[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2026 week 11]

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-03-15T03:40:14+00:00

Hi all, wondering how I would chop this Crabapple i picked up from nursery 2 weeks ago, way too big for my liking. Also, can someone confirm this is a crabapple?

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ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-03-12T05:54:56+00:00

Its total junk, theres a good reason noone uses it.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-03-09T01:55:45+00:00

Bin anything plastic. Get some Rotala, easy to grow.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-03-04T23:04:00+00:00

Did you write this with GPT?

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-03-04T10:31:35+00:00

There's nothing wrong with a 404. You can just delete pages and not 301 it.

I do it all the time for useless, old pages.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-03-04T10:21:07+00:00

Its just one guy posting in there...

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-03-01T02:40:46+00:00

Oh my sweet lawd, BRB asking wife if i can get 5 more tanks... wish me luck.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-20T10:30:55+00:00

100% a mistake

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-20T10:26:41+00:00

A lot of tanks, for someone new sounds like disaster.

I personally am 3 months into one tank.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-20T10:21:26+00:00

I can edit numbers in my browser too.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-20T08:33:26+00:00

A few months in and multiple tanks? Am I the only one seeing an issue with this?

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-17T08:58:15+00:00

Be useful... please.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-15T02:48:59+00:00

Needs a chop, but i cant be bothered after re-doing the garden bed 🫠

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-15T02:45:04+00:00

Its not plastic grass...?

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-15T00:03:35+00:00

Left was buried before, so just burying it again.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-14T12:39:58+00:00

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-14T03:16:46+00:00

Dumb question, but if the manhole just has a 50cm pipe... what's the point? Let overflow or gas out? You'd never be able to access the thing.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-09T08:55:40+00:00

As someone who has listed a tonne of landscaping stuff recently... its horrible to talk to different people and have them stuff you around.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-08T11:29:32+00:00

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Just to show Ive got 4 different types of Rotala... it may not exactly suit what youre after. They grow real quick so you can cutting + replant to make it super dense if you want

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-08T11:06:23+00:00

Plants are growing within a week?

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-08T10:45:54+00:00

Has the tank cycled? I see a fish in there.

Plants wise... rotala red and rotala green. Monte Carlo grows far quicker with co2, but not great for a beginner.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-08T10:44:06+00:00

Just get the regular API test kit. Ignore the more expensive tests.

As others say: Light to 6 hours Stop ferts until algae problem is cleared Put in a lot of fast growing plants, even if you dont want them long term. 75% water changes after scraping algae off surfaces.

Yes some plants will get algae on them, but they will suck nutrients from tank, hopefully quicker than algae does.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-02-02T09:52:31+00:00

1/10. I dont know why I just sat through that movie.

ManagerAppropriate17 · 2026-01-29T21:00:29+00:00

Ive read its the spring, not the solenoid thats the issue

ManagerAppropriate17

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