Originally posted on Bonsai advice:
Very well explained decandling technique. http://bonsaikc.com/bonsai/advanced-techniques/needle-therapy/ Absolutely fantastic and simple explanation for development of Black pine: http://www.bssf.org/project/november-2013-general-meeting-black-pine/ Why tight curves are suitable for smaller bonsai…a lesson why for larger bonsai curves should be wide.: http://bonsaitonight.com/2013/04/05/developing-young-pines/ Grafting black pine: http://bonsaitonight.com/2013/01/15/creating-cork-bark-black-pine/?relatedposts_exclude=2887 Why not slanting cut on Black pines and growth explaines http://bonsaitonight.com/tag/decandling/ A PDF on foliage control for pines supplied by Eric… Continue reading Links to good info on Black pines.

View this post on Instagram Jesus Brito won the 2018 Bsf Presidents award at the Bsf convention this weekend with his amazing Powder puff. Congratulations my friend! #floridabonsai #my#trees #bonsai #45thbsfconvention2018 A post shared by Adam Lavigne (@adamaskwhy_bonsai) on May 29, 2018 at 11:56am PDT Continue reading Adam Lavigne on Instagram: “Jesus Brito won the 2018 Bsf Presidents award at the Bsf convention this weekend with his amazing Powder puff. Congratulations my friend!…”

Originally posted on Bonsaiwithromano:
Saturday was #bolandbonsaikai annual bonsai auction. This year there was a lot less items on auction as the club decided that they will only be selling trees. They took away the scissors, turn tables and other items. The auction started on time and it soon came to light that the people at the auction where not willing to pay for the… Continue reading #newarrivals : Buying a tree at an auction after I said : “I’m not going to”

Originally posted on Bonsai Iterate:
‘Tis the nature of bonsai that even after 20 years of experience you can have real uncertainty about a routine procedure like root pruning. In this instance it was over root pruning a dwarf crepe myrtle I picked up on sale last fall. The uncertainty was over the date. I don’t usually do root pruning and repotting this late in… Continue reading Crepe Myrtle – First Repot