Way cool. Pretty sure I've seen those pamphlets at Korean restaurants in LA too.zisme wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 2:09 pm i got my mom into bonsai years ago. i used to regularly drive 3 hours across Virginia on highway 58 to visit my girlfriend at the time who lived in Danville. i would always pass by a little sign on the side of the road that just said "Bonsai Farm" with an arrow pointing to a little dirt road. My mom is big into gardening and has a little greenhouse, so i thought it'd be a good gift. One day I made the trek out to the Bonsai Farm, and sure enough at the end of the dirt road was a little house and a couple of greenhouses that belonged to an old Korean couple. The lady had hundreds of Bonsai trees of all kinds in her greenhouses. She gave me a tour and made some suggestions on good beginner trees. I picked what I considered to be a pretty classic looking tree and she tidied it up a bit and sold it to me. She also gave me several pamphlets of Korean religious literature that, from what I could gather, seemed to suggest the world was ending soon. It was one of the strangest, most unique experiences of my life. This must have been around 2007-2008. I'm not positive, but I think my mom has kept the tree alive to this day. It ended being a great gift, and she has several different trees now. I'll have to snap some pics the next time I visit.
And yeah would definitely be interested in pics next time you're in the neighborhoodNice! Thanks for the tip on the root trim as well.
That seems like a good idea. I am sure there is a YouTube video about increasing trunk girth!PsychoCid wrote:Nice! Thanks for the tip on the root trim as well.
I thought a bigger pot might help to grow the trunk thicker, then I can trim and dwarf it again.
The Fukien Tea meanwhile is well aged with quite a nice trunk. Will see about getting better pics in the daylight.
I get e-mails about it all the time.....brentona wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:43 amThat seems like a good idea. I am sure there is a YouTube video about increasing trunk girth!PsychoCid wrote:Nice! Thanks for the tip on the root trim as well.
I thought a bigger pot might help to grow the trunk thicker, then I can trim and dwarf it again.
The Fukien Tea meanwhile is well aged with quite a nice trunk. Will see about getting better pics in the daylight.
BuahahahRollin Hand wrote:I get e-mails about it all the time.....brentona wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:43 amThat seems like a good idea. I am sure there is a YouTube video about increasing trunk girth!PsychoCid wrote:
Nice! Thanks for the tip on the root trim as well.
I thought a bigger pot might help to grow the trunk thicker, then I can trim and dwarf it again.
The Fukien Tea meanwhile is well aged with quite a nice trunk. Will see about getting better pics in the daylight.
That one could use a diet of cheese burgers you’re right. My Ficus isn’t thick per se, but it has a proportionate size I suppose. That Fukien is nice!PsychoCid wrote: Trunk of the Fukien Tea, nice a twisty
I really don't get the separate forums thing, I find that so incredibly annoying. That's why I use new posts or today's posts or what have you, rather than having to click into 17 different places.Tonray's Ghost wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:58 pm I'm beginning to wonder why we do not have dedicated Gardening & Food/Cooking Forums ?
I guess you don't get hanging file folders either....ha ha haPsychoCid wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:56 pmI really don't get the separate forums thing, I find that so incredibly annoying. That's why I use new posts or today's posts or what have you, rather than having to click into 17 different places.Tonray's Ghost wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:58 pm I'm beginning to wonder why we do not have dedicated Gardening & Food/Cooking Forums ?
Meanwhile, here's another sideways pic!
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....oh, okay. I guess that's the only one the forum won't turn sideways. Weird.
Negative. I have been on computers since 1990 if not 1989. Have never had much of a use for paper except when I liked drawing.Tonray's Ghost wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:57 pmI guess you don't get hanging file folders either....ha ha haPsychoCid wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:56 pmI really don't get the separate forums thing, I find that so incredibly annoying. That's why I use new posts or today's posts or what have you, rather than having to click into 17 different places.Tonray's Ghost wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:58 pm I'm beginning to wonder why we do not have dedicated Gardening & Food/Cooking Forums ?
Meanwhile, here's another sideways pic!
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....oh, okay. I guess that's the only one the forum won't turn sideways. Weird.
