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Watto wrote:Pup - if I only have two sleeps and start at 00:01 hours on 011109, is that cheating?
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jamie111 wrote:
Watto wrote:Pup - if I only have two sleeps and start at 00:01 hours on 011109, is that cheating?
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man you must be keen for this!
I cant answer that as I wont be here they have taken me away in a big yellow taxi :P :twisted: :lol:
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I picked up a Callistimon sp from Riverview Nursery May 2008 for $10. It is about 50cm high and the lower trunk about 2.5 cm wide. It recently was unexpectedly assaulted by my aqueba quinata vine, jerked from the pot and lost all but one short root. After 6 weeks in a training pot the foliage is growing vigorously and I only lost one branchlet. There's either something great going on subsoil or that one root is a winner.
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[It's in a bonsai pot because I didn't have a training pot size available and anyway, I like my trees in bonsai pots, even if the pot is subbing as a training pot and really too large for the final tree.
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So how many people are going to use natives for the Literati Comp, I would love to but can't find or think of what type of tree would suit this style. Considering I will only be going to use either nursery stock or collected specimens if possible?

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Hi guys,
I'm still working out how to use this so I hope these images are ok for viewing.
I don't have any early shots of these two so you will just have to make do with the current photo. The catlin elm has been in the pot for quite a few years, The black pine has just been potted up this year.
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The pine has just had the meduim candles cut and the strong ones are still left on for a week or two before being removed.
Once the pine has established in the pot I'm planning to join the jins with a shari to reduce the visual weight of the trunk. Any suggestions would be welcome.
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That's a couple of very nice bunjin there!! I really like the pine I think. Pines have never been my favourite, but are gorwing on me ALOT lately. But the elm is a something a bit different too, so well done!
I'm obnviously no expert, but the only suggestion I can make is to maybe think about putting the pine in a round/oval pot, as that is generally more "normal" for the style.
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NathanM wrote:That's a couple of very nice bunjin there!! I really like the pine I think. Pines have never been my favourite, but are gorwing on me ALOT lately. But the elm is a something a bit different too, so well done!
I'm obnviously no expert, but the only suggestion I can make is to maybe think about putting the pine in a round/oval pot, as that is generally more "normal" for the style.
true the rounder pot is more the normal thing for literati/bunjingi but i find the rectangle pot to be more powerful for the overal design. even though it makes it a little less like bunjin and more informal upright i think it works in the overall composition :D


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NathanM wrote:That's a couple of very nice bunjin there!! I really like the pine I think. Pines have never been my favourite, but are gorwing on me ALOT lately. But the elm is a something a bit different too, so well done!
I'm obnviously no expert, but the only suggestion I can make is to maybe think about putting the pine in a round/oval pot, as that is generally more "normal" for the style.
true the rounder pot is more the normal thing for literati/bunjingi but i find the rectangle pot to be more powerful for the overal design. even though it makes it a little less like bunjin and more informal upright i think it works in the overall composition :D


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MelaQuin wrote:I picked up a Callistimon sp from Riverview Nursery May 2008 for $10. It is about 50cm high and the lower trunk about 2.5 cm wide. It recently was unexpectedly assaulted by my aqueba quinata vine, jerked from the pot and lost all but one short root. After 6 weeks in a training pot the foliage is growing vigorously and I only lost one branchlet. There's either something great going on subsoil or that one root is a winner.
Calli literati 2008-05.jpg
[It's in a bonsai pot because I didn't have a training pot size available and anyway, I like my trees in bonsai pots, even if the pot is subbing as a training pot and really too large for the final tree.
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The guidelines state anything in a bonsai pot is aged stock but they are only guidelines. I think this is a decision for the judges?
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The day is finally upon us!! Just lol =P
Woooooooo
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NathanM wrote:The day is finally upon us!! Just lol =P
Woooooooo
.....does this mean i can start styling???????? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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jamie111 wrote:
NathanM wrote:The day is finally upon us!! Just lol =P
Woooooooo
.....does this mean i can start styling???????? :lol: :lol: :lol:
No coz it is only 20 mins past ten 22-20 hrs so no :roll: :lol: ;) :P :D
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Pup wrote:
jamie111 wrote:
NathanM wrote:The day is finally upon us!! Just lol =P
Woooooooo
.....does this mean i can start styling???????? :lol: :lol: :lol:
No coz it is only 20 mins past ten 22-20 hrs so no :roll: :lol: ;) :P :D

bugger! but thats only in WA.... :roll: :lol: :D
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jamie111 wrote:
Pup wrote:
jamie111 wrote:
NathanM wrote:The day is finally upon us!! Just lol =P
Woooooooo
.....does this mean i can start styling???????? :lol: :lol: :lol:
No coz it is only 20 mins past ten 22-20 hrs so no :roll: :lol: ;) :P :D

bugger! but thats only in WA.... :roll: :lol: :D
YEA but I am a Judge :lol: :lol: :lol: :twisted: :P :) ;)
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Pup wrote:
jamie111 wrote:
Pup wrote:
jamie111 wrote:
NathanM wrote:The day is finally upon us!! Just lol =P
Woooooooo
.....does this mean i can start styling???????? :lol: :lol: :lol:
No coz it is only 20 mins past ten 22-20 hrs so no :roll: :lol: ;) :P :D

bugger! but thats only in WA.... :roll: :lol: :D
YEA but I am a Judge :lol: :lol: :lol: :twisted: :P :) ;)
im still waiting for the thread to start, i figure thats when ill start...

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