AusBonsai

Nice Dave!
My two i got are the top 2 i posted, recently defoliated and budding back well now. Its pouring rain again here atm, I have potted them in quite small pots but think they work ok ,pretty sure the first one is a old pat kennaday pot, ill have to check the bottom to confirm again nice ones dave

Hi Matt,
yes I picked them straight away.Looking good !
Whilst trying to develop branching, I try to overpot to speed up the process and then pot down later
At least with the rain, you mightn't have to water.
cheers
Dave

This is the standard of shohin that I want to grow and that I think we Aussies are capable of producing.

Trident Maple, unsure of the artist, possibly a Japanese tree



Cheers,
Mojo

Hi
here's a couple of pics of my Tridant Maple which stands just under 30 cm tall.
Has plenty of faults but a nice nebari.
No recent shot in leaf
cheers
dave

Really nice work dave, did you grow that ones nebari or did you purchase it somewhat already there...

I would imagine that it has a nice bit of age to it, do you know it's origins?

Hi Scott,
tree grown from seed 1980 with the terrific base developed by Lambert Wellington , one of the best growers in the business. Pity he sold all his trees a couple of years back.
I have had the tree from about 1999 and have continued the refinement of it whilst I remain the custodian for the next generation of bonsai enthusiast.
cheers
Dave

Dave ,
Lambert was the man, Amazing how he achieved these bases with not just figs it seems. I forgot this one killer it sure it

Hello all,
http://www.bonsai-fachforum.de/viewforum.php?f=35
That is the URL of the shohin section of the German forum "das Bonsai Fachforum". It's a major forum, possibly the best in Europe. You don't need to register or to know German to see the photos. I thought it especially interesting for us because it shows shohin at all levels and all stages, grown by fans like you and me. I don't know of any other forum that has a shohin section. As far as shohin growing in Europe goes, I think that as a nation the U.K. probably beats every other country, but I may be wrong. Do people here remember Jürgen Zaar from Germany, who was a headliner at the AABC in Melbourne, I think in 2003? What we didn't know then is that Jürgen is a master shohin grower. I wish he would be invited again! See some of his small trees on http://www.juergenzaar.de/start.php?lang=en

Lisa

Dave is your trident in Kanuma?

Hi Scott,
excuse my ignorance as I have been out of the Bonsai loop for a few years and can't recall "Kanuma".
I'm assuming it is a clay potting medium, but correct me if I'm wrong.
It is potted in my regular potting medium that I have been useing for years
cheers
dave

Apologies. The Bonsai Study Group forum also has a shohin section.
See http://bonsaistudygroup.com/index.php?action=forum
The posts seem mostly from the USA, but I noticed the presence of several of the AusBonsai fans.
Note that both the German and the American shohin sites seem quite lively.
Anyone know other sections like these?

Lisa

Hi
a couple of Port Jacson Figs, 1979.
They were in a Saikei when I purchased them about 10 years ago
In need of a bit of branch refinement at the moment.
cheers
Dave

Dave54 wrote:Hi Scott,
excuse my ignorance as I have been out of the Bonsai loop for a few years and can't recall "Kanuma".
I'm assuming it is a clay potting medium, but correct me if I'm wrong.
It is potted in my regular potting medium that I have been useing for years
cheers
dave

Pretty much, a volcanic soil good for Satsuki, but it is yellow. The top of your soil looks a lot like the finest grade, is it just a soil dressing like coarse sand?

Some great tree's being posted - in fact 78 so far. Unfortunately only from 11 people. We still need shohin sized bonsai posted from another 9 members to show enough interest for the proposed shohin section on the forum

Regards,
Steven

Looks like we will have to keep them to ourselves then. Just post the other trees that every one prefers,

Cheers Pup