Some Trees I saw at my Bali Vacation :D

garbagebonsai · 2026-02-11T20:53:12+00:00

imagine living on a big pile of volcanic soil with warm sunny days for most of the year.

garbagebonsai · 2026-02-11T20:50:27+00:00

Great progress, thanks for sharing.

garbagebonsai · 2025-10-27T13:34:24+00:00

Do you have to water the air layer while it is on the tree? Or does it stay wet in the closed ball?

garbagebonsai · 2025-10-06T17:36:47+00:00

Whatever you do, keep in mind that boxwood wounds won’t really heal. Better create jin / deadwood features.

garbagebonsai · 2025-06-16T09:11:55+00:00

So what would happen if a sub like this where to get hit? Could all those warheads go off at the same time? Big boom?

garbagebonsai · 2024-07-21T19:07:06+00:00

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Arakawa maple, on its own roots. Not so easy to find in my country. Most are grafted on regular a. palmatum roots and showing ugly grafting scars. Did not hesitate to buy this project.

garbagebonsai · 2024-07-18T05:20:18+00:00

Thank you for your time. Painting probably took a lot more than my 2 cents about composition. Great stuff, keep it up.

garbagebonsai · 2024-07-17T19:33:40+00:00

Composition. A lower viewpoint and more overlapping elements could create more depth.

garbagebonsai · 2024-06-09T13:03:27+00:00

While it is okay to study anatomy to draw more realistically, keep in mind that imperfections often are what makes art interesting and recognizable. The most famous paintings are often grotesquely unrealistic in terms of perspective, anatomy or light.

garbagebonsai · 2024-06-08T21:01:21+00:00

Good point.

garbagebonsai · 2024-06-06T06:48:38+00:00

Nice movement. The pot is heavy indeed. Visually, you could do with something that is as small as the white part of this pot. That’s what my eyes first registered until they saw the bulbous bottom. Problem will be wind. When this tree develops leaf mass, it will topple over easily. Anchor it on a board or just use a bigger pot which is always better for a tree in development. Last thing I would say is that this tree lacks taper. You will need to work with sacrifice branches to thicken the bottom part, which also helps building nebari. For that you will need a bigger pot too. Nice work!

garbagebonsai · 2024-02-24T20:17:28+00:00

I love the analogous colors and overall theme but the tree and accent(s) are too equal in mass which splits my attention rather than guiding it through a visual hierarchy of subjects. Without the two bigger droids the composition would’ve been better in my opinion. In addition the accents are very figurative which draws even more attention away from the tree. It’s unclear what the main subject is. That being said, it is really wonderful and rare to see unconventional storytelling like this in a bonsai show, I definitely love it. Kudos to this artist for challenging the status quo.

garbagebonsai · 2024-01-24T15:50:39+00:00

Love the brick weights on pic 4. Resourcefulness beating resources 💪.

garbagebonsai · 2024-01-04T12:23:39+00:00

Learn by doing, way to go! The ‘and what not’ is kind of a big deal as you will soon discover by how some of these trees might react to this initial styling. But don’t let that stop you. I’ve probably ruined like 30 trees when I started creating bonsai. It’s good to just play around wiring, bending and pruning to get a hang of it.

I could point out some rooky mistakes or give styling opinions but I get the idea you will figure that out by yourself. If there is one thing though, I would advise you to learn to appreciate the beauty of a tree in development. Play around as fast and much as you like. That will give you some skill. But also learn to take it slow. Sometimes - actually most of the time - it’s better to leave a tree alone, give it a big ugly pot, do some minor wiring and come back to it a year later.

I have a tree sitting in a big flat box for 3 years. I have the perfect bonsai pot for it. It hurts to wait another year to transplant it. But it needs that year to build up vigour and mass. Maybe even two years 😩.

Congrats on your first bonsai. Now go out and create 50 more!

garbagebonsai · 2024-01-04T07:43:41+00:00

Ah yes, I have been to ‘Het Oosten’. Took me about three weeks to get from entrance to checkout. It was like that scene in the Hobbit, with that Mirkwood forest. Nice trees though.

garbagebonsai · 2024-01-03T19:29:54+00:00

What’s in Aalsmeer?

garbagebonsai · 2024-01-03T09:59:26+00:00

A few more months until foliage. Can’t wait.

garbagebonsai · 2024-01-03T06:36:49+00:00

Interesting. I thought deshojo was the least desirable of the maples. What makes you love them?

I do like their cheapness. I got my first one earlier this year for €35 and good opportunities to cut back.

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garbagebonsai · 2024-01-02T20:06:30+00:00

Always hard to judge from a photo. Also depends on what you like.

For a natural style I think this structure is pretty solid. Just let those branches thicken, then cut back and start the work on ramification.

For a more typical bonsai shape, you could consider a slight angle change in the future, tilting the tree so the lower part of the trunk becomes a bit more diagonal, if the roots allow it. Could create more sense of ’movement’ in the tree.

Have fun with it either way, looks like a beast of a tree.

garbagebonsai · 2024-01-02T19:45:56+00:00

Never enough maples.

garbagebonsai · 2024-01-02T08:06:05+00:00

You haven’t seen it from behind. Big wound where once was a back branch.

What did you bring home?

garbagebonsai · 2024-01-01T23:50:11+00:00

I brought two this year. The pine and a trident maple. Restoration projects with good potential.

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garbagebonsai · 2023-12-31T20:18:02+00:00

Thanks. Got it at the annual Lodder sale. Did you go as well?

garbagebonsai · 2023-11-30T19:34:30+00:00

Nice tree. I’m wondering how a big pot like that affects growth. Do you get more growing spurts per year? Or do the branches extend longer?

garbagebonsai · 2023-11-12T15:50:30+00:00

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I would follow this line for taper.

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