My favourite Bonsai

Mount Nasura · Post by **Mount Nasura** » March 18th, 2015, 12:42 am

Was going through my Bonsai Photos and realised I had a nice little progression going and thought it would be nice to share. Get them interested early I say!

lackhand · Post by **lackhand** » March 18th, 2015, 3:42 am

Coming along nicely! I have three of those myself, but I haven't found a way to slow their growth down yet.

Phoenix238 · Post by **Phoenix238** » March 18th, 2015, 4:16 am

I agree with lackhand, my 4 are getting quite leggy and ramification is a problem. May be over-fertilised

bodhidharma · Post by **bodhidharma** » March 18th, 2015, 8:59 am

Mine does not respond well to defoliation.

Wayne R · Post by **Wayne R** » March 18th, 2015, 9:06 am

Need to exercise a little caution tho as after a couple of years they grow like weeds and get very expensive to maintain. End result is well worth the effort.

Jarad · Post by **Jarad** » March 18th, 2015, 10:06 am

I hear they are difficult to train, and don't respond well to wiring.

Ray M · Post by **Ray M** » March 18th, 2015, 10:13 am

Hi Mount Nasura,
Love the photos. I also have three of these. These grow so well that they tend to put out suckers. At present I have to deal not only with the original three but another six suckers, and it looks like the suckers will also put out their own suckers.

Regards Ray

cre8ivbonsai · Post by **cre8ivbonsai** » March 18th, 2015, 10:23 am

nikki · Post by **nikki** » March 18th, 2015, 10:25 am

Loving this post & the replies

Pierre · Post by **Pierre** » March 18th, 2015, 11:46 am

I am just a newbie, having only one so far. Not in a training pot yet, and wiring is absolutely not working..

Raymond · Post by **Raymond** » March 18th, 2015, 1:12 pm

Nice thread boys and gals.

Stroudy · Post by **Stroudy** » March 18th, 2015, 2:21 pm

Careful not to underwater

Sean M · Post by **Sean M** » March 18th, 2015, 3:12 pm

I got told that creating a sumo style was bad for their health.

Phoenix238 · Post by **Phoenix238** » March 18th, 2015, 4:25 pm

They try to tell you they like living inside, especially once they start getting their mature bark, but it's good to put them out in the sun during the day

Elmar · Post by **Elmar** » March 21st, 2015, 1:41 pm

Mine seems to continuously have weeds!!
I have very sharp 'secateurs' to take care of these weeds but they are coming faster than I can 'remove' them!

Seems to upset the development and I have to really focus on the after-care! It's my favourite so I just can't bring myself to get rid of it... Flamin weeds!

Cheers
Elmar

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