hopefully could/would look good soon, so I would have something to look at when all my twigs go back in the ground to fatten up... according to the nursery label, it is 28 years old. Regards, TB - Chris
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4-Mar-2003
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Now that I've had time to look beyond the cracks... ;^)
Excellent job with the base- caused me to do a double-take! Reminds very much of our "live oaks". Jim Stone TX |
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4-Mar-2003
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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love that chinese elm!
Hi treebeard, well i think you've done a great job with the tree and it's going to be a very lovely looking specimen very soon i'm sure! well done.
Bonsai_girl.
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4-Mar-2003
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
 
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TB,
include me in on the"good work TB". I'm glad that you can see that this tree would need a shallower pot. That would make it a very enviable tree for sure. Hope you'll post it when you go shallower. I'm pretty envious of it already.
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5-Mar-2003
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Greybeard
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Excellent tree, with great proportions. I like the way the branches start out low on the trunk. Seems to add extra power. The branches are in good proportion for the trunk and seem to be arranged nicely. This will be a great tree after the shallower pot. I think the nebari will come alive in the shallow tray.
Regards, Bonsai-al
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5-Mar-2003
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bonsaiTALK Master
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Hello Chris !
I loved your work and especially on the nebari ! Could you share with us your homemade cut-paste ingredients or is it perhaps a secret family recipe ? Your friend Fanis
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5-Mar-2003
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Thanks everybody for the encouraging comments.
Fanis, about cut-paste... I would heartily recommend that everybody try hard to get the real thing, BUT, if you live in a place where bonsai supplies are hard to come by, or you are tight-fisted (like me) then you can do the following: I used the childrens modelling clay known as FIMO, or PRIMO (same thing, different brand names).Work in some common vegetable oil, it takes about 15 minutes worth of kneading for the mix to go smooth. If it isn't smoothly mixed, the clay will dry out on the tree in days, a waste of time. I Store the un-used paste in some tin foil. I have yet to find out how well this stuff behaves in the long run, but some I applied last August to a tree is still moist. The only problem I can forsee is how to get the stuff off when the cut is healed. I am hoping that the new callus will just push the stuff off... Regards, Chris.
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