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Sno wrote:Andrew is it one rock or have you built it out of smaller rocks ?

It was a bunch of individual rocks that come in 5 kg batches for aquascaping from the LFS. I then arranged them in a rugged fashion while bonding them together using this stuff:

http://soudal.com.au/trexpowerbond/

It has the strongest bond of anything Ive used prior, Hugh can attest to that too. We tried aquaknead it for the tie down points and all of them failed

Jarad wrote:Nice trees you have there mate.

Might be a good idea to get a custom pot made.

Thanks Jarad but yeah its on the rock for life now haha Nice meeting you in person the other day too!

Here's my idea of the dimensions Id like it to be in its refined stage. Although Im open to virt's.

Sno wrote:Jarad .Check Andrew' s link . Andrew is it one rock or have you built it out of smaller rocks ?

For some reason that link didn't work for me this morning... Works now though.

Andrew F wrote:

Jarad wrote:Nice trees you have there mate.

Might be a good idea to get a custom pot made.

Thanks Jarad but yeah its on the rock for life now haha Nice meeting you in person the other day too!

Here's my idea of the dimensions Id like it to be in its refined stage. Although Im open to virt's.

it was nice to meet you too mate.
That tree looks awesome!

Jarad wrote:

Sno wrote:Jarad .Check Andrew' s link . Andrew is it one rock or have you built it out of smaller rocks ?

For some reason that link didn't work for me this morning... Works now though.

Andrew F wrote:

Jarad wrote:Nice trees you have there mate.

Might be a good idea to get a custom pot made.

Thanks Jarad but yeah its on the rock for life now haha Nice meeting you in person the other day too!

Here's my idea of the dimensions Id like it to be in its refined stage. Although Im open to virt's.

it was nice to meet you too mate.
That tree looks awesome!

You are correct Jarrad, Imgur was down this morning. I dont know how to post a [img] link thru it either. My photobucket has been maxed out and i dont quite know my way around this new account yet.

Very cool.

Looking real good! what a beast!

Haha partial much.

Andrew F wrote:You are correct Jarrad, Imgur was down this morning. I dont know how to post a [img] link thru it either. My photobucket has been maxed out and i dont quite know my way around this new account yet.

Have you tried uploading the imagesas attachments to your posts? Once you find the resize button in paint, the rest is smooth sailing.

Jarad wrote:

Andrew F wrote:You are correct Jarrad, Imgur was down this morning. I dont know how to post a [img] link thru it either. My photobucket has been maxed out and i dont quite know my way around this new account yet.

Have you tried uploading the imagesas attachments to your posts? Once you find the resize button in paint, the rest is smooth sailing.

I will have to try that thanks Jarad.

Looking forward to seeing this after a prune and detailed wiring job, that rock looks to be a nice fit

jezz_39 wrote:Looking forward to seeing this after a prune and detailed wiring job, that rock looks to be a nice fit

Thanks Jezz, but due to the delicate nature of the whole setting I might wait it out a year before doing anything to it other watering/feeding. Some heavy branches need tweaking and I dont think the fresh fine feeders will appreciate being disrupted.

Sensible approach, bonsai is a game of patience

jezz_39 wrote:Sensible approach, bonsai is a game of patience

Unfortunately.

It took me 3 years of planning to get this far.

You've got the material now, enjoy it. Grow it, nurture it, let it tell its story. Nice trunk character and interesting composition. Keep us updated

My bad habit, drawing trees so that the final form might be difficult to attain (although this one might be an exception)

That is definitely reachable and something to take into account.

Thanks for taking the time to do that, I really like that sketch and somewhere inbetween mine and yours the ultimate form will fall.

Edit: Love your site and the Picea clump!!! Great work.